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        Digital I/O card targets gaming devices

        Staff | Date: Nov 3, 2006 | Comments: 1



        Taiwanese board-vendor Acrosser is shipping a 96-bit PCI-bus I/O card with discrete I/O, on-board SRAM, and a host of built-in security features. The AR-B2002 supports Windows XP and XP Embedded, and targets casino gaming machines and industrial control applications.





        AR-ES0891
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        Acrosser describes the AR-B2002 as an "all-in-one" gaming I/O control card that can be used to interface with "several" gaming peripherals. The card is especially well suited for use with Acrosser's Windows-friendly Pentium M-powered AR-ES0891 system (pictured at right), the company says.

        Touted features aimed at gaming control include 96-bit digital I/O, a timer, battery-backed SRAM, an intrusion logger, "software security," and a real-time clock.

        Additional touted features include:
        • 32-bit 33MHz 5V/3.3V PCI bus
        • 88 channels programmable digital I/O
        • Interrupt on input change-of-state
        • 4 x 16-bit programmer timer
        • 512K bytes battery backup SRAM
        • 8 channels, 16 events Intrusion logger
        • 8-bit DIP switch read back
        Availability

        The AR-B2002 appears to be available now, along with drivers for Windows XP and Linux. And, since XP is supported, the board most likely also works with Windows XP Embedded. Pricing was not disclosed.



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