ARK-5280 Fanless Intel® Pentium® M/Celeron® M
23 October 2007
Application Ready, High Performance Embedded Box Computer
Ascot, August 7, 2007, – Advantech Embedded Computing have released the ARK-5280, a high performance, robust and fanless Embedded Box Computer supporting UFCPGA2, 478-pin embedded Intel® Pentium® M or Celeron® M Processors and integrating graphics and audio support. PERFECT!!!
The ARK-5280 also supports Intel® 855GME chipset with Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) and 6300ESB I/O Controller Hub (ICH). Encased in a compact sized (137 mm x 189 mm x 221 mm) self contained and extremely robust cast aluminum chassis, the ARK-5280 offers scalable CPU performance, flexible I/O expansion (customization support available), few moving parts and a smart design that makes mounting, maintenance and upgrades faster and more efficient. The chassis lends itself well to vibration resistance that is further aided by anti-vibration cushions for the HDD as well as for add-on cards inserted into the dual PCI expansion slots.
Solid Performance and Reliability
With the 855GME’s integrated graphics and audio support, plus a generous amount of I/O flexibility, the Intel micro-architecture meets current and future demands of high-performance; low-power embedded computing typical of enterprise communications applications, transaction terminals, interactive clients, and industrial automation applications such as embedded system applications for machine automation, and industrial plant and cabinet integration. Plus, the system architecture is software-compatible with previous members of the Intel® microprocessor family and is part of Intel’s comprehensive embedded long life cycle support.
Strong Graphics and Expansion Support
The integrated Intel 855GME display controller utilizes Intel Extreme Graphics 2 technology with Display Memory Optimized Shared Memory Architecture with 64 MB frame buffer support using system memory and has dual independent display support as well as built-in CRT/VGA and DVI interfaces compliant with DVI specification 1.0 with optional support for a LVDS Interface. Resolutions up to 2048 x 1536 @ 24 bpp (75 Hz) are supported. A wide range 9VDC – 32VDC power input is supported, typical of the needs of automation environments.
Featuring two PCI slots for application expansion and system integration, the ARK-5280 Embedded Box Computer has four USB 2.0 and four serial port communication I/O interfaces. It can support up to 2 GB DDR 200/266/333 SDRAM of main memory. Based on a half-size slot PC and backplane, these platforms offer many configuration choices for CPU, memory, HDD, and CompactFlash disk. The ARK-5280 Series targets machine-level industrial PC applications and higher-level operations that involve data acquisition, distributed process control, database management on a site server and field I/O control. All such systems demand a high performance CPU and configured expansion via PCI slots.
Advantech makes it Easy
Advantech’s flexible Design to Order Service and Global manufacturing and logistics make it easy to configure an ARK-5280 solution right for your application. Start with a base ARK-5280 application ready platform, add the combination of application I/O cards needed for the application, plus RAM, the OS of choice and preferred HDD storage. Advantech can do any small modifications or retrofitting as well, plus perform full safety and EMI testing and provide functional validation. Advantech can also offer extra services like extended temperature testing and others.
Find Out More Today
The ARK-5280 Embedded Box Computer brings great performance and feature support in an application ready platform that is immediately ready to drive the most demanding embedded applications. For more information on the ARK-5280 or any other solution, contact your local Advantech sales rep today.
