COM suits entry-level industrial apps

Adlink Technology Inc. has launched the newest member of its computer-on-module (COM) family, the Express-NR, a COM Express Type 2 module and supporting the Intel Core 2 Duo, Core Duo and Celeron M processors. Based on the Mobile Intel 945GME Express Chipset, the Express-NR has very low power-consumption and is specially designed to facilitate speedy development of semi-custom designs. Adlink's Express-NR is ideal for entry-level industrial applications such as medical diagnostic equipment, industrial automation, gaming, point-of-sales, mobile computing and transportation markets.

The Express-NR provides complete graphics performance with CRT, single/dual channel 24-bit LVDS and TV-out (SDTV and HDTV). It supports up to 4 GB of DDR2 667MHz memory with dual SO-DIMM sockets and provides extensive expansion capabilities with one PCI Express x16 bus and five PCI Express x1 or one PCI Express x4 bus. A single onboard 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet port, one Serial ATA port, one single Parallel IDE channel and up to eight USB 2.0 ports round out the Express-NR's multi-I/O features.