Intel386(TM) EX Processor Explorer2 Evaluation Board

As the second member of the Exploration Series from Intel, the EXPLR2 provides both performance and feature enhancements to those offered in its predecessor, the EXPLR1. EXPLR2 demonstrates embedded PC capabilities using the new 33 MHz Intel386 + EX processor as its processor engine and the RadiSys R380EX embedded system controller to perform system control and I/O functions. The platform can be used as a traditional processor evaluation board providing an environment for code execution, debug and hardware development. EXPLR2 is also valuable when used within an embedded PC environment where applications are written on top of a PC-like BIOS and ROMable Operating System. Further, the embedded PC evaluation platform is expandable allowing for additional functionality to be incorporated within a customer-specific prototype or development environment.
The EXPLR2 enables new embedded designs to get to market sooner by taking advantage of the PC infrastructure for both hardware and software development. The platform comes equipped with a BIOS and a ROMable OS so there is no need to build an embedded application from scratch. It has keyboard and mouse interfaces, an IDE drive interface, floppy disk drive interface, ISA and PC/104 interfaces, and LCD/VGA display capabilities. Intel fully expects designers to re-use some portion (if not all!) of this base design within their specific application. The challenge of this platform was to be able to provide all the ingredients necessary for our customers to build a custom embedded PC system. The hardware design itself is modular, allowing for portions of the embedded PC design to be cut and pasted easily if desired.
The EXPLR2 can be used: As an Intel386 EX processor evaluation board running x86 code; As an Intel386 EX processor prototype board for quick, proof-of-concept development; As a stand alone target embedded PC platform for DOS/RTOS based applications.

For an EXPLR2 board evaluation kit, contact your local Intel distributor; ask for product code EX386EXPLR2.