PC/104 Consortium approves revisions to the EBX specification

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. 

REVISED EBX SPECIFICATION Click here to Download

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:

• Initial release from PC/104 Embedded Consortium 
• Adopted from EBX Specification 1.1 
• Removed company-specific information 
• Added references to the PC/104 Embedded Consortium 
• Updated address information for the PC/104 Embedded Consortium 
• Updated rev number 
• Corrected section numbering 
• Removed reference to IEEE P996 specification 
• Updated contact information for reference documents 
• Removed reference to recommended power connector 
• Increased area for the power connector 
• 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 at http://www.pc104.org/specifications.php.