Platform: Jetway NC92-330-LF
Most of the big motherboard companies offer Atom-based solutions. Since Atom processors aren’t available separately—they must be soldered onto a motherboard—all products are typically ultra-compact, highly integrated motherboards. We used the NC92-330-LF, a mini-ITX motherboard that we received from Jetway. The 170x170 mm solution is small enough to fit into smallest enclosures for kiosk systems or nettop PCs, and it actually supports all of the features that are required on modern PC systems.
One serial port is already available at the back panel—many industrial applications still require these. We also found PS/2 keyboard and mouse connectors, one Gigabit Ethernet port, audio jacks (HD compliant) and four USB 2.0 ports. The motherboard features two more USB headers to allow utilization of up to four more USB 2.0 ports if needed. Jetway put three fan headers onto this board; one of them is used by the chipset fan, while the processor can still be operated only with a heat sink despite the doubled TDP, which went from 4 W to 8 W.
Jetway provides BIOS support through its website.
