The Alix 3D3 Board – a short technical summary

The Alix 3D3 system board

The board is known as „Alix 3D3 Board“ and is equipped with an AMD Geode processor, and in addition a VGA- and an audio-output. It is adequate für the adoption as a webserver, network music player or even as a thin client. Power consumption is (without wireless use) about 5 watt and for this reason the system is very good for a 24h/7day-usage.

Board size is only 100 x 160 mm and you can buy a nice aluminium box for it. So don´t worry about protecting the electrical units.

Technical details:

500 MHz AMD Geode LX800 CPU
AMD Geode is extremly resource-saving and performant enough for running a Java Virtual machine and or a tomcat server.
256 MB DDR DRAM
Enough RAM for bigger projects or higher memory consumption like a streaming server.
2 miniPCI-slots and one Compact-Flash (CF) socket
I equipped my system with a 4 GB CF card and a Wlan card (Compex WLM54G 200mW, 802.11bg)
power supply can a DC jack or passive POE. Input should be between 7V and up to 20V.
Ethernet is a Via VT6105M 10/100 chipset. In my opinion a gigabit ethernet would be a nice option, but I think most costumers won´t use it.
The board has a dual USB (USB 2.0 standard) for connection of instaces webcams, external harddrives etc.
Award BIOS