MEN Micro Inc., a world-renowned provider of embedded computing and I/O solutions for demanding industrial, mobile and harsh environment applications, has announced the ESMexpress® System-On-Module Standard, a new computing standard in development to be the ANSI-VITA 59 (RSE Rugged System-On-Module Express) Standard. ESMexpress brings the cost and time savings of computer-on-modules (COMs) technology to rugged, harsh and mission-critical environments.
COMs, also known as systems-on-modules (SOMs), are complete computers on a mezzanine board that use a standard CPU with I/O configuration only required on a carrier board to allow for individual functionality tailored to the specific application. ESMexpress combines this model with advanced cooling technologies, the latest serial buses and rugged components to ensure safe, reliable operation in harsh environments found in areas as diverse as the railway, avionics, industrial automation, medical engineering and mobile industries.
The XM1, one of the first available ESMexpress products from MEN Micro, features the first-generation Intel® Atom® processor (Z530 at 1.6 GHz or Z510 at 1.1 GHz) based on 45-nm technology coupled with 1 GB of soldered DDR2 SDRAM for significantly lower power dissipation, reduction in design costs and space-saving design flexibility.
Although the ESMexpress-based XM1 dissipates an impressive 7-Watts of power using the standard’s advanced fanless cooling system, ESMexpress itself enables power dissipation of up to 35 Watts while providing added EMC protection by mounting the populated PCB to a frame and completely enclosing the module in an aluminum housing.
