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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The VIA EPIA™ EX-Series Mini-ITX Mainboard is an ultra compact native x86 platform optimized for today's demanding embedded and productivity applications. The mainboard is based on the VIA CX700M2 advanced all-in-one system processor featuring an embedded hardware MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and WMV9 video decoding accelerator. Its integrated VIA UniChrome™ Pro II 2D/3D graphics provide rich digital media performance. With the sizable memory bandwidth of DDR2 533MHz SDRAM DIMM and the high data transfer speeds of ATA-133 and further enhanced by support of 8-Channel High Definition Audio Codec for Smart 7.1 surround sound and SPDIF, the VIA EPIA™ EX-Series delivers the increased performance levels required by today's embedded digital media applications.

The latest in high-bandwidth connectivity features two USB 2.0 ports (and the ability to support up to 4 more USB ports using the available onboard pin headers), a 1394 onboard pin header and a 10/100 Fast Ethernet port for extended broadband connectivity. The VIA EPIA™ EX-Series also has one PCI slot for expandability options. The VIA EPIA™ EX-Series is compatible with a full range of Mini-ITX chassis as well as FlexATX and MicroATX enclosures and power supplies.

The VIA EPIA EX™-Series is fully compatible with Microsoft® and Linux operating systems and is available in a variety of configurations.
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.

For more information about EPIA, please visit www.viaembedded.com
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