IYONIX PC TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL NOW AVAILABLE

Castle announces today the availability of the Technical Reference Manual for the IYONIX pc.

The Technical Reference Manual is the definitive hardware reference guide to the motherboard used in the IYONIX pc and provides full technical details as follows:

system and architecture overview
the 200MHz DDR RAM interface
power requirements and the software power control
the audio input/output system and details of the Risc PC compatible
audio connectivity
the non volatile EEPROM and flash memory and accessing the RTC
the enhanced expansion bus implementation
the ATA100 UDMA hard disc interface
using the floppy drive
the motherboard gigabit networking hardware
USB ports and power control
the RS232, IrDA, MIDI, and S/PDIF serial ports
a survey of all of the option headers
the 64-bit PCI bus and its low latency bus mastering capabilities
the programmable logic function and register layout
a full bill of materials and build options
references, standards, and datasheets

The Technical Reference Manual for the IYONIX pc's motherboard features over 93 pages in total. Additionally, the manual is supplied in a sturdy 4 hole ring binder with full size A2 schematics of the hardware, and A3 engineering drawings of the front and rear side of the PCB. The manual also contains an updated (Issue 6) Expansion Card Specification (the Acorn Podule specifications).

Aimed primarily at developers and volume OEMs, the accompanying CD-ROM also contains electronic copies of many examples of the artwork and datasheets used in the creation of the motherboard and this manual.

This Technical Reference Manual (product code TEC10) is priced at £99 (delivery is £6). This remains the same, inflation-busting price as the original Risc PC manual that was released nearly 10 years ago!

About the IYONIX pc
The IYONIX pc RISC OS computer from Castle features XScale processor technology with ultra fast 200MHz DDR RAM, UDMA100 hard drives, Gigabit networking, PC style graphics card, USB connectivity, a full software suite etc. The IYONIX pc is able to display a wide range of screen resolutions, up to 2048 x 1536 pixels in 16 million colours and benefits from virtually silent operation due to the low power XScale processor. From the available range, the top specification IYONIX pc features a massive 512MB of RAM, a 100GB hard drive and a 48 speed CD re-writer.

The IYONIX pc, the world's first XScale desktop computer, is available for immediate delivery with prices starting at as little as £1249 including vat and represents outstanding value. Delivery is £20 per computer.

For more information on the 32-bit IYONIX pc visit http://www.iyonix.com/

Issued by Mike Williams on behalf of Castle Technology Ltd