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CME137686LX500HR
PC/104-Plus Single Board Computer & Controller
Ultra Low Power 500 MHz AMD Geode LX

-40° to +85°C Operation

 
 
CME137 Single Board Computer
 
 
CME137 Single Board Computer (side-view with heatsink installed)
 
 
Rugged Fanless IDAN configuration
Product modifications available upon request.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Key Features

  • Complete PC-compatible Single Board Computer (SBC)
  • PC/104-Plus Bus Structure
  • AMD Geode LX800 500 MHz Processor
  • High Reliability PCB built to IPC-6012 Class 3 standard
  • Nonvolatile storage of CMOS settings without battery
  • Stackable 104-pin PC/104 AT bus
  • Stackable 120-pin PCI bus
    • 4 Bus master capable
  • 128MB, 256MB & 512MB BGA DDR SDRAM (Surface-Mounted)
    • 333 MHz Data Rate
  • 32-pin SSD socket:
    • Onboard Miniature Industrial ATA/IDE Flash Disk
      up to 8GB (1GB Standard)
    • Flash Disk PIO Mode with BIOS-configured write protect function (available upon request)
    • Natively supported by all major operating systems
  • multiPort with Parallel Port, Floppy Drive Interface and 18-bit Digital I/O Port with Advanced Digital Interrupt Modes
  • Intel® 82551QM Fast Ethernet
    • 100Base-Tx and 10Base-T
  • Four RS-232/422/485 Ports
  • Two USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) Ports
  • EIDE Controller with UltraDMA 33/66/100
  • AMD Geode LX Graphics Processor
  • Advanced power management features
    • ACPI 2.0 Compliant
    • Supported power down modes: S1 (Power On Suspend), S3 (Suspend to RAM), S4 (Hibernate), and S5 (Soft-Off)
  • Advanced Thermal Management
    • Hardware monitor for CPU temperature, board temperature, and power supply voltages
    • Passive Structural Heatsink & Heatpipes in IDAN and HiDAN System Configurations
  • 15 interrupt channels
  • 3 timer/counter channels
  • RTD Enhanced BIOS with USB Boot and Quick Boot modes
  • 3.3V or 5V PCI bus signaling
  • Supports MMX and 3DNow!™ instructions
  • Math coprocessor
  • Internal Cache
    • L1 - 64KB of instruction and 64KB data; L2 - 128KB
  • Y2K compliant real time clock (external battery required)
  • Watchdog timer
  • PS/2 Mouse Port
  • Keyboard Port
  • Speaker Port
     

Description

The CME137686LX is an ultra low-power single board computer in a PC/104-Plus format.
 

Technical Details

  • Ethernet
    • Ethernet Controller
      • Intel 82551QM Fast Ethernet PCI Controller
      • Integrated 3KByte Transmit and 3Kbyte Receive FIFOs
    • Physical Layer
      • 100Base-Tx and 10Base-T
    • Easy to Use
      • Low Power Features
      • Status LEDs
      • Software configuration
  • SVGA CRT interface
    • Analog SVGA Output
    • Resolution up to 1920 x 1440 pixels with up to 4,294 million colors
    • VGA, SVGA, XGA, XGA+, SXGA, and UXGA
    • High-performance memory
      • 24MB of shared DDR SDRAM memory
  • Four BIOS configurable RS-232/422/485 serial ports on two connectors, each connect configurable as:
    • One full RS-232 port with TxD, RxD, CTS, RTS, DSR, DTR, RI, and CD
    • One RS-422/485 port with TxD+, TxD-, RxD+, RxD-, with 120 ohm termination jumper
    • Two RS-232 ports:
      • One with TxD, RxD, CTS, and RTS
      • One with TxD and RxD
    • One RS-232 port with TxD and RxD, and one RS-422/485 port with TxD+, TxD-, RxD+, RxD-, with 120 ohm termination jumper
    • Jumper enabled two RS-422/485 ports each with TxD+, TxD-, RxD+, RxD-, with 120 ohm termination jumper
    • 16550 compatible UARTs for high-speed
  • multiPort function connector
    • Parallel port
      • SPP, PS/2 bi-directional, EPP & ECP
    • Advanced Digital I/O (aDIO)
      • One 8-bit port programmable as input or output
      • Eight bit-programmable I/O with Advanced Digital Interrupt Modes
        • Event Mode Interrupt generates an interrupt when any input bit changes
        • Match Mode Interrupt generates an interrupt when input bits match a preset value
        • External Strobe Mode latches 8 data inputs and generates and interrupt
      • Two Strobes can be configured as readable inputs.
    • Floppy controller interface - Interfaces only with RTD's XK-CM49 multiPort Floppy Drive and Cable Kit
    • Optional Incremental Encoder or PWM interface
  • Two USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) Ports
    • Supports 480 Mb/s (high-speed), 12Mb/s (full-speed), and 1.5Mbs (low speed) peripherals
    • 500 mA @ 5 Vdc provided per port
    • USB Boot capability
  • UltraDMA-100 / 66 / 33 Master Mode PCI EIDE Controller
    • Transfer rate up to 100MB/sec using UltraDMA
    • Increased reliability using UltraDMA-33 transfer protocols
    • Support ATAPI compliant devices including DVD drives
    • 48-bit LBA support for hard drives larger than 137GB
  • Utility port
    • XK-CM77 Cable Kit Included
    • PC-AT compatible keyboard port
    • PS/2 Mouse Port
    • Speaker (0.1W output) port
    • Hardware Reset input
    • Battery input for Real Time Clock
  • Power I/O
    • Access to PC/104 Bus power pins
      • Gnd, ±12 & 5 VDC
    • Access to PC/104-Plus Bus pins
      • Gnd, ±12, 5 & 3.3 VDC
  • ISA Expansion Bus
    • Full ISA bus operation
    • Supports 8-bit (XT) and 16-bit (AT) peripherals
    • All ISA IRQ lines supported
    • DMA Supported via DDMA (Software-transparent)
    • Supports both I/O-mapped and Memory-mapped expansion cards
    • Positive Decode of PCI cycles
      • I/O and Memory ranges selectable in BIOS
  • Mating Connectors
    • Standard 10-pin 0.1" DIL header (Utility, COM1 & 3, COM2 & 4, SVGA, USB, Ethernet)
    • Standard 12-pin 0.1" DIL header (Power)
    • Standard 26-pin 0.1" DIL header (multiPort)
    • Standard 44-pin 2mm DIL header (EIDE)
       

Software

  • RTD Enhanced BIOS with built-in SETUP, USB Boot and Quick Boot Mode Installed
    • Supports onboard video and PCI expansion bus video
    • Hard drives supported by onboard IDE controller
    • Floppy drives supported via USB Port or multiPort
  • Fail Safe Boot Mode using embedded ROM-DOS
  • Includes ROM-DOS, utilities, and example programs
  • Compatible with x86 operating systems:
    • MS-DOS
    • Windows (98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and XP Embedded)
    • Linux (desktop and real-time versions)
    • RTOSes such as QNX, VxWorks, and Windows CE
       

Physical Attributes

  • Dimensions
    • Length (L): 3.775 inches (95.885 mm)
    • Width (W): 3.550 inches (90.170 mm)
  • Weight: Approximately 0.28 lbs. (0.13 Kg) with heatsink
  • Standard Operating Temperature, 90% humidity non-condensing: -40 to +85°C
  • Storage Temperature: -55 to +125°C
  • MTBF:
    • CME137686LX500HR-128:  602,575 hours
    • CME137686LX500HR-256:  599,620 hours
    • CME137686LX500HR-512:  524,624 hours
  • Power Consumption:
    • CME137686LX500HR-128:  5.5 W @ 5 VDC typical
    • CME137686LX500HR-256:  5.6 W @ 5 VDC typical
    • CME137686LX500HR-512:  5.7 W @ 5 VDC typical
       

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Ordering Information

Part Number Description Value
 OEM*
CME137686LX500HR-128   PC/104-Plus cpuModule with 128MB SDRAM & 1GB Flash Disk

$1495

CME137686LX500HR-256   PC/104-Plus cpuModule with 256MB SDRAM & 1GB Flash Disk

$1545

CME137686LX500HR-512

  PC/104-Plus cpuModule with 512MB SDRAM & 1GB Flash Disk

$1795

—  Sequentially laminated PCB fabricated in accordance with IPC-6012 Class 3 Standards  —
*OEM price includes soldered SDRAM (128MB, 256MB or 512MB) and 1GB Flash Disk (4GB & 8GB Flash Disk option available)
 

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