MSC is offering a starter kit for the evaluation and development of its Intel Atom processor-based COM Express platform CXB-A945M.

The industrial platform integrates the COM Express module and a bootable Linux and drivers for the Windows XP operating system.

The development package is also available in conjunction with a 15 inch TFT display including a cable for the onboard LVDS interface and a backlight inverter.

Power dissipation is 2.5W, and so the module can be used in fanless systems.

For interfaces, in addition to USB 2.0 ports, a second GBit LAN interface and two 9-pin D-Sub connectors for the serial communication are located on the platform. The bus interfaces can be extended by raiser cards on PCI and PCI Express x1. Furthermore, a miniPCI card holder is implemented on the board for integration of e.g. wireless LAN or Bluetooth extensions.

For the integration of a variety of different displays offered by MSC, the industrial platform MSC CX-MB-IP1 provides a VGA and DVI standard display interface, a JILI30 connector and a backlight connection for the control of the module.

More information: www.msc-ge.com