San Jose, Calif, June 8, 2010 – ADLINK Technology Inc., a leading manufacturing of ruggedized boards and modules, announced the release of the latest rugged EPIC single board computer (SBC), the Ampro by ADLINK™ ReadyBoard™ 850. The ReadyBoard™ 850 is the first of the ReadyBoard™ family to include the SUMIT™ expansion connector, supporting both a single mezzanine card and multiple modules in a stack for optimal flexibility. The ReadyBoard™ 850 is based on the Intel® GM45/ICH9-M chipset with the Intel® Socket P processor socket which supports a wide range of CPUs—from entry-level Intel® Celeron® M processors to the latest Intel® Core™2 Duo processors.
The ReadyBoard™ 850 was developed with the Ampro by ADLINK™ Rugged design methodology. To satisfy the most extreme conditions, the ReadyBoard™ 850 has an operating temperature range of -20°C to +70°C and meets MIL-STD-202 vibration up to 11.95 Grms and shock up to 15 Grms (peak-to-peak).
The ReadyBoard™ 850 strikes a fine balance between performance and feature set by including the following additional I/O connectivity for maximum flexibility:
- Up to 4 GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 RAM
- Two PCI Express x1 lanes
- One PCI Express x4 lane
- Two Ethernet ports
- Two SATA ports
- Up to 8 USB ports
- Both VGA and LVDS connectors
- Two serial ports
“Applications that will really benefit from the ReadyBoard 850 include digital signage, gaming, industrial automation, medical, and retail,” noted Brain Healy, Product Management Manager at ADLINK. “The release of the Ampro by ADLINK ReadyBoard 850 further demonstrates our support to our customer base and the EPIC form factor.”
The ReadyBoard™ 850 also supports a full range of popular embedded and desktop operating systems including Linux® (Ubuntu), VxWork 6.6, QNX 6.3, Windows® Embedded CE 6.0 and Windows XP Embedded.
Price and Availability
The single unit list price of the ReadyBoard™ 850 starts in the $600s in quantity.
ADLINK Technology provides a wide range of embedded computing products and services to the test & measurement, automation & process control, gaming, communications, medical, network security, and transportation industries. ADLINK products include PCI Express®-based data acquisition and I/O; vision and motion control; and AdvancedTCA, CompactPCI, and Computer-on-Modules (COMs) for industrial computing. With the acquisition of Ampro Computers, Inc., ADLINK also provides a wide range of Extreme Rugged and Rugged Single Board Computers, Computer-on-Modules and Systems under the brand name Ampro by ADLINK. ADLINK strives to minimize the total cost of ownership (TCO) of its customers by providing customization and system integration services, maintaining low manufacturing costs, and extending the lifecycle of its products. ADLINK is a global company with headquarters and manufacturing in Taiwan; R&D and integration in Taiwan, China, and the US; and an extensive network of worldwide sales and support offices.
