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(Click here for larger image)The AR-B5290 can be configured with Pentium M or Celeron M processors that have a 400 or 533 MHz front side bus, Acrosser said. Two DIMM sockets support up to 2 GD of DDR2 SDRAM. Display outputs include analog VGA and dual 18-bit LVDS.
The board's arcade game-oriented expansion interface is based on a standard created by the
Japanese Amusement Machine Manufacturers Association (JAMMA). In the mid 80s, JAMMA introduced a wiring standard for arcade cabinets that allows a cabinet to be upgraded to a different game simply by swapping out the game SBC. The JAMMA interface is implemented via a 56-pin edge card connector that provides signals for two 8-direction joysticks, two player start buttons, six control buttons (three per player), and monaural sound.
Acrosser lists the following additional features of the AR-B5290, many of which are specific to arcade game machine requirements:
- Storage:
- Serial ATA and IDE controllers
- Type II CompactFlash socket
- I/O ports:
- 10/100 Ethernet
- 6 x USB 2.0 ports -- 2 external; 4 on pin-headers
- 4 x serial ports:
- COM1 -- RS232 on DB9 connector
- COM2 -- dedicated to intrusion logger
- COM3, COM4 -- ccTalk or RS232 (option)
- stereo audio -- 6 W amplifier on each channel
- Gaming functions:
- JAMMA interface and 72-pin "golden finger" interface
- 24 x 5000 Vrms isolated digital inputs
- 5 x TTL interrupt input lines
- 43 x 500 mA Darlington transistor outputs
- 2 x 8-bit DIP switches
- 16 bits user definable GPIO on DB-25 female connector (option)
Acrosser says it offers free Windows CE and Windows XP Embedded customization services for all of its CPU boards.
Pricing and availability of the AR-B5290 were not disclosed.
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