The Cool LiteRunner-ECO is a standard PC/104 form factor carrier board for the CoreExpress-ECO Advanced COM modules. The CoreExpress-ECO Advanced COM module is used as processing core, which is available with the Z510 or Z530 variant of the processor. This keeps the power consumption low and allows for passive cooling, using either a heat sink or a heat spreader/heat pipe combination.
The board comes with interfaces such as two Gigabit Ethernet ports, 2 SATA and 6 USB interfaces. It also features legacy interfaces like flexibly configurable serial ports, LPT and PS2, as well as 8 general purpose I/O signal pins that can be freely configured by the application.
Multi-media capabilities are provided with VGA and LVDS display connections and high definition audio interfaces, both digital and analog. A μSD slot is available, which support bootable media; this eases software development and update, only a tiny SD card needs to be changed. Even WLAN can be integrated, using the standard PCI Express Mini-Card slot.
The Cool LiteRunner-ECO uses LEMT to handle the boards housekeeping tasks like power sequencing and watchdog. It also provides useful utility functions for the application, like a secure, write and clear protected Flash area that can be used for security keys, or several operation mode counters. LEMT also enables remote condition monitoring.
Wolfgang Patelay, Editor Print & Online 