Owner manual

AR-B1631ET User’s Guide

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INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the AR-B1631ET Single Board Computer, the AR-B1631ET low power AMD Geode

LX800 processor board with the advanced chipset CS5536 (CS5535). The board is designed for

extreme environments, it can be operated from -40°C to +75°C which can make a lot of outdoor

applications available, such as Traffic Control, Vehicle Computer, Remote Workstation, Outdoor

Data Acquisition, Aviation or Military industries.

ACROSSER’s Extended Temperature Products contain onboard components that have been chosen

to withstand extreme operating temperatures. This platform has been fully loaded and passed robust

thermal cycling tests. It is a reliable, long life time and cost effective Extended Temperature solution

for your application.

In addition, the AR-B1631ET provides on chip VGA. The VGA, which provides up to

1920x1440x32bpp at 85Hz and 1600x1200x32bpp at 100HZ resolutions. The VGA memory is

shared with the main memory (2M, 4M, or 8M). AR-B1631ET also has 18-bit LVDS function in the

system, with a resolution up to 1600x1200x32bpp at 60Hz.

The AR-B1631ET is loaded with special on-board features that rival full-size systems. It has one

network controller on board, uses Realtek RTL8100BL LAN controller, a fully integrated

10/100BASE-TX solution with high performance networking functions. Supports Compact Flash™

Type II interface. Plus optional support for AC97 sound with CD-input. The AR-B1631ET also

includes one 200-pin SO-DIMM DDR sockets for up to 1GB total on-board memory. The

AR-B1631ET has four on-board serial ports; COM1 with RS232C, COM2, COM3 and COM4 with

RS232C, 4 USB ports, and tough industrial grade construction. All these features make the

AR-B1631ET a very "system integrator friendly" solution, perfect for handling applications in the

harshest unmanned environments.