Tri-M Engineering VSX104

Introduction

The VSX104 is a new fanless design from Tri-M featuring a complement of robust features such as extended temperature operation and soldered DDR2 RAM integrated in a small, low power package. The VSX104 is RoHS compliant and conforms to the PC/104 form factor which allows users to easily add a wide-range of low-cost I/O options.

The VSX104’s 300MHz DM&P Vortex86SX System-on-Chip (SoC) is a high performance and fully static 32-bit X86 processor designed to work with embedded operating systems including Windows®CE, Linux, DOS, and most popular 32-bit RTOS. Standard features of the VSX104 include 128MB soldered on DDR2 RAM, four COM ports, two USB2.0 ports and one 10/100 Ethernet port. It also includes both a Type I CompactFlash™ socket as well as a microSD socket. System expansion is supported by the PC/104 interface.

The VSX104 is a compact design measuring 3.55” x 3.775” x 0.9” and has an operating temperature of -40º to +85ºC. Single +5VDC power is supplied through the PC/104 bus or 2-position screw terminal and total power consumption is a mere 1.85 Watts.

The VSX104 is scheduled to begin shipping in January 2008.