Product Review
Mini-ITX motherboard with ARM processor has NVIDIA Tegra 3 on board
Toni McConnel7/6/2012 2:16 PM EDT
Kontron has unveiled its first embedded ARM-based motherboard in the Mini-ITX form factor (170mm x 170 mm). The Kontron KTT30/mITX is equipped with NVIDIA's Tegra 3 super processor and combines outstanding media performance with particularly low power consumption. With its integrated, ultra low-power GeForce GPU, the ARM Cortex-A9 900MHz Quad-Core processor board offers 3D graphic performance and delivers a total energy consumption of just under 7 watts. The new board is targeted for thin clients, Panel PCs, and Mini-Box PCs.
The Kontron KTT30/mITX enables OEMs to integrate innovative ARM technology into their embedded applications straight off-the-shelf. Kontron offers comprehensive customization services and extensive software support for Android and Linux which serve to minimize development time and costs. Besides the numerous USB and RS232 interfaces, several audio and video interfaces, as well as miniPCIe extension slots, the Kontron KTT30/mITX offers a selection of interfaces to suit nearly every possible application.
The extremely low-power consumption facilitates small passive cooling solutions, which additionally reduce the bill of materials and development effort while simplifying implementation. Due to the board's low height of just 15.2 millimeters, extremely flat systems can be built and mounted directly onto the back of monitor and video panels, i.e. for HMIs or cost-efficient digital signage players. In addition, the board supports Full-HD (1080 p) video for both playback and recording purposes, making it an ideal platform for video conferencing systems or security applications.
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The Kontron KTT30/mITX is based on the NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor with four ARM Cortex-A9 CPU cores, each with up to 900 MHz. An additional core with up to 500 MHz clock speed reduces power consumption to less than 1 watt in phases when just media playback or background services are running. With its integrated 12-core NVIDIA GeForce GPU for low-power applications, life-like 3D graphics with dynamic lighting are possible at screen resolutions of up to 2048 x 1536 pixels. It also offers HDMI 1.4a and 24 bit LVDS video interfaces. The integrated video encoder and decoder as well as high resolution video playback enables real time video compression, which can be supplied via the CSI/DSI camera port. Peripheral devices can be connected via three USB 2.0 ports and two RS232 ports. Operating system and application data can be hosted on the bootable eMMC. Two PCIe slots, one of which can also be used as an mSATA port, are available for application-specific extensions. An RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet port and analog audio-I/Os add the final touches to the feature set.
The Kontron embedded motherboard KTT30/mITX supports Android and Linux and is available now.
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The Kontron KTT30/mITX enables OEMs to integrate innovative ARM technology into their embedded applications straight off-the-shelf. Kontron offers comprehensive customization services and extensive software support for Android and Linux which serve to minimize development time and costs. Besides the numerous USB and RS232 interfaces, several audio and video interfaces, as well as miniPCIe extension slots, the Kontron KTT30/mITX offers a selection of interfaces to suit nearly every possible application.
The extremely low-power consumption facilitates small passive cooling solutions, which additionally reduce the bill of materials and development effort while simplifying implementation. Due to the board's low height of just 15.2 millimeters, extremely flat systems can be built and mounted directly onto the back of monitor and video panels, i.e. for HMIs or cost-efficient digital signage players. In addition, the board supports Full-HD (1080 p) video for both playback and recording purposes, making it an ideal platform for video conferencing systems or security applications.
Click on image to enlarge.
The Kontron KTT30/mITX is based on the NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor with four ARM Cortex-A9 CPU cores, each with up to 900 MHz. An additional core with up to 500 MHz clock speed reduces power consumption to less than 1 watt in phases when just media playback or background services are running. With its integrated 12-core NVIDIA GeForce GPU for low-power applications, life-like 3D graphics with dynamic lighting are possible at screen resolutions of up to 2048 x 1536 pixels. It also offers HDMI 1.4a and 24 bit LVDS video interfaces. The integrated video encoder and decoder as well as high resolution video playback enables real time video compression, which can be supplied via the CSI/DSI camera port. Peripheral devices can be connected via three USB 2.0 ports and two RS232 ports. Operating system and application data can be hosted on the bootable eMMC. Two PCIe slots, one of which can also be used as an mSATA port, are available for application-specific extensions. An RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet port and analog audio-I/Os add the final touches to the feature set.
The Kontron embedded motherboard KTT30/mITX supports Android and Linux and is available now.
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