MSC has developed a high scalable embedded computer module family based around ARM processors.
Drawing on the pin compatibility of various ARM CPUs, the nanoRISC modules offer processor options from ranging from ARM9 derivatives clocked at 400MHz up to 1GHz Cortex-A8 cores.
The ARM processors ensure low power consumption which is specified at less than 3W for the 50mm x 70mm modules.
The first member of the family is a nanoRISC module, based on the Samsung Cortex-A8 S5PC100 processor, with up to 667/833 MHz clock frequency, maximum 512Mbyte DDR2 SDRAM, up to 4Gbyte NAND flash memory (NAND, eMMC and SD/MMC), audio and touch support, real time clock, system monitoring, watchdog and many other features.
Interfaces such as Ethernet, USB, CAN, UART, I2C, SPI, GPIO, Camera, Audio, ADC, Touch and Display are available via a 230-pin MXM connector.
The 2D/3D graphics engine integrated on the S5PC100 supports video resolutions up to 720p.
There is a baseboard which can be used as a starter kit for the development of own hardware on the basis of the respective Samsung processor, which is also available from MSC.
Linux and WINCE are offered as board support packages.
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