Kontron microETXexpress Starterkit VxWorks kit

A second tool to help jump start design - the Kontron microETXexpress Starterkit VxWorks validated by Wind River is now available.

The COM Express kits expand Kontron’s range of evaluation platforms for real-time applications built around the COM Express form factors.

As the kits are validated for use under the new operating system VxWorks 6.8, they eliminate the problems that arise whenever an application is developed on the basis of a new operating system and new hardware.

The kits are preconfigured and assembled with a Kontron microETXexpress computer-on-module in the newly defined COM Express compact form factor with 1 GB system memory and a heatsink cooling solution and are available for use with either the company’s microETXexpress-SP computer-on-module (Atom Processor Z530 [1.6GHz] and SCH US15W) or with the microETXexpress-DC (Atom processor N270, 945GSE and ICH7M).

The small size of the company’s 95 x 95 mm COM Express compact modules makes them suitable for appliances with strict space limitations.

The kit includes all the necessary components preconfigured and ready to use. Users will find a COM Express compact microETXexpress computer-on-module with either a 1.6 GHz Atom processor Z530 or 1.6 GHz Atom processor N270, 1 GB of DDR SO-DIMM system memory, a heatsink for low-profile cooling solutions, the ETXexpress miniBaseboard, a 12 V pico power supply, plus all cables and accessories.

Also included in the box are an 8 GB Wind River LiveUSB environment stick with Fedora Linux complete with Workbench 3.2 (30-day evaluation), the Wind River Tilcon Interface Development Tool 5.7 and VxWorks 6.8.