APEX 4D PC104+ board
APEX 4D PC104+ board

 

  • AM5x86-P75/133MHz CPU
  • ALi Finali PCI chipset
  • Up to 16MB DRAM
  • 1MB Flash fitted as standard
  • 2-72MB Flash options (DiskOnChip)
  • 10Base-T NE2000 compatible Ethernet PCI
  • interface
  • PC/104 (ISA) expansion
  • PC/104+ (PCI) expansion
  • Dual PCI EIDE drives
  • Dual Floppy drives
  • 2 Serial ports (1 x RS232, 1 x R422/485)
  • Bi-directional SPP/EPP/ECP parallel port
  • Real-time clock with on-board Dyna Cap
  • Watchdog timer
  • PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors
  • +5V only operation
  • Standard 5.25ıı PC power connector

Blue Chip Technology’s APX-4D is a PC/104+ based 5x86 single board computer with an NE2000 compatible PCI 10Base-T Ethernet controller. The APX-4D is an ideal platform for the increasing performance requirements of embedded control applications and provides both PCI and ISA bus interfaces.

The design is based on the AMD AM5x86 running at 133MHz, providing an equivalent performance to a P75. Up to 16MB of DRAM can be supported in standard 72-pin SODIMM low profile memory modules. In addition to the 1MB of Flash fitted as standard, DiskOnChip plug-in modules provide Flash expansion options from 2MB to 72MB.

APX-4D utilises the ALi Finali PCI chipset, which has a long life and contains an integrated PCI Bus EIDE controller with a high performance IDE interface allowing up to two IDE devices (HDD and CD-ROM drives). The SMC 37C665 Super I/O controller integrates the standard PC I/O functions: floppy interface, two FIFO serial ports and one SPP/EPP/ECP bi-directional parallel port.

An NE2000 compatible PCI 10Base-T Ethernet controller is provided together with an RJ45 connector for ease of interfacing. For expansion APX-4D has both PC/104 (ISA) and PC/104+ (PCI) connectors.

For applications requiring LCD or CRT support, Blue Chip Technology’s APX-LCT, a high performance PC/104+ SVGA expansion module, can be combined with APX-4D to provide a compact and rugged ‘stack’. The APX-LCT provides LCD and CRT resolutions to 1280 x 1024 x 256, 1024 x 768 x 64K, 800 x 600 x 16M and 640 x 480 x 16M. Please refer to the APX-LCT datasheet for further details.