Ampro Corporation 420 - Manual (Page 9)

Chapter 1 About this Manual
CoreModule 420 Reference Manual 3
Other Ampro Products
• ETX Family – These high-performance, compact, rugged Computer-on-Module (COM) solutions
use various x86 processors from Celeron to Pentium
® M CPUs in an ETX Revision 2.7 form
factor to plug into your custom baseboard. Each ETX module provides standard peripherals,
including dual Ultra/DMA 33/66/100 IDE, floppy drive interface, PCI bus, ISA bus, serial,
parallel, PS/2 keyboard and mouse interfaces, 10/100BaseT Ethernet, USB ports, Video, and
AC’97 audio. A 50% thicker PCB, Ampro embedded BIOS extensions, such as watchdog timer,
battery-free boot, a customizable splash screen, BIOS recovery, serial console, and optional –
40
°C to +85°C operation are available to meet your rugged application requirements.
•
LittleBoard
™ Family – These high-performance, highly integrated single board computers use
the EBX form factor (5.75"x8.00"), and are available with Pentium M, Celeron M, Pentium III, or
Celeron processors. The EBX-compliant LittleBoard single board computers offer functions
equivalent to a complete laptop or desktop PC system, plus several expansion cards. Built-in
extras to meet the critical requirements of embedded applications include onboard solid state disk
capability, watchdog timer, smart power monitor, and other embedded-PC BIOS enhancements.
• MightyBoard™ Family – These low-cost, high-performance single-board computers (SBC) use the
Mini-ITX form factor (6.75" x 6.75") and are available with Intel Celeron M and Pentium M
processors. MightyBoard products offer the equivalent functions of a complete laptop or desktop PC
system, including DDR memory, high performance graphics, USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet, plus
standard PCI expansion capability in one card slot. Ampro includes configuration control and
embedded BIOS extensions such as watchdog timer, battery-free boot, a customizable splash screen,
BIOS recovery, and serial console.
•
MiniModule
™ Family – This line of peripheral interface modules, compliant with PC/104, PC/104-
Plus, and/or PCI-104 form factor (3.6"x3.8") and standards, can be used with Ampro’s CoreModule,
LittleBoard, and ReadyBoard single board computers (SBCs) to expand the I/O configuration of
embedded systems. Ampro's highly reliable MiniModule products add value to existing designs by
adding I/O ports, such as IEEE 1394 (FireWire), or by adding support for legacy boards, such as a
PCI to ISA bridge adapter board.
• ReadyBoard™ Family – These low-cost, high-performance single-board computers (SBC) use the
EPIC form factor (4.5"x6.5") and are available with the Intel Celeron, Pentium III, Pentium M, and
Celeron M processors. ReadyBoard products offer functions equivalent to a complete laptop or
desktop PC system, plus several expansion cards, with PC-style connectors. Ampro includes
configuration control and embedded BIOS extension such as watchdog timer, battery-free boot, a
customizable splash screen, BIOS recovery, and serial console.
• ReadyPanel™ Family – This is a series of high performance, low cost, turnkey systems incorporating
an LCD and a touch screen for a Human Machine Interface solution. All ReadyPanels come with
one of Ampro's versatile ReadyBoard models in a variety of touch screen sizes pre-loaded with one
of Ampro's supported operating systems (Windows
® CE, etc.). The ReadyPanel includes a compact
flash socket, a specific size of SODIMM memory, an Ethernet port, two serial ports, two USB ports
standard, with two additional USB ports on selected models. The current models are driven by an
integrated 4-wire resistive 6.5" touch screen that displays up to 262k colors. The ReadyPanel is
powered by +5V (for board) and +12V DC (for panel) power input.