Arcom announces new development kit

Arcom's new SBC-GX533 Development Kit allows fast design of embedded Linux devices

Kansas City, USA and Cambridge, England - June, 2006 - Arcom's new Development Kit allows faster
and easier development of a wide range of embedded devices in a Linux environment. The kit's
SBC-GX533 board has a compact Arcom Embedded Linux image installed in its onboard Flash. All
onboard hardware features are supported, allowing unrestricted access to their functionality, while
all unnecessary software functions have been removed, leaving a compact image of just 13 MB. This
can save weeks or even months of development effort compared with configuring a Linux image from
scratch. Developers can start work on their project immediately, either by writing their own
applications code or by accessing the nearly unlimited range of freely available open source
applications. 

The kit's SBC-GX533 board is well suited for deeply embedded, remote or unattended installations
demanding reasonable processing power. It is a low profile, fan-less, RoHS compliant EBX form
factor board, based on a 400 MHz AMD Geode GX533 1.1W processor. It has 512 MB of DDR DRAM and 32
MB of Flash installed, of which 13 MB are used by the Linux image. This leaves 19 MB of physical
memory, equivalent to about 38MB of usable space, available for Linux application and data storage.
The board also features TFT or CRT support, an analog touchscreen interface, dual 10/100BaseT
Ethernet ports, CompactFlash (CF+), 4 serial and 4 USB ports. Industrial expansion is provided
through an 8-bit TTL I/O port, a PC/104 and a PC/104+ site. All usual PC interfaces are also
included. 

The Development Kit includes everything needed to start work immediately. As well as the SBC-GX533
board with preloaded embedded Linux, it has an AC power supply and all cables for immediate
operation and application download. Color 6.5" NEC TFT display and analog touchscreen options are
also available. The Resource CD includes Linux Tutorials, hardware documentation and an Arcom
Embedded Linux source code listing.

Typical uses include industrial RTUs and data acquisition modules, networking and communications
devices.

Arcom Embedded Linux with optional Java Technology features a compact implementation of the
GNU/Linux operating system based on the proven v2.6 Linux kernel release. This, together with the
Compressed Journalling Flash File System (JFFS2) included, is highly reliable and can recover from
power interruptions. Standard Linux GNU C/C++ software tools are also included, ensuring
application development is simple and consistent with desktop Linux.

The SBC-GX533 Linux Development Kit provides a low cost and easy way of developing a very wide
range of applications and running them on targets that are robust, stable, secure and licence
free.


Arcom has a dedicated embedded Linux development team located in Kansas City and Cambridge who can
either enhance the features of the operating system or reduce the footprint to save storage space.
Arcom has been offering OEM embedded Linux solutions for many years and has worked with many
customers to develop and integrate new drivers and achieve the very best from embedded Linux and
embedded Java technology.

Link to product information: http://www.arcom.com/devkit-linux-gx533.htm



About Arcom (www.arcom.com) 

Arcom, a Eurotech company, is a leading supplier of embedded computer and communications technology
to industry. Founded in 1982, Arcom has developed a broad range of standard embedded hardware and
software solutions for control, data acquisition and data delivery systems. From its design centres
in Kansas City (US) and Cambridge (UK), Arcom is also able to offer Design Services to meet the
needs of high volume OEM and specialized customer requirements.



Jenny McCrae
Worldwide Marketing Communications

Arcom,
Clifton Road,
Cambridge CB1 7EA
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1223 403421
Tel: +44 (0)1223 411200 Switchboard
Fax: +44 (0)1223 410457
E-Mail: jmccrae@arcom.com
Embedded Website: http://www.arcom.com
Solutions Website: http://www.arcom-solutions.com

Think Embedded. Think Arcom.

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