Sam440, also known by Sam or its codename Samantha,^[1][2] is a line of modular motherboards produced by the Italian company ACube Systems Srl.^[3] The Sam440ep version is a Power Architecture motherboard based on the PowerPC 440EP system-on-a-chip processor made by AMCC.^[4][5] Their primary targets are the industrial and embedded markets, running operating systems such as Linux and AmigaOS 4.

No new hardware has been released for AmigaOS 4 since the AmigaOne machines ceased in 2006; as of April 2009 Sam440 is the only Amiga-compatible board in production.

Contents 1 Main features 2 Versions 2.1 Sam440ep 2.2 Sam440ep-flex 2.2.1 Prototype 2.2.2 Revision 1 2.2.3 Revision 2 3 Expansion 3.1 IO board 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Main features

Notable features of the Sam boards (including all versions):

• Low power consumption
• Passive cooling (no CPU fan)
• Scalability

[edit] Versions

[edit] Sam440ep

Sam440ep was the first modular motherboard produced by ACube Systems Srl.^[4]

• 400/533/600/667 MHz AMCC PowerPC 440EP SoC processor
• 128/256/512 MB 266 MHz DDR SDRAM soldered to the motherboard
• 1× DDR RAM slot supporting up to 512 MB RAM.
• 1× 32-bit, 66 MHz PCI slot
• 1× Flash memory device controller
• 4× USB2 ports, 1x USB1
• 2× Ethernet 10/100 ports
• 4× Serial ATA ports
• Cirrus Logic CS4281 and Realtek ALC655 audio
• ATI Radeon Mobility M9 graphics with 64 MB VRAM, s-video and DVI out.
• GPIO expansion connector
• Lattice XP expansion FPGA

[edit] Sam440ep-flex

Announcement of Sam440ep-flex board.^[6] There is no graphics chip on the Sam440ep-flex, so you have to use a PCI-graphics board.

[edit] Prototype

• 400/533/667 MHz AMCC PowerPC 440EP SoC processor
• 512 MB DDR SDRAM soldered to the motherboard
• 1× 32-bit, 66 MHz PCI slot
• 2× 32-bit, 33 MHz PCI slot
• USB 2.0 OHCI/EHCI NXP PCI controller
• 2× Ethernet 10/100 ports
• 4× Serial ATA ports
• Cirrus Logic CS4281 and Realtek ALC655 audio
• GPIO expansion connector
• FPGA Lattice XP with 80 pin I/O expansion connector
• ZigBee module (optional)

[edit] Revision 1

The specifications^[7] are the same as for the flex prototype, except for:

• 2× DDR SDRAM, max 1 GB RAM

[edit] Revision 2

In 2 April 2009, ACube announced the availability of SAM440ep-flex revision 2, it has the same specifications as the flex prototype except for:^[8]

• 667/733/800 MHz AMCC PowerPC 440EP SoC processor (passive cooling, 800 MHz is achieved by overclocking)
• 2× DDR SDRAM, max 1 GB RAM
• RAM clock running at 147 Mhz, instead of 133 Mhz (only on 733 MHz version)^[9]

[edit] Expansion

[edit] IO board

An IO Expansion board for Sam440ep and Sam440ep-flex boards is under development.

Ports of this prototype:

• 1× VGA (HD15)
• 2× S/P-DIF digital (TOSLINK, fiber optic)
• 1× USB 1.1
• 2× USB 2.0
• 5× audio jack 3.5
• 2× S/P-DIF analogic (RCA, coaxial)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Sam440 homepage
• ACube Systems Srl
• AmigaKit Sam440ep
• ASB Computer - SAM440 Store
• Denx

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