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HIGHLYINTEGRATEDEMBEDDEDSBCWITHUSER‐SELECTABLEETXCPUPROCESSORCORE
• Highest level of integration in a single board computer:
Replaces6individualboards
• ETXCPUcoreprovidesflexibilityinprice/performance,reduces
costandprotectsagainstobsolescence
• Choice of AMD LX800 up to Intel Core 2 Duo processors with
512MBto2GBsystemmemory
• Best‐in‐class analog data acquisition with autocalibration and
softwaresupport
• 5V,7‐28VDC/DCpowersupplyforeasiersystemintegration
• EPICformatwithPC/104‐Plusexpansionprovidescompactsize
withflexibility
DESCRIPTION
Neptune introduces a new concept in small form factor
embeddedSBCs.TheCPUcoreconsistsofanETXmodule
which mounts on the bottom side of the baseboard for
improvedthermalmanagement.Thistechniqueprovides
more room on the top forI/O features.The result is an
efficient, cost‐effective, reliable
and compact embedded
SBC rich in I/O and other user benefits.Neptune is the
first 6‐in‐1 embedded SBC integrating processor, system
I/O, data acquisition and even a DC/DC power supply
ontoasingleboardinthecompactEPICformat.
You can select from a wide range of ETX CPU modules
from a world‐class supplierto tailor Neptune’s price and
performance to you application and budget.A PC/104‐
Plus expansion connector enables you to add still more
I/O or features if needed, and the built in 5V or 7 ‐28V
input DC/DC power supply provides flexibility in
integrating the SBC with your system power supply.
These features give Neptune an unsurpassed level of
valueandflexibilityinasmallformfactorembeddedSBC.
DATAACQUISITION
Neptune includes Diamond Systems’ top‐of‐the‐linedata
acquisition circuitry with the industry’s widest set of I/O
features:
• 32analoginputs,16‐bitA/D,250KHzsamplerate
• 4analogoutputs,12‐bitD/A
• 24digitalI/O
• 8opto‐isolateddigitalinputs
• 8opto‐isolateddigitaloutputs
• 2counter/timersforA/Dsampleratecontrol
• Universal Driver software support for C programming
underWindows
andLinux
Integratesthefunctionsof6boardsinto1
• CPU
• DataAcquisition
• Opto‐isolatedDigitalI/O
• MultiprotocolSerialPorts
• GigabitEthernet
DC/DCPowerSu
l
NEPTUNE
BENEFITS OF 6‐in‐1INTEGRATION
LESSSPACE:SmallerandthinnerthanastackofPC/104boards
LOWERCOST:AnintegratedsolutioneliminatesextraPCBsand
connectorstolowertheunitcost
HIGHERRELIABILITY:Lessinterconnectsandcomponents,
resultinginhigherreliability
MORERUGGED:Theflatterprofileandreductioninconnectors
makesNeptunefar
moreruggedinmobileapplications
SINGLEVENDOR:Purchasingandstockingareeasierwitha
singleboard
SAVESTIME:Assemblyeffortisdramaticallyreduced,
shorteningyourtotalsystemintegrationtime