Embedded Module

Embedded System Modules (ESM) are modules that typically include a CPU, memory and I/O interfaces. Consequently, they can plugged on a carrier-board or used as a stand-alone processor card. New generation (SoM) are built as SMD-Module, that are fixed on a carrier-board by soldering.

Pluggable ESM modules forcarrier-boards usually are equipped with a standard PCI-bus as a board-to-board interface connection. Embedded System Modules are typically used as a single-board computers for embedded applications (CompactPCI, VMEbus, ...).