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Cautiously Optimistic Exhibitors Revisit ESC In 2007
As the dust settles in the embedded sector, vendors return to the embedded systems conference.
Date Posted: March 29, 2007 12:00 AM
BOARD AND MODULES
Developers looking more to buy the parts
they need rather than build will find
plenty of boards, blades, and modules
at the show.
VIA Technologies will display its EX
line of Mini-ITX motherboards ().
The C7 processor draws only 13.6 W.
The motherboard's HDTV encoder supports 1080i displays. Unlike other motherboards, the EX models come with a
DVI video output, not VGA. Gigabit
Ethernet is an option, but Serial ATA
ports are standard. Coax and optical
SPDIF outputs are standard, too.
National Instruments' CompactRIO
gets a boost with Freescale's new PowerPC-based MPC5200 processor ().
Still, users of NI's LabView FPGA and
LabView Real-Time may not notice anything but the improved performance,
because LabView's model-based graphical programming system effectively
hides the underlying hardware.
Attendees interested in a little more
customization can check out Advanced
Micro Devices' Rapid Deployment Kits
(RDKs), which are a quick way to get
Opterons into play. The 200 Series
AdvancedTCA RDK uses a 55-W single-or dual-core Opteron processor. It has
four Gigabit Ethernet ports, two for the
front panel and two for the PIMG 3.0
switched-fabric backplane. Another platform, the Geode LX Network Attached
Storage (NAS) RDK, uses AMD's single-chip x86 processor. The latest 1.5-W
Geode LX900 will also be on display.
The highlights in this preview only
scratch the surface (i.e., what vendors
let me peek at ahead of time). Be sure to
check out our real-time show coverage
at electronicdesign.com and tune into
EngineeringTV.com for reports from
the show floor and what the vendors
reveal at the conference.
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