Complete Starter Kit for Atom CPU based COM Express Modules

9th April 2009

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MSC Vertriebs GmbH has announced a complete starter kit for the evaluation and development of its Intel Atom processor based COM Express platform CXB-A945M. The ready-to-use starter kit contains the industrial platform MSC CX-MB-IP1 integrating the COM Express module CXB-A945M and a bootable Linux and drivers for the Windows XP operating system. The development package is also available in conjunction with a 15 inch TFT display including a cable for the onboard LVDS interface and a backlight inverter. The mini-ITX reference platform (170 x 170mm) can be used as complete solution in small series to build functional systems immediately.

The MSC CXB-A945M COM Express platform combines the advantages of the low-power Intel Atom processor architecture with the I/O diversity and excellent graphics characteristics of the Intel 82945GME/ICH7 chipset. Due to the low CPU power dissipation of only 2.5W, the powerful module is especially dedicated for fanless systems.

The industrial platform MSC CX-MB-IP1 for MSC COM Express modules in different performance classes offers a broad range of interfaces, which are particularly required in industrial applications. In addition to USB 2.0 ports, a second GBit LAN interface and two 9-pin D-Sub connectors for the serial communication are located on the platform. The bus interfaces can be extended by raiser cards on PCI and PCI Express x1. Furthermore, a miniPCI card holder is implemented on the board for integration of e.g. wireless LAN or Bluetooth extensions.

For the integration of a variety of different displays offered by MSC, the industrial platform MSC CX-MB-IP1 provides a VGA and DVI standard display interface, a JILI30 connector and a backlight connection for the control of the COM Express module. Appropriate display kits and cable sets are available from MSC.

Part of the comprehensive starter kits is a USB 2.0 stick containing a preinstalled bootable Ubuntu Linux system with drivers for the Intel Atom platform. The driver support for the Windows® XP operating system is available on a CD.