The VIA EPIA™ Starter Kit is the ideal platform which empowers developers to verify new applications and bring them quickly to market. System integrators can secure design-wins and customer commitment earlier on by shortening the product development cycle, and thus ensuring faster time-to-market.

The EPIA™ EX15000G Mini-ITX Starter Kit consists of a multimedia rich mini-ITX mainboard, driven by the latest VIA C7® CPU and VIA CX700M2 integrated chipset, with rich video graphics, HD audio, and DDR2 and SATA II support. The Starter Kit also provides the VIA Software Utility Pack for in-depth evaluation of platform capabilities, and facilitates quick application development and feature demonstration.  It includes several security applications that enable VIA PadLock™ features, plus the tools needed by developers to enable hardware video decoding acceleration features in their applications.

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Type of VIA EX Starter Kit

This product is available fully ROHS-compliant.Box Content

  • 1 x EPIA EX15000G Mini-ITX Mainboard
  • 1 x Starter Kit Overview with a VIA Software Utility Pack
  • 1 x General Installation Guide
  • 1 x Driver Utility CD
  • 1 x ATA-66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable
  • 1 x I/O Bracket
  • 1 x Screw Accessory Package

This product is available fully ROHS-compliant.General Specifications

  • Dimension: 6.35cm (H) x 29.5cm (W) x 27.2cm (D)
  • EPIA EX15000G Mini-ITX Mainboard
  • Build-in DC-DC Converter, plus 60W AC Adapter and Power Cord
  • Front Port: USB x 2 Audio x 1, Mic x 1, 1394 x 1
  • Support One Slim Type CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
  • Support One 2.5” / 3.5” Hard Drive
  • One 4cm System Fan
  • Optional for a 1-2 PCI riser card

**The EPIA EX15000 Mini-ITX Mainboard is assembled in the chassis.
The package does not include hard drive nor memory module.

 
VIA EPIA EX15000 Mini-ITX Mainboard
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  • VIA C7® 1.5GHz Processor Onboard @400MHz FSB
  • VIA CX700M2 Advanced All-in-one Core-logic with Integrated VIA UniChrome™ Pro II 3D/2D Graphics with MPEG-2/ MPEG-4/ WMV9 Decoding Acceleration
  • DDR2 533 SDRAM
  • 1 PCI slot/ 2 SATA ports/ 6 USB 2.0 ports
  • VIA IEEE 1394
  • VIA 10/100 Ethernet (optional for Gigabit Ethernet)
  • VIA TV Out (HDTV Resolution)
  • CE-type IO
  • Onboard DVI / LVDS
VIA Software Utility Pack

This CD is suitable for all software development engineers working on the VIA EPIA™ EX platform. It provides the relevant open source applications, software development kit and drivers to show case the features and capabilities of VIA EPIA™ EX platform.

Contents

  • VIA PadLock™ Security Toolkit
    • VIA PadLock™ Software Development Kit
    • VIA PadLock™ Tru-Delete
    • VIA Cryptographic Service Provider
    • VIA StrongBox™
  • VIA Multimedia Open Source Solution
    • VIA enhanced Mplayer patch (VeMP)
    • VIA enhanced Xine Player (VeXP)

Conditions:

  • The EPIA Starter Kit is not intended for end users or press review.
  • The EPIA Starter Kit gives companies a 3 months lead in new product development projects.
  • Each project is entitled to one set of EPIA Starter Kit.
  • The EPIA Starter Kit is not for resale by end customer.
  • First shipment of EPIA Starter Kit for registered customers before Nov. 8th will be on Nov. 28th; 2nd shipment of EPIA Starter Kit for registered customers before Nov. 29th will be on Dec. 19th.
  • The EPIA Starter Kit development platform comes in a chassis. The package does not include hard-drive nor memory module.

Should you have any queries about the VIA EPIA EX Starter Kit, please do not hesitate to contact VIA Embedded Marketing.

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