ETX-P3m Kontron SBC Module

The Kontron ETX-P3m Series SBC Modules are based on the VIA Eden Platform, using the Twister-T chipset and powerful Intel Processors. Reduced CPU voltage and speedstep support ensure the highest performance achievable on ETX at reasonable power consumption. Improved power management is achieved using both ACPI and APM 1.2 allowing for fanless-cooling and extended battery life. With the VIA VT8606/ VT82C686A as the core chip set, the Kontron ETX-P3m Series provides both S3 Savage 4 graphics and VIA enhanced audio. In addition to standard ETX features, the Kontron ETX-P3m Series supports four USB ports, up to 1 GByte SDRAM, 10/ 100Base-T Ethernet, keyboard/ mouse controllers, realtime clock, and watchdog timer.

ETX modules are like components, plugging in to an application-specific baseboard. The ETX modules supply the core CPU and memory subsystems together with sound, SVGA, Ethernet and standard PC I/O. They connect to the rest of the embedded system through high-density, low profile, surface-mount connectors, which carry both ISA and PCI bus signals as well as dedicated I/O interfaces. The mechanics of the interconnection is such that an ETX/ baseboard combination is virtually the same in height as a one-board solution. ETX modules are scalable and interchangeable, and they make possible the rapid development of semi-custom solutions for embedded applications.