MSI-NC544 Low Power 6x86 MMX SBC with LAN/SSD/VGA/LCD/IDE/FDD/COMx4/Audio & PC/104 Expansion Bus (EBX Form Factor)



The MSI-NC544 provides versatile low-power (fanless) SBC with PC/104 expansion including cables for peripheral connections (disks, video, serial I/O, ethernet, etc.) having the following features:

CPU/Chipset: National Semiconductor Geode GXLV/GX1 & CX5530 chipset with 6x86-166/233/300 MMX CPU (built in). GXLV low-power 0-85°C CPU (1.5W-5.4W), GX1 very low-power 0-85°C CPU (0.8W-3W).

Cache memory: 16KB L1 cache memory.

I/O Chipset: National Semiconductor PC97317 + SMC666/669.

BIOS: AWARD, 128KB Flash BIOS for plug & play function.

Memory: 144-pin SO-DIMM socket that supports up to 256MB SDRAM memory.

LCD/VGA w/ MPEG II: On-chip shared-memory 64-bit LCD/VGA, supports CRT and TFT LCD flat panels up to 1280x1024x8 BPP and 1024x768x16 BPP, supports MPEG1 and MPEG2 assist.

100/10M Ethernet with Boot Rom: Intel 82559 100/10Mbps Ethernet with optional BOOT ROM and a second Intel 82559 100/10Mbps Ethernet.

CMOS Backup: CMOS Back up by Lithium battery.

Keyboard & Mouse Connectors: Supports 8-pin header PC/AT Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector.

Expansion Bus Types: PC/104 Connector and PCI slot.

Audio: 16-bit stereo FM synthesis, OPL3 emulation.

Flash Disk SSD: 32-pin socket for DiskOnChip SSD 2MB-288MB.

CompactFlash II Socket: Supports CF I / II type IDE Flash Disk or IBM 340MB/1GB MicroDrive HDD.

Watchdog Timer: I/O port 0443H to enable watchdog and I/O port 043H to disable watchdog. Time-out timing selectable 0 to 255 sec. Period: 1 sec.

IDE Ports: Supports two IDE ports for up to four IDE devices.

Floppy Disks: Supports up to two Floppy Disk Drives, 3.5”or 5.25” FDD (360K/720K /1.2M/1.44M/2.88M).

Serial Ports: Four 6-byte FIFO 16C550 serial ports, jumper selectable for three RS-232 and one as RS-232/422/485.

Parallel Port: One bi-directional parallel port selectable as LPT1, 2, or 3.  IEEE 1284 compliant EPP and ECP modes.

Speaker: Buzzer on Board.

IrDA and USB: One IrDA and two USB ports.

DMA Controller: Two 82C37's for providing 7 DMA Channels.

Interrupt Controller: Two 82C59's for providing 15 interrupt levels.

Operating Temperature: 0 - 60°C for board. 0 - 85°C for CPU.

System Power Requirement: +/-5V, +/-12V power by using ATX power connector, or, single +5V by using 2-pin connector.

Size: 5.75" x 8" (EBX Form Factor).

High-quality NTSC/PAL TV-out: Optional on board.

LVD/DSTN daughter board: Optional.

GPS Socket: Optional socket for GPS Module.

Touch Panel interface: Optional.

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