StrongARM 110 Evaluation Board Introduction

The StrongARM 110 Evaluation Board is a an ATX footprint motherboard, based around the Intel 21281 SA110 StrongARM, the 21285 support chip and the Acer Labs M1543c south bridge. The board is supplied with a pre-patched Linux kernel, Debian GNU/Linux distribution and a number of customised Linux-based images.

Hardware Description

Standard board features include:

• 233MHz Intel StrongARM110
• Two DIMM sockets for 66MHz SDRAM
• SuperIO facilities such as parallel port, serial ports, floppy, UltraDMA-33 IDE, etc.
• Two USB host ports
• Expandable via three PCI and three ISA slots
• Real time clock
• I2C bus
• Re-programmable FLASH ROM

Further information on the hardware specification are available.

Software Description

The board is supplied complete with our ABLE firmware, ready to boot your chosen operating system. The support CD supplied with the board contains:

• Linux kernel binaries, pre-patched sources and patch sets.
• Debian GNU/Linux boot disc and easy to install disc image.
• Custom linux based images.
• uClibc based source distribution for small footprint systems.
• NetBSD distribution.

Linux kernel patches are integrated in the official maintainer tree and Debian boot images are included in the official debian CDs.

Applications

Adding expansion cards and peripherals to the board allows many possible systems to be prototyped. For example, adding RAM, a network card and graphics card produces a network computer. Alternatively, a hard drive and a network card produces a network attached storage device. Other possibilities are:

• Set-Top Box
• Router
• CD duplicator
• MP3 juke box
• NAS unit
• Server

Other pages

• Specification - A list of all the StrongARM 110 Evaluation Board specifications.
• Availability - Price and availability.
• Resources - Documentation and software resources for the StrongARM 110 Evaluation Board.
• Firmware - Firmware for the StrongARM 110 Evaluation Board.
• FAQ - Frequenty Asked Questions about the StrongARM 110 Evaluation Board.
• Compatability - A list of known compatible products.
• Gallery - Images of the StrongARM 110 Evaluation Board.