July 25, 2016 -- Artila Electronics, a designer and manufacturer of embedded device networking and computing, released the Matrix-700, Cortex-A5 based industrial embedded Linux computer. Matrix-700 is powered by a ATMEL 536MHz ATSAMA5D35 Cortex-A5 CPU which is equipped with 512MB SDRAM, 8MB Flash and suitable for unmanned application environments. The industrial embedded Linux computer of Matrix-700 features one Gigabit and one 10/100Mbps Ethernet ports, two USB 2.0 high speed (480Mbps) Host ports, four software configurable RS-232 / 485 serial ports, one microSD socket, one USB client port which can be powered directly and function as console.
Matrix-700 is shipped with Linux kernel 3.18.x and file system plus many software utilities such as web server, PHP, python, MySQL and SQLite. Users can download the Toolchain, Package Management from Artila web site. User also can use apt-get to upgrade Toolchain on local site via Ethernet.
Webmin is available in Matrix-700 and is ready for customer’s web-based application. User can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more.
Low power consumption of Cortex-A5 processor plus efficiency of Linux kernel 3.18.x and file system make Matrix-700 an ideal light weight computing platform for device networking and remote monitoring.
