SEPTEMBER 1--The voting members of the PC/104 Consortium (San Francisco, CA) have approved a number of proposed changes to the EBX specification. The EBX standard was introduced by Motorola Computer Group and Ampro in 1997 as a larger form factor that provides ample space for larger CPU chips and chips sets, as well as expanded connector space.
The PC/104 Consortium took over as the governing standards body for the EBX specification in March 2004. Upon reviewing the specification, the consortium's technical committee recommended a number of changes designed to effect the transfer and increase the functionality of the board. The changes include
a. Initial release from PC/104 Embedded Consortium
b. Adopted from EBX Specification 1.1
c. Removed company-specific information
d. Added references to the PC/104 Embedded Consortium
e. Updated address information for the PC/104 Embedded Consortium
f. Updated rev number
g. Corrected section numbering
h. Removed reference to IEEE P996 specification
i. Updated contact information for reference documents
j. Removed reference to recommended power connector
k. Increased area for the power connector
l. Included the third PC/104, PC/104-Plus, and PCI-104 I/O area which overhangs the EBX board near the ISA connector
More than 25 companies manufacture EBX embedded board products, and more than 90 manufacturers provide PC/104 CPU and I/O boards that can plug into the PC/104 and PC/104-Plus connectors on EBX boards. The revised specification can be downloaded atwww.pc104.org/technology/pc104_tech.html.
