IMBM-700 motherboard supports factory automation

Aaeon has introduced the IMBM-700, an industrial motherboard that uses the VIA C7/ Eden processor.

The IMBM-700 supports equipment in the factory automation market.

It offers legacy interface support for the ISA bus.

The IMBM-700 is based on VIA's CN700 and VT8237R+ chipset and supports the C7-M Ultra Low Voltage 1.0GHz for low power applications all the way up to the C7-M 2.0GHz for applications requiring higher performance while maintaining low power.

Two 240-pin DDR II 400/533 DIMM sockets support up to 2Gbit.

The IMBM-700 supports two 10/100Base-TX or Gbit Ethernet for high bandwidth network connectivity.

James Pan, product manager of Aaeon's industrial systems division, said: 'A key feature of the IMBM-700 is the ability to boot the system through Compactflash.

'It is no longer necessary to have a bulky HDD/CD-ROM bay, allowing for a more compact chassis design, reduced power consumption and ultimately leading to a lower cost system.

'A typical characteristic of a factory automation device is stable operation with legacy bus interfaces such as ISA and RS-232.' The IMBM-700 offers two SATA I ports, one IDE, one Type II Compactflash and one standard floppy disk interface for system operation and storage requirements.

Peripheral requirements are met with eight USB ports, four COM ports, one parallel and one IrDA.

Expansion needs are handled by two ISA slots, three PCI slots and one Mini-PCI connector.

Audio capability includes mic-in, line-in and speaker-out.

Display capability is via analogue VGA through a standard 15-pin D-sub connector for CRT display.

The fanless, low power IMBM-700 targets diverse applications such as factory automation, industrial automation, instrumentation, HMI, thin client and POS/Kiosk.

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