COM Express module houses the mighty Atom
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Congatec-CA
The Congatec-CA COM Express module is designed for low power consumption, and the module features a typical power drain of less than 5W.
The latest addition to the Congatec COM Express product family is a low-power-consumption module based on the new Intel Atom Z500 series processor and the Intel US15W system controller hub.
The complete design of the compact (95 x 95mm) sized Congatec-CA COM Express module is geared around low power consumption, and the module features a typical power drain of less than 5W.
In combination with ACPI 3.0 battery management, this enables ultramobile embedded applications.
The Conga-CA supports up to two PCI Express Lanes, eight USB 2.0 ports, two Serial ATA interfaces, one IDE interface and Intel HD audio.
Two onboard SDIO sockets allow flexible expansion.
Additionally, the module incorporates PCIbus, multimaster I2C bus, LPC bus, fan control and gigabit Ethernet.
The Conga-CA is available in two different CPU variants.
The Conga-CA economy version is powered by the Intel Atom Z510 processor running at 1.1GHz with a 400MHz front-side and memory bus.
The high-end version is powered by the 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor with 533MHz front side and memory bus.
Both versions are equipped with a 512Kbyte L2 cache and can access up to 1Gbyte of onboard DDR2 memory.
The Intel US15W system controller hub features the Intel GMA500 graphics engine.
This 3D capable onboard graphics uses up to 256Mbyte of frame buffer and supports DirectX 9.0E and OpenGL 2.0.
It also enhances video playback applications with the use of MPEG2 and MPEG4 hardware decoding.
Graphics output can be either a 1x 24bit LVDS channel or a single SDVO port.
The Conga-CA implements the EPI (Embedded Panel Interface) standard, and so can automatically recognise any flat panel display attached.
Support for the new VESA DisplayID standard will also be provided.
All Congatec modules are equipped with an embedded BIOS and a board controller that enhance embedded features such as system monitoring, watchdog timer and the I2C bus.
With the ability to isolate itself from the main x86 processor, these features are also available in standby mode, hence promoting further power saving functionality.
In addition to enhanced power management, the Congatec Embedded BIOS supports ACPI 3.0 with battery management.
The Conga-CA will be available starting in July 2008.
The single unit price of the economy model is Eur 199 plus VAT.
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