Design

With the new JRexplus series of single board computers (SBCs), Kontron offers for the first time a 3.5in SBC with a standardized PC/104-plus expansion slot and PCI bus performance. Therefore, the Kontron JRexplus family of 3.5-inch single board computers can now be used with most of the currently available PC/104-plus expansion cards.

Kontron has strengthened its position as a top outsourcing partner for customer specific embedded computer technology. One of the highlights are carrier board designs for computer-on-modules (COMs) with application specific interfaces and industrial functions for automation, entertainment, gaming, telecommunication, medical applications, test and measurement, transportation and POS/POI. The designs are based on the COM standards: COM ExpressTM / ...

Kontron launches its COM ExpressTM compliant Kontron ETXexpress®-CD computer-on-modules with Dual Channel Memory support. The Kontron ETXexpress-CD follows the ETXexpress-MC to become Kontron's second COM Express compliant computer-on-module (COM) with support for up to 4GByte Dual Channel Memory via two 533MHz or 667MHz DDR2 SO-DIMM sockets. Therefore, these modules are ideal for the latest generation of performance-hungry applications that req...

Kontron launches the ETX-PM3, the new generation of Intel® Pentium® M and Celeron® M processor based computer-on-modules. The Kontron ETX-PM3 joins the Kontron ETX-LX, ETX-CN8 and ETX-CD to become the fourth member of Kontron's ETX 3.0 generation of computer-on-modules. The Kontron ETX family now offers true scalability with a full range of performance from Geode processing capabilities up to Intel Core™ 2 Duo processors.

Kontron introduces the Kontron OM6040, a compact and modular MicroTCA platform that is ideally configured for the design of small, compact and highly integrated multiprocessor systems based on either PCI Express (PCIe) and Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) packet switching backplane technologies.

Kontron introduces the Kontron CP-Pocket/CP307-V, the latest addition to the CP-Pocket line of CompactPCI systems, which now includes a more powerful processor board for both outstanding performance and value.

Kontron introduces the CP307-E2, an extended temperature version of the highly popular Kontron CP307 3U CompactPCI CPU board. Based on the Intel® Mobile 945GM Express chipset and ICH7-R Southbridge, this latest Kontron 3U CompactPCI board incorporates PCI Express for high I/O bandwidths achieving unprecedented performance-per-watt values even in the extended temperature range of -40°C to + 85°C.

Kontron announces the latest and smallest member of its slimline Micro Client family of panel PCs. With a touch-screen display of only 7 inches, the space-saving and versatile Kontron M@C 70 offers scalable Intel® Celeron® performance and a host of interfaces in an easy-to-mount and flexible design.

Express Logic has announced ThreadX RTOS and middleware support for Tensilica’s new Diamond Standard 106Micro 32-bit microcontroller core. With the addition of support for the new 106Micro, Express Logic continues to provide ThreadX for the entire line of Tensilica’s Xtensa configurable cores and its Diamond Standard series of preconfigured cores.

Altium Limited, the developer of unified electronic product development solutions, is holding a series of live web conferences that introduce and demonstrate Altium Designer’s powerful new features and how its unified platform can be used to exploit today’s low-cost, high-performance programmable devices.