Three New Little Board® SBCs Will Drive New Applications

Ampro Computers, the inventor and leading supplier of PC/104 and EBX form-factor single-board computers for the embedded market, today announced a major upgrade and expansion of its Little Board family of EBX-compatible single board computers. Covering a broad price/performance range, the three new Little Board SBCs will drive additional usage. The new entry-level Little Board 486e extends the life of a low cost 486-based solution by 5+ years as it replaces a maturing Little Board 486i. The cost-effective Pentium-based Little Board P5v provides improved price / performance in a reliable, US-made alternative for high volume applications. And the higher performance Pentium II-based Little Board P6d with onboard sound opens new demanding, performance-driven multimedia application opportunities for EBX form-factor single board computers. The expanded Little Board product line is being unveiled today at the Embedded Systems Conference Fall 2000 exhibition opening today at the San Jose Convention Center.

These three new products demonstrate Ampro's commitment to continue as the leader in the EBX market. "In the 14 years that Ampro has been supplying embedded designers with Little Board Single Board Computers, Ampro has continuously updated the product line with new technology, while maintaining a smooth upgrade path with respect to form, fit and function," said Paul Rosenfeld, Ampro's Vice President of Marketing. "These new Little Boards are the latest in a long line of products that have provided Ampro customers with extraordinary product life cycle support, while reducing cost and improving performance. "

New Little Board 486e – Long-life stability at the low end
The Little Board 486e single board computer is the new entry-level workhorse of Ampro's EBX offerings. It adds new life to a very robust price/performance niche important to a many embedded OEMs. With its highly integrated 133Mhz 486DX4 compatible processor, the Little Board 486e includes up to 64 MB DRAM in a single vertical DIMM, LAN 9000 series Ethernet controller (10 Base-T), C&T 65550 display controller with CRT and flat panel support, 4 serial ports, parallel port, floppy controller (2 drives), primary IDE controller and an on-board Type II CompactFlash socket supporting either SanDisk CompactFlash or IBM MicroDrive.

New Little Board P5v – Pentium performance priced for volume
The cost-effective Little Board P5v features the 266 MHz Mobile Pentium processor with 512 KB L2 cache and up to 256MB DRAM. It includes CRT and flat panel support with a Trident Cyber9525 DVD accelerator, 10/100 Base-T Intel 82559ER Ethernet Controller, and Type II CompactFlash socket plus 2 serial ports, 2x USB, IrDA, parallel, floppy (2 drives), and primary IDE (2 drives). It is a highly reliable, US-made solution for applications requiring at least 500 boards per year. Prototype quantities are available in Q4 with production volume in Q1 2001.

New Little Board P6d – Pentium II power for new applications
The Little Board P6d single computer board utilizes a high performance 333 MHz Mobile Pentium II (Dixon) processor. It comes with a 256KB internal L2 cache, optional ECC memory for high reliability, a 3D graphics accelerator and built in SoundBlasterä compatible sound which makes it ideal for new multimedia applications. It supports up to 256MB DRAM, and includes 4 serial ports (all RS-232 or RS-485), 2x USB, IrDA, Trident Cyber9525 DVD multimedia accelerator with 2.5MB internal RAM with CRT and flat panel support, 10/100 Base-T Intel 82559ER Ethernet Controller and a Type II CompactFlash socket. Prototype quantities are available in Q4 with production volume in Q1 2001.

Ampro Computers, Inc., 5215 Hellyer Avenue #110, San Jose, CA 95138-1002 . Tel: 408-360-0200; Fax: 408-360-0222.