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Hurricane-PM EPIC SBC

The Hurricane-PM (shown above) accommodates a range of Celeron M and Pentium M processors, supporting clock rates from 600 MHz to 1.8 GHz, and accommodates up to 1 GB of DDR333-SODIMM RAM. According to Lippert, with proper system design, this SBC does not require active cooling -- a passive heatsink suffices.

Additional features and specifications cited by Lippert include:

• Chipset -- 82855GME and ICH4
  
• Display:
  • integrated graphics controller, 64 MB graphic mamory
    
  • CRT -- 2048 x 1536
    
  • LVDS -- dual channel, 24-bit, 1600 x 1200
• Storage:
  • IDE ATA100
    
  • uDiskOnChip using USB
• I/O ports:
  • 2 100/10 BaseT Ethernet
    
  • 6 USB 2.0 Host
    
  • 2 serial -- RS232/RS422/RS485
    
  • AC97 Sound
    
  • PS/2 keyboard and mouse
• Expansion -- PC/104-Plus ISA and PCI buses
  
• Power -- 5V DC @ 20 to 35 watts, depending on processor

Cool Roadrunner-PM (Click to enlarge)

Cool Roadrunner-LX800 (Click to enlarge)

Cool Roadrunner-LX800

This PC/104-Plus module has essentially the same technical specifications listed above for the Hurricane-PM EPIC SBC. The exceptions are: one 10/100 Ethernet port, instead of two; and no support for uDiskOnChip flash. Additionally, power consumption is a little less, ranging from 16 to 33 watts, depending on processor.

Cool Roadrunner-PM

This PC/104-Plus processor module is the successor to the Cool Roadrunner II, which has been discontinued due to RoHS considerations, according to Lippert. It's based on an AMD Geode LX800@0.9W processor clocked at 500 MHz, and accommodates up to 1 GB of DDR SDRAM. Power consumption is around 6.5 watts.

Additional Cool Roadrunner-PM features and specifications, as listed by Lippert, include:

• Display:
  • integrated graphics controller, up to 254 MB graphic mamory
    
  • CRT -- 1920 x 1440
    
  • LVDS -- 18- and 24-bit, 1600 x 1200
    
  • Parallel TFT -- 18 bit, 1600 x 1200
• Storage:
  • IDE ATA100
    
  • CompactFlash socket
• I/O ports:
  • 100/10 BaseT Ethernet
    
  • 4 USB 2.0 Host
    
  • 2 serial -- RS232/RS422/RS485
    
  • AC97 Sound
    
  • PS/2 keyboard and mouse
    
  • parallel printer
    
  • 8 general purpose I/O
    
  • 4 PWM outputs
    
  • 4 8-bit analog inputs
• Expansion -- PC/104-Plus ISA and PCI buses

The Cool Roadrunner-LX800 is available from stock. The Cool Roadrunner-PM and Hurricane-PM are expected to ship in the second quarter, according to Lippert. Pricing was not disclosed.

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