Specifications

Chapter 1 About This Manual
ReadyBoard 800 Reference Manual 3
• ReadyBox™ Family
The ReadyBox family includes a series of enclosures with varying sizes that accept all of
Ampro's ReadyBoard products. These ReadyBox enclosures allow you to install your
ReadyBoard product with your preferred set of options for a rapidly deployable system for OEM
production volumes. The ReadyBox family provides all of the standard PC style edge connectors
of the ReadyBoard products, which are accessible on the front I/O panel, including three audio
connectors, and a slot for a compact flash card. Depending on the enclosure, you may add PC
style connectors for two additional serial ports (4 total), two additional USB ports (4 total), and
one parallel port connector. You can add up to two PC/104, PC/104-Plus, or PCI-104 expansion
boards to the ReadyBox ATX and 2U enclosures. The ReadyBox ATX is powered by an internal
150 W ATX power supply and the ReadyBox 1U and 2U are powered by a AC-DC converter or a
customer-specific DC power supply. A mounting location is provided for the internal 2 ½" hard
disk drive and the external mounting brackets and feet are provided as accessories. Optional rack
mounting hardware and an optional +12 VDC Brick power supply are provided for the ReadyBox
1U and 2U enclosures.
• ReadySystem™ Family
The ReadySystem family is a series of high performance, low cost turnkey systems that come
with a ReadyBoard 800 installed into a particular size ReadyBox enclosure with a specific size
SODIMM, and a 2 ½" hard disk drive pre-loaded with one of Ampro's supported operating
systems (Linux®, etc.). The ReadySystem provides all of the ReadyBoard’s standard PC style
connectors accessible on the front I/O panel, including three audio connectors and a slot for a
compact flash card. Depending on the enclosure, you may add PC style connectors for two
additional serial ports (4 total), two additional USB ports (4 total), and one parallel port
connector. You can install up to two PCI-104 or PC/104-Plus expansion boards into the
ReadySystem ATX and 2U enclosures. A ReadySystem comes pre-tested and ready for
application loading to provide customers with the fastest possible deployment of their embedded
applications. Refer to the specific ReadySystem Users Guide on the Ampro web site, or on the
ReadyBoard 800 Documentation and Support Software (Doc & SW) CD-ROM for more
information.
• ReadyPanel™ Family – The ReadyPanel family is a series of high performance, low cost, turnkey
systems incorporating an LCD and a touch screen for a Human Machine Interface solution. All
ReadyPanels come with one of Ampro's versatile ReadyBoard models in a variety of touch screen
sizes pre-loaded with one of Ampro's supported operating systems (Windows® CE, etc.). The
ReadyPanel includes a compact flash socket, a specific size of SODIMM memory, an Ethernet
port, two serial ports, two USB ports standard, with two additional USB ports on selected models.
The current models include an integrated 4-wire resistive 6.5" touch screen that displays up to
262k colors. The ReadyPanel is powered by +5 VDC (for board) and +12 VDC (for panel).
Other ReadyBoard Products
• ReadyBoard™ 700 – This EPIC single board computer (SBC) is used for high volume embedded
applications and provides designers with a low cost, low-power choice of high performance Intel®
650 MHz LV Celeron, or 400 MHz Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) Celeron processors. In addition to
the standard ReadyBoard features (4.5" x 6.5" form factor, PC style connectors, PC/104-Plus, +5
volt only power, etc.), the ReadyBoard 700 supports two primary IDE drives, includes one compact
flash socket on secondary IDE, eight GPIO pins, four RS-232 serial ports with the RS-485/RS-422
option for two ports, dual 10/100BaseT Ethernet interfaces, four USB v1.1 ports, IrDA, and AC’97
audio ports. It also supports up to 512 MB of SDRAM in an SODIMM socket, up to 32 MB UMA
of AGP 4X video with built-in LVDS, CRT, and 36-bit TFT support, and Ampro embedded BIOS
extensions, such as watchdog timer, battery-free boot, a customizable splash screen, BIOS recovery,
and serial console.