|
ALIX system boards
|
| The PC Engines ALIX series of system boards
gives OEMs a higher performance replacement for the WRAP
series of system boards.
|
| Applications: |
Thin clients, kiosks, industrial user interface, wireless routers,
firewalls, special purpose network devices... |
| CPU: |
433 (LX700) or 500 MHz (LX800) AMD Geode LX CPU - cache = 64KB instruction
+ 64KB data + 128KB L2 - integrated crypto accelerator |
| DRAM: |
128 or 256 MB DDR SDRAM (333 or 400 MHz clock) |
| Storage: |
Operating system and application stored on CompactFlash
card (not included). |
| Power: |
Surf the web on about 5W of 12V DC power using ALIX.1C as a thin client !
|
| Expansion: |
LPC bus for adding serial ports, ISA style I/O,
GPIO etc. I2C bus for user interface, software lock devices etc. |
| Connectivity: |
1 to 3 Ethernet channels (Via VT6105M),
2 or 1 miniPCI slots (cards not included), 1 serial port (console). |
|
Models: |
| Model |
CPU |
DRAM |
LAN |
miniPCI |
PCI |
USB |
other |
BIOS |
size |
| alix1d |
LX800 |
256MB |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
VGA, audio, PS/2, LPT, GPIO |
Award |
miniITX |
| alix2d2 |
LX800 |
256MB |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
tinyBIOS |
6x6" |
| alix2d3 |
LX800 |
256MB |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
tinyBIOS |
6x6" |
| alix2d13 |
LX800 |
256MB |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
add battery, I2C, COM2, internal USB header |
tinyBIOS |
6x6" |
| alix3d2 |
LX800 |
256MB |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
tinyBIOS |
100x160mm |
| alix3d3 |
LX800 |
256MB |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
VGA, audio |
Award |
100x160mm |
| alix6f2 |
LX800 |
256MB |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
miniPCI express |
tinyBIOS |
6x6" |
|
| Software: |
Operating system and application software to be supplied by customer...
|
| FreeBSD |
FreeBSD (on older versions, may need
to disable USB 2.0 in BIOS, or disable the EHCI driver; FreeBSD 7.x works
ok; FreeBSD 8.x may require disabling ACPI)
FreeNAS (use embedded version,
Physdiskwrite to write compressed image to CF card).
Monowall (FreeBSD based, use
version 1.3, use Physdiskwrite to write compressed image to CF card)
pfSense (FreeBSD based)
STYX
(FreeBSD based Secure Internet Appliances, in German)
|
| Linux |
AstLinux - Asterisk centric Linux
with firewall and VPN support
CentOS -
prepared image and instructions
gOS 3 Gadgets
fli4l one disk router (in German)
IPCop firewall (also see
EmbCop and
IPcop Forum
- registration required for prepared images)
IPFire firewall
LEAF Linux Embedded Appliance
Firewall
Meshlium (wireless mesh system
based on Voyage)
OpenWRT (working with Kamikaze
version)
-
installation procedure
Ubuntu Linux -
German
HOW-TO for CF installation
Voyage Linux (slimmed down Debian) (*)
Xubuntu Linux (customer reported
success with 8.04).
Zeroshell
|
| NetBSD |
NetBSD (versions 4, 5)
installation tips
|
| OpenBSD |
OpenBSD (X11 and audio support in
4.3-current)
flashdist OpenBSD installer
flashrd OpenBSD installer
|
| Others |
FreeDOS (useful for debug and BIOS updates)
memtest86+ memory test (bootable CF image)
|
| Commercial |
Askozia VOIP PBX
DD-WRT
Ikarus OS
Meteohub weather server
Microsoft Windows XP Home (ALIX.1D /
ALIX.3D3)
Microsoft Windows XP Embedded (*)
Mikrotik RouterOS
Siam Embedded StarOS
Vyatta
|
| Support |
(*) Please contact
support1207@pcengines.ch
for sample images or installation instructions.
|