CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., 15 Sept. 2010. GE Intelligent Platforms in Charlottesville, Va., is introducing the ACR301 rugged 3U CompactPCICPU board based on the Intel latest Atom E6XX processor for harsh-environment aerospace, defense, and industrial embedded computing applications such as unmanned vehicles that consume minimal power and dissipate minimal heat.
The single-board computer uses less than 10 Watts, and comes four alternative versions of the Intel Atom processor (0.6 GHz, 1 GHz, 1.3 GHz, 1.6 GHz) and in five ruggedization levels. The ACR301 also features support for CAN-bus, which is popular for land vehicle applications. One gigabyte of DDR2 SDRAM is soldered to the board.
A PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) site enables designers to configure the computer board for specific application profiles. Input/output and communications capabilities include two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, two USB 2.0 ports, two full duplex asynchronous serial ports, two Gen 2 SATA ports, keyboard/mouse and DVI video. Supported operating systems include VxWorks, Linux, and Windows.
For more information contact GE Intelligent Platforms online at www.ge-ip.com.
