ETX is a small processor board measuring just 114mm by 95mm. These are fully functional processor modules which require a carrier board giving access to the keyboard, VGA and power for a minimal system. ETX modules also have serial, parallel, USB, IDE, PCI, ISA and mouse interfaces which can be added to the design of your own carrier board. This way you can extend the functionality of off-the-shelf ETX cores to match your application requirements. Functional prototypes can now be used in a very early project stage for hardware evaluation. Software development of a custom ETX carrier board that integrates all these additional function takes place in a separate effort. Development time of custom ETX carrier boards is a minimal effort that takes normally around one or two months. By using the ETX module that starts from a readily available system core, hardware design time and cost is minimized as your attention can be focused on parts of the system unique to your application.
ETX CPU Module (Ready-to-use, Scalable, Flexible)
ARBOR's ETX CPU modules integrate all of the typical embedded PC features (Serial, Parallel, Audio, LAN, Video) in a scalable platform. ARBOR offers VIA, Eden and Pentium M processors to meet different performance requirements.
ETX Specific Carrierboard (Save up to 70% in Development Time & Cost)
Just choose interfaces for storage device connections; select expansion slots for extra system functions; identify various I/O interfaces for external peripheral connections, and ARBOR will provide the PCB specification for confirmation with engineeringsamples available within 30 days.