Mini-ITX board taps dual-core 1.8GHz Atom
By Eric Brown
2011-07-06
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Axiomtek announced an "industrial-grade" Mini-ITX motherboard equipped with a dual-core Intel Atom D525 or single-core D425, either clocked to 1.8GHz. The Mano825 supports up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, providing dual display capability, PCI and Mini-PCI Express expansion, and I/O including USB 2.0, RS-232, gigabit Ethernet and SATA connections, says the company.Like last year's Mano800, the Mano825 adopts the 6.7 x 6.7-inch (17 x 17cm) Mini-ITX form factor, but instead of a Core i7 uses the more modest Intel Atom. Considering all the Axiomtek boards we cover here, we were surprised to find that this was only the second Atom-based Mini-ITX board released by the company, after the N270-based SBC86838.
Mano825
Like much of the x86 embedded world these days, Axiomtek is jumping on the dual-core Atom D525, clocked to 1.8GHz. A single-core D425, also clocked at 1.8GHz, is also available.
According to Axiomtek, the on-chip Intel GMA3150 graphics engine on either Atom enables designers to get by without a separate graphics card for most applications. These are said to include kiosk, POS, P)I (point of information), lottery machine, gaming, and industrial automation.
 
Mano825, front and back
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The Mano825 is equipped with up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, says Axiomtek. The motherboard is also said to support dual independent VGA and 18/24-bit single channel LVDS displays.
The board supplies dual SATA ports with transfer rates up to 3Gbps, but no SD expansion. Peripheral expansion includes a mini-PCI Express slot and a 32-bit PCI slot, says the company.
Mano825 detail
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The Mano825 provides dual gigabit Ethernet ports on the coastline, as well as seven USB 2.0 ports, four of which have standard Type A connectors. There are also six powered RS232 ports, three of which sit on the board's coastline, says Axiomtek. Audio ports and PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports also are available, together with a VGA port.
Other I/O is onboard, and includes LPT, digital I/O, and an LVDS interface. Operating system support is said to include Linux, Windows 7, Vista, and Windows XP Embedded.
Features and specifications listed for the Mano825 include:
- Processor -- Intel Atom D525 (dual-core 1.8GHz) or D425 (single-core 1.8GHz); Intel NM10 controller
- Memory -- up to 4GB DDR3 (up to 800MHz) via 2 x 240-pin DIMMs
- Expansion -- PCI slot; mini-PCI Express slot
- Display:
- 1 x VGA port
- 1 x LVDS (18/24-bit single channel; internal)
- dual independent displays
- Networking -- 2 x gigabit Ethernet with wake-on-LAN, PXE boot
- Other I/O:
- 7 x USB 2.0 ports (4 x coastline)
- 6 x RS-232 with +5V/+12V power (3 x coastline)
- 2 x SATA-300 (internal)
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 mouse
- 1 x LPT (internal)
- mic-in, line-out (Realtek ALC662 HD)
- SMBus (internal)
- digital I/O (4 x in, 4 x out), internal
- Other features -- watchdog; hardware monitoring; Lithium battery
- Operating temperature -- 32 to 140 deg. F (0 to 60 deg. C)
- Dimensions -- 6.7 x 6.7 inches (17 x 17cm); Mini-ITX
Availability
The Mano825 will be available around the middle of August for "a very nice price," says Axiomtek. More information may be found at Axiomtek's Mano825 page.
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