pITX-SP single board computer

Kontron has unveiled the pITX-SP, its first long-term available Pico-ITX embedded single board computer.

The ultra-small (10 x 7.2 cm) device, based on the Atom Z5xx processor and system controller hub US15W, offers maximum connectivity on a compact footprint.

It is a low-power (5 W) and integrated standard embedded SBC designed in accordance with the Pico-ITX form factor that the SFF-SIG (small form factor special interest group) has been independently developing since 2008.

It has all interfaces required for the fast and easy development of cost-optimised and small x86 embedded designs and ultra-mobile devices, making it suitable for a wide range of applications in the gaming, digital signage and POS/POI kiosk sectors as well as all other embedded segments that require price-optimised performance on the smallest footprint.

It is also a x86 alternative to RISC-based, handheld-sized solution with the added advantage of a wide software base and simple application development for fast time to market and lower total cost of ownership.

The board is based on the Z5xx processors up to 1.6 GHz and the hub US15W with up to 1 GB of DDR2 RAM> It has 1 x gigabit ethernet, 4 x USB 2.0, up to two SATA interfaces, a parallel IDE44 interface as well as a socket for MicroSD cards. 1 x DVI-D (up to 1920 x 1080 at 60 Hz) as well as 1 x Jili30 (single channel, up to 1280 x 1024 at 85 Hz) and a backlight inverter enables connection of all types of panels.

It also offers a shader-based 2D and 3D graphics, 256 MB of graphic memory as well as an integrated decoder for MPG2 and H.264.