Chapter 1: Overview
Description
The PC–600 Single Board Computer is intended for higher-performance
embedded control applications. The PC–600 integrates serial
communication, IDE hard disk port, CompactFlash socket, floppy disk
port, a multifunctional parallel port, a keyboard/mouse port, a video
interface, two USB ports, an audio port, two 10/100BaseT Ethernet ports,
and 48 digital I/O lines. The PC–600 can be used in a stand-alone mode or
expanded through a PC/104 or PC/104
Plus
interface.
The PC–600 comes with a BIOS loaded on a flash device for easy updates.
It is fully compatible with most popular operating systems.
PC–600 major hardware features
CPU
The CPU is a high-performance, low-power AMD Geode GX1 CPU with a
maximum clock speed of 300 MHz. It uses the CS5530A companion chip
for some of the peripherals. The PC–600 has an ISA bus speed of 8.33
MHz, and a PCI speed of 33 MHz.
SDRAM
The memory socket can accept up to 512 MB capacity SO-DIMM modules.
On-board flash
On board is a 512 KB SMT flash that contains the BIOS.
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