Highly Integrated Embedded SBC With Userselectable ETX CPU Processor Core Specification Sheet

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HIGHLYINTEGRATEDEMBEDDEDSBCWITHUSER‐SELECTABLEETXCPUPROCESSORCORE
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• Highest level of integration in a single board computer:
Replaces6individualboards
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• ETXCPUcoreprovidesflexibilityinprice/performance,reduces
costandprotectsagainstobsolescence
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• Choice of AMD LX800 up to Intel Core 2 Duo processors with
512MBto2GBsystemmemory
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• Best‐in‐class analog data acquisition with autocalibration and
softwaresupport
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• 5V,7‐28VDC/DCpowersupplyforeasiersystemintegration
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• EPICformatwithPC/104‐Plusexpansionprovidescompactsize
withflexibility
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DESCRIPTION
Neptune introduces a new concept in small form factor
embeddedSBCs.TheCPUcoreconsistsofanETXmodule 
which mounts on the bottom side of the baseboard for
improvedthermalmanagement.Thistechniqueprovides
more room on the top forI/O features.The result is an
efficient, cost‐effective, reliable
 and compact embedded
SBC rich in I/O and other user benefits.Neptune is the
first 6‐in‐1 embedded SBC integrating processor, system
I/O, data acquisition and even a DC/DC power supply
ontoasingleboardinthecompactEPICformat.
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You can select from a wide range of ETX CPU modules
from a world‐class supplierto tailor Neptune’s price and
performance to you application and budget.A PC/104‐
Plus expansion connector enables you to add still more
I/O or features if needed, and the built in 5V or 7 ‐28V
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input DC/DC power supply provides flexibility in
integrating the SBC with your system power supply.
These features give Neptune an unsurpassed level of
valueandflexibilityinasmallformfactorembeddedSBC.
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DATAACQUISITION
Neptune includes Diamond Systems’ top‐of‐the‐linedata
acquisition circuitry with the industry’s widest set of I/O 
features:
• 32analoginputs,16‐bitA/D,250KHzsamplerate
• 4analogoutputs,12‐bitD/A
• 24digitalI/O
• 8opto‐isolateddigitalinputs
• 8opto‐isolateddigitaloutputs
• 2counter/timersforA/Dsampleratecontrol
• Universal Driver software support for C programming
underWindows
andLinux
Integratesthefunctionsof6boardsinto1
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• CPU
• DataAcquisition
• Opto‐isolatedDigitalI/O
• MultiprotocolSerialPorts
• GigabitEthernet
•
DC/DCPowerSu
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y
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NEPTUNE
BENEFITS OF 6‐in‐1INTEGRATION
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LESSSPACE:SmallerandthinnerthanastackofPC/104boards
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LOWERCOST:AnintegratedsolutioneliminatesextraPCBsand
connectorstolowertheunitcost
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HIGHERRELIABILITY:Lessinterconnectsandcomponents,
resultinginhigherreliability
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MORERUGGED:Theflatterprofileandreductioninconnectors
makesNeptunefar
moreruggedinmobileapplications
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SINGLEVENDOR:Purchasingandstockingareeasierwitha
singleboard
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SAVESTIME:Assemblyeffortisdramaticallyreduced,
shorteningyourtotalsystemintegrationtime