25 November 2008

Embest Board For Handheld, POS & Medical Features ARM9

Embest Info & Tech has introduced the Embest SBC2442-I, a low-power, high performance Single Board Computer (SBC) featuring an advanced 400 Mhz ARM920T applications processor, designed with a memory MCP (Multiple Chip Package, 64MB SDRAM and 128MB NandFlash).

The Embest SBC2442-I board is targeted at handheld devices as well as point of sale kiosks.  It is also expected to appeal to the medical tools, human-machine interfaces and intelligent instruments markets.

The SBC2442-I SBC contains three RS232 serial ports, one 10/100Mbps Ethernet port, four USB Host ports, TFT-LCD display interface (including the touch panel interface), standard VGA output port (up to 800×600 resolution), a standard parallel port for printer, SD card slot, RTC with backup battery, +5V and +12V power input slot. The SBC2442-I contains 36×GPIO prot and four-channel ADC input port, which may be connected to Multi channel data acquisition system, such as blood pressure or body temperature.

The Devkit2442-I development kit is available for the SBC2442-I SBC. It is built in a metal case and has a display with a touch screen. The display is 6.4inch TFT LCD with a resolution of 640×480 pixels (VGA). The touch screen is a 4-wire resistive touch.