11 | 11 | The goal of the third generation chassis management project is to develop a full featured CM platform using the Lantronix XPort AR module rather than he Rabbit RCM3700 as the principle component. The Lantronix Xport AR is an embedded device with Ethernet connectivity, a full API allowing for network programming, and a full featured TCP/IP protocol stack, all in a single package. It has serial communications built it making it easy to implement a Ethernet to serial tunnel and 11 general purpose I/O pins which will act as sensing inputs, and control pins for powering the Orbit nodes on and off, as well as monitoring their status. |