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Socket 370 Single Board Computer motherboard $40 (EBX formfactor)
On board LCD controller, PCI slot, PC/104, Sodimm memory, 5.75" x 8"

New MessageSocket 370 Single Board Computer motherboard $40 (EBX formfactor) (modified 0 times) Tom61
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Found this when searching for something else on Froogle:
http://store.yahoo.com/microexpress/basp4pe845pe1.html

Interesting case of not knowing what they had, they lump it in with other Socket 370 ATX and M-ATX boards. They even called to make sure I knew that this wasn't a normal board.

Neat little board, hard to find breakout connectors though. (all the IDC connectors, except aduio, are 2mm pitch connectors) Advantech doesn't have the wiring kit for this model, but the kit for PCM-9577FG looks to be compatable, just with a little bit of extra hardware (compared the pinouts of several connectors). http://www.advantech.com/products/Model_Detail.asp?model_id=1-LLQT9

Unofficial site for the board:
http://www.clearwater.com.au/pcm-9574/?page=overview
Official site:
http://www.advantech.com/estore/products/Model_Detail.asp?model_id=1@30528
Note: This board does not have the 'optional Panel Link' LCD connector menitioned in the pages, but it does have an 18-bit TFT controller, and an STN controller.

Pics of mine:
http://tom61.arcadecontrols.com/pics/Jun30-04.jpg
Overly bright (but oddly good looking) pic of when I got it. Note the size relative to the CD at the bottom.
http://tom61.arcadecontrols.com/pics/Jun30-06.jpg
Rear of board, showing 256MB Compact Flash card and 32MB SODIMM on top of an I-Opener (donator of the SODIMM)
http://tom61.arcadecontrols.com/pics/Jun30-07.jpg
It next to my older,bigger SBC system.(grabbed the processor from it)
http://tom61.arcadecontrols.com/pics/Jun30-08.jpg
This should be a pic of it booting Monowall off the CF card (on bottom of motherboard), but for some reason it halted because there was no keyboard present and floppy (odd behavior for an Embedded system) and I haven't built the adapter for keyboard/mouse yet. Odder yet, it knew that I had a VIA C3, most other boards with 100MHz FSB see it as a Celeron. (makes me wonder if it can go higher)


Figured I'd share this with you, considering the deals you've shared with me. :) I need to call Avantech and see how much that wiring kit is. BTW, you can get an adapter to change the CF slot into another IDE channel: http://www.advantech.com/epc/newsletter/v28-07-15_00/4IDEsup.htm (found that while searching on here)

07-28-2004 17:29:41

New MessageRE:Socket 370 Single Board Computer motherboard $40 (EBX formfactor) (modified 0 times) Glitch
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Tom61: Thanks for the tip! That is a great price for that board. I've bought similar boards (PCM-9570 without audio) for similar prices, but those deals were few and far between.

If you can't get a cable kit from Advantech, Digikey sells the connectors. Of course, you will have to spend considerable time to build the cables yourself. However, you will be able to make them custom lengths to fit your enclosure (that is how I justify the time spent <g>).

I will use mine to replace the PCM-9570 in my boatPC. I currently use it mostly for navigation. It will be nice to have sound (i.e. MP3 player). I may also add a DVD drive to the system so we can watch movies when the fish aren't biting.

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07-29-2004 05:13:21

New MessageRE:Socket 370 Single Board Computer motherboard $40 (EBX formfactor) (modified 0 times) Glitch
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Update...

I tried to order a few of these but they were out-of-stock. The seller said that he sold all of the boards that he had to a company in the UK and that it is now a discontinued product. Too bad.

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07-29-2004 19:10:44

New MessageRE:Socket 370 Single Board Computer motherboard $40 (EBX formfactor) (modified 0 times) Tom61
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Bummer. It's a nice little board.

"If you can't get a cable kit from Advantech, Digikey sells the connectors. Of course, you will have to spend considerable time to build the cables yourself. However, you will be able to make them custom lengths to fit your enclosure (that is how I justify the time spent <g>)."

I've been tempted to do that. Need to figure out what to build headers for if I go that route. (obviously skip serial ports, as that'd be the most labor intensive)

07-29-2004 20:07:38

New MessageRE:Socket 370 Single Board Computer motherboard $40 (EBX formfactor) (modified 0 times) Glitch
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The vendor contacted me and offered PCM-9576FV-03A1 boards for sale. These are similar to the PCM-9574, except that they have two additional network ports instead of the on-board audio. These would make a nice little firewall machine. I believe that he only has two more of these in stock so you better act fast if you are interested.
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07-30-2004 13:58:46

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