Strategic Test Announces Lower Price for PXA270 Development Kit

Woburn, MA (PRWEB) July 28, 2007

July 26, 2007. Strategic Test, a world-leading supplier of Marvel XScale PXA320, PXA270 and PXA255 Development Kits and System-On-Modules (SOM) has announced a price reduction of $1000 on their PXA270-based TRITON Development Kit-3 effective August 1, 2007. In addition, the Kit-3 will now be supplied with Microsoft Windows CE 6.0 and CE 5.0, plus Linux 2.6.20 at no extra cost.

The Development Kit-3 also comes with 24 months of free technical support, software updates, and hardware warranty.

The Development Kit-3 was released in October 2004 as the first PXA270 reference platform to be supplied with both Linux and Windows CE 5. Regular updates to the Linux and Windows CE BSP have been published and supplied as free updates.

The Kit-3 is a complete development solution that includes:

• a 6" x 4" carrier board
• TRITON-270 520 MHz PXA270 SODIMM module (64 MB SDRAM and 32 MB Flash memory) preloaded with Linux or WinCE
• software CD with operating systems and tools
• comprehensive manual that contains the carrier board schematics
• cables and 220/110 VAC power supply adaptor
• 24 months technical support with free software updates

The carrier board includes:

• socket for TRITON-270 SODIMM
• IDE headers for all TRITON-270 signals
• UCB1400 CODEC and touchscreen controller
• Compact Flash and SD/MMC socket
• 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
• USB 1.1
• three RS232 and a JTAG interface
• LCD and VGA connectors
• a wide range 8 to 40 VDC power supply that is protected against in-vehicle transients.

From August 1, 2007 the price of the TRITON Development Kit-3 is $3,250 and is available from stock. TRITON-270 SOM are available with both 520 MHz and 312 MHz processors with up to 128 MB SDRAM and 64 MB Flash. Prices of the SOM start at $114 for Qty 1000.

About Strategic Test
With offices in Woburn (MA) USA and Stockholm Sweden, Strategic Test is one of the leading suppliers of PXA270 and PXA255 Development Kits and SODIMM modules worldwide.

Strategic Test released the industry's first PXA255 embedded CPU module in 2002 and followed this with the first and smallest PXA270 modules in 2004. The company also offers custom design services.

A picture can be downloaded from the website at
http://www.strategic-embedded.com/news

Caption: Strategic Test reduces price of PXA270 Development Kit for Windows CE and Linux

For further information please contact:
Bob Giblett
President
Strategic Test Corporation
12 Alfred Street, Suite 300
Woburn, MA 01801-1915
Tel: (617)621-0080
Fax: (617)621-1414
Email: media(at)strategic-test.com
http://www.strategic-embedded.com

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