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Computer
on Module
- ETXe / ETX / XTX
Computer on Module products can meet
your custom application requirements pefectly while also helping you to
reach your goals for time-to-market, product economy, design
flexibility and minimized risk. With our portfolio of extremely
versatile low-power consumption CPU integrations featuring Intel, AMD
and VIA /Chipsets and CPUs, most supporting fanless operation, your
system can enjoy the benefit of best performance-to-watt design
criteria.
ARBOR's Computer on Module Products include Com-Express (ETXe), XTX ,
and ETX variants in order to meet all your application design
variables.
ARBOR's Com-Express (ETXe)Module series is not only compact in size, it
truely exerts its advantage when combined with either your custom
application (Carrier Board) or our PBE-1100 Carrier. Com Express form
factor boards like EmETXe-i9652 or the newest EmETXe-i0156 will make
your ETX based design extremely flexible.
To aid in your own internal design of a proprietary custom carrier
board Arbor also has a line of Development (ATX sized) carrier boards,
supporting virtually every possible feature or expansion capacity to
allow you the best engineering R&D Com Express (ETXe) Development
Tool Possible.
Arbor can also design your custom Carrier board for you with full NDA
Protection at a minimum NRE if desired.
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The Next Generation of ETX.Computer on Module Boards
COM Express (ETXe) is a "PICMG" Compliant standard that defines a Computer-On-Module, or COM,
packaged as a super component. The defined interfaces provide a smooth
transition path from legacy parallel interfaces to LVDS (Low Voltage
Differential Signaling) interfaces. This includes the PCI bus, parallel
ATA, PCI Express and Serial ATA. COM Express defines 5 different pinout
types in order to be scalable for future applications
What's New in ETXe - COM Express - Computer on Module:
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XTX™ is an expansion and continuation
of the well-established and highly successful ETX® standard.
XTX™ offers the newest I/O
technologies on this proven form factor. or
The ISA bus is being used less and
less in modern embedded
applications, The XTX™ platform offers an array of different features
via the X2 connector than those currently found on the ETX® platform.
These features include new serial high
speed buses such as PCI Express™ and Serial ATA®.
All other signals found on connectors
X1, X3, and X4 remain the same in
accordance to the ETX® standard (Rev. 2.7) and remain compatible with
the legacy standards.
What's New in XTX - Computer on Module:
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2nd
Generation PCI for ETX (ISA / PCI Bus
Support)
ETXp is a small processor board measuring just 114mm by 95mm.
These are fully functional processor modules which require a carrier
board that provides acces to all the user I/O, keyboard, VGA and power
for a functional
system.
ETXp modules also have serial, parallel, USB, IDE, PCI, ISA and
mouse interfaces which can be added to the design of your own carrier
board. This allows a user to extend the functionality of an
off-the-shelf ETXp
core / SBC module to match a specific application requirements.
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ETX-
Original ETX Standard (ISA / PCI Bus
Support)
ETX is a small processor board measuring just 114mm by
95mm.
These are fully functional processor modules which require a carrier
board to provide access to the keyboard, VGA and power for a basic
system.
ETX modules also have serial, parallel, USB, IDE, PCI, ISA and
mouse interfaces which can be added to the design of your own carrier
board. This way you can extend the functionality of an off-the-shelf
ETX
coresmodule to match a specific application requirement.
Functional prototypes can
now be used in a very early project stage for hardware and software
evaluation.
The development of custom ETX carrier boards that integrate all
the additional required functions takes place in a separate effort.
Development
time of custom ETX carrier boards is a minimal effort that takes
normally around one or two months.
By using the ETX module you start
from a readily available system core, hardware design time and cost is
minimized as attention can be focused on those parts of the system
unique to your application.
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Carrier
Boards for ETX / ETXp / ETXe / XTX SBC Modules
ETX / ETXp / ETXe / XTX SBC Modules are snap in engines which
must be
supported by user defined or off the shelf Carrier Boards.
These
Carrier Boards supply the "Rest of the PC Puzzle" in that they provide
the Engine Modules with the User Required Mechanical Interface that
allows access to I/O Bus Functions and a set of standard User Interface
Connections.
Carrier boards can be mechanically defined in any size,
shape the user needs that is the same or greater in size of the base of
the engine module itself.
The Carrier boards can be designed to support
any Set or Subset of a given Engine Modules Functional Specifications
(Feature Set).
Arbor has committed a team to design and
build a series of Feature Rich Evaluation Carrier Boards to allow an
user's engineering team to test for desired functionality and
features prior to committing resources to a proprietary Carrier
Board
Design unique to that user's need.
Four of the Carrier Boards shown
here are specifically designed as engineering tools for this purpose.
The Fifth board represented there is a production board modeled in the
PC/104+ form factor and is a standard component used in a number of
Arbor Technology PC/104-PC/104+ Product offerings.
The Option to Design your own Carrier Board by obtaining a copy of the
pertinant ETX-ETXp / ETXe / XTX Specification is one course of action
for your company engineering team, However a very cost effective option
would be to partner with Arbor Technolgy to design your Proprietary
Carrier Board, With Minimal NRE Arbor can take the proven design of the
Appropriate Evaluation Board shown on these pages and your specified
"Size Parameters", "Feature Set" and "Required I/O" and "Bus Expansion"
requirements to roll up a proven and tested Carrier Board specific to
your
program and project, your only activity would be to review, test,
approve and implement the product in your project or programs.
Full
NDA
and Escrow processes for your proprietary data can be implemented for
your project security.
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Discontinued - Computer On Module Series - ETX / ETXe / ETXp / XTX & Accessories
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