Long-life ATX motherboards support Core 2 Duo processors
Released 18 April 2007

The latest additions to BVM's extensive range of embedded computer boards are a range of industrial long-life ATX motherboards that support a broad performance spectrum, allowing the user to optimise the chipset and CPU combination to best suit the application.  Pentium 4, Pentium D and Core 2 Duo chipset families can be combined with the 915, 945 and the latest 965 Intel chipsets; all motherboards include graphics with VGA and LVDS connection.

The industrial motherboards differ from typical desktop machine versions in that they are fitted with PCI expansion slots, enabling a direct interface for both standard and specialist industrial I/O cards, frequently only produced in PCI format.  Another important feature for industrial applications is the inclusion of a watchdog timer to reset the system in the event of a software crash.  

The motherboards are designed with long life components wherever possible, providing manufacturing repeatability for three to five years from product launch.  With the PC market so fast moving, it is only through careful initial design and component selection that any particular design of board can continue to be available for a reasonable period of time.

A selection of rack mount chassis and I/O cards completes the line-up, allowing bespoke systems to be created with minimum time and effort.

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