The kit’s SBC-GX533 board is well suited for deeply embedded, remote or unattended installations demanding reasonable processing power. It is a low profile, fan-less, RoHS compliant EBX form factor board, based on a 400 MHz AMD Geode™ GX533 1.1W processor. It has 512 MB of DDR DRAM and 32 MB of Flash installed, of which 13 MB are used by the Linux image. This leaves 19 MB of physical memory, equivalent to about 38MB of usable space, available for Linux application and data storage. The board also features TFT or CRT support, an analog touchscreen interface, dual 10/100BaseT Ethernet ports, CompactFlash (CF+), 4 serial and 4 USB ports. Industrial expansion is provided through an 8-bit TTL I/O port, a PC/104 and a PC/104+ site. All usual PC interfaces are also included.
The Development Kit includes everything needed to start work immediately. As well as the SBC-GX533 board with preloaded embedded Linux, it has an AC power supply and all cables for immediate operation and application download. Color 6.5” NEC TFT display and analog touchscreen options are also available. The Resource CD includes Linux Tutorials, hardware documentation and an Arcom Embedded Linux source code listing.
Typical uses include industrial RTUs and data acquisition modules, networking and communications devices.
Arcom Embedded Linux with optional Java Technology features a compact implementation of the GNU/Linux operating system based on the proven v2.6 Linux kernel release. This, together with the Compressed Journalling Flash File System (JFFS2) included, is highly reliable and can recover from power interruptions. Standard Linux GNU C/C++ software tools are also included, ensuring application development is simple and consistent with desktop Linux.
The SBC-GX533 Linux Development Kit provides a low cost and easy way of developing a very wide range of applications and running them on targets that are robust, stable, secure and licence free.
Arcom has a dedicated embedded Linux development team located in Kansas City and Cambridge who can either enhance the features of the operating system or reduce the footprint to save storage space. Arcom has been offering OEM embedded Linux solutions for many years and has worked with many customers to develop and integrate new drivers and achieve the very best from embedded Linux and embedded Java technology.
Link to product information: http://www.arcom.com/devkit-linux-gx533.htm
About Arcom (www.arcom.com)
Arcom, a Eurotech company, is a leading supplier of embedded computer and communications technology to industry. Founded in 1982, Arcom has developed a broad range of standard embedded hardware and software solutions for control, data acquisition and data delivery systems. From its design centres in Kansas City (US) and Cambridge (UK), Arcom is also able to offer Design Services to meet the needs of high volume OEM and specialized customer requirements.”
