Castle announces today the availability of the Technical Reference Manual for the IYONIX pc
Mike Williams
for the IYONIX pc.
The Technical Reference Manual is the definitive hardware reference guide
to the motherboard used in the IYONIX pc and provides full technical
details as follows:
- system and architecture overview
- the 200MHz DDR RAM interface
- power requirements and the software power control
- the audio input/output system and details of the Risc PC compatible
audio connectivity
- the non volatile EEPROM and flash memory and accessing the RTC
- the enhanced expansion bus implementation
- the ATA100 UDMA hard disc interface
- using the floppy drive
- the motherboard gigabit networking hardware
- USB ports and power control
- the RS232, IrDA, MIDI, and S/PDIF serial ports
- a survey of all of the option headers
- the 64-bit PCI bus and its low latency bus mastering capabilities
- the programmable logic function and register layout
- a full bill of materials and build options
- references, standards, and datasheets
The Technical Reference Manual for the IYONIX pc's motherboard features
over 93 pages in total. Additionally, the manual is supplied in a sturdy
4 hole ring binder with full size A2 schematics of the hardware, and A3
engineering drawings of the front and rear side of the PCB. The manual
also contains an updated (Issue 6) Expansion Card Specification (the
Acorn Podule specifications).
Aimed primarily at developers and volume OEMs, the accompanying CD-ROM
also contains electronic copies of many examples of the artwork and
datasheets used in the creation of the motherboard and this manual.
This Technical Reference Manual (product code TEC10) is priced at GBP99
(delivery is GBP6). This remains the same, inflation-busting price as
the original Risc PC manual that was released nearly 10 years ago!
About the IYONIX pc
The IYONIX pc RISC OS computer from Castle features XScale processor
technology with ultra fast 200MHz DDR RAM, UDMA100 hard drives, Gigabit
networking, PC style graphics card, USB connectivity, a full software
suite etc. The IYONIX pc is able to display a wide range of screen
resolutions, up to 2048 x 1536 pixels in 16 million colours and benefits
from virtually silent operation due to the low power XScale processor.
>From the available range, the top specification IYONIX pc features a
massive 512MB of RAM, a 100GB hard drive and a 48 speed CD re-writer.
The IYONIX pc, the world's first XScale desktop computer, is available
for immediate delivery with prices starting at as little as GBP1249
including vat and represents outstanding value. Delivery is GBP20 per
computer.
For more information on the 32-bit IYONIX pc visit http://www.iyonix.com/
Issued by Mike Williams on behalf of Castle Technology Ltd
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