ACCES I/O Products launches its NANO I/O Server Core Duo at Embedded Systems Conference

The system is housed in a rugged, black anodized aluminum enclosure measuring only 5in wide, 6.25in deep and 3in high. The enclosure offers physical protection for industrial environments and features a bulkhead mounting provision. The unit is quietly powered by an included 12VDC to ATX power supply with no fans. External connections provided include VGA, four USB 2.0 root ports, one RS-232 and one RS-232/422/485-selectable COM ports, PS/2 keyboard and mouse, 10/100 Ethernet and standard PC sound. This tiny system is the first fanless Intel Core Duo to highlight full PC/104, PCI-104 and PC/104-Plus I/O expansion.

The NANO I/O Server CD has almost twice the performance of a 1.8 Pentium M CPU processor commonly used in other small embedded systems but with far less wattage. The NANO sized system is passively cooled but still provides performance equal to more than ten times the benchmark comparison of any other NANO-ITX sized motherboard system. The system internally supports either a laptop SATA or IDE 2.5” hard drive or a Compact Flash card. The small system has room to support up to two PC/104, PCI-104 or PC/104-Plus I/O modules. A removable plate can be customized to bring out customer-specified I/O cables or connectors. Input to the 12VDC ATX power supply is provided by a standard laptop-type plug receptacle so that a standard external AC brick to 12VDC power supply can be used to avoid excess heat within the system.

The NANO I/O Server CD offers the most powerful embedded computing for COTS I/O in a rugged, quiet, cool, tiny package. The design is excellent for use in applications such as mobile data acquisition and control, robotics, military and defense, and avionics where both performance and size matter.