According to the company, EMP3503 and EMP3530 are single board media computers for interactive kiosks, digital signage and other high-performance media applications. It delivers high-definition video up to 720p screen resolution. The EMP3503/3530 (EMP35xx) comes with Empower's Linux Embedded Operating System (LEOs) and Empower's own industrial grade always-play media player software LEOs Media Player1.0.

The company has said that the EMP35xx solutions are also complemented by an optional USB WiFi or a 3.5G wireless data modem. Also available for licensing is the enterprise content management software running under the onboard web server that allows for remote user browser access to upload contents, perform software upgrade or content maintenance functions.

The company has also said that the EMP35xx is a complete embedded image processing and multimedia system ready to load an application, so customers can have an always-on always-play network ready embedded single board media computer. The EMP3503 single board media computer leverages the laptop-like performance of the OMAP3503 single-core device from Texas Instruments (TI), which features an ARM Cortex-A8 CPU core.

The EMP3530 leverages the OMAP3530 dual-core processor that has the Cortex-A8 CPU as well as a TI TMS320C64x+ digital signal processor (DSP) core. In addition, the EMP3530 includes a 3D graphics engine that can run OpenGL ES 2.0. Unlike its competing rival, the IPC, EMP35xx is an embedded always-on Fanless media device, which is low power, low heat and capable of instant on and instant off, the company added.

For digital signage, interactive kiosk or new media developers that need to develop their own media applications to run under EMP3503 or EMP3530, EMP3530-SDK media development platform is available. This development platform kit comes with an EMP3530 single board media computer with JTAG connector onboard, a CD with LEOs SDK and programming manuals.

Empowers' LEOs operating system Software Development Kit (SDK) is a software development tool that allows developers to easily write application code via the application program interface without worrying about the underlying hardware. To program the TI C64x+ DSP processor core, the developer needs to acquire the Code Composer Studio software from TI.

Paul Leung, president and CEO of Empower Technologies, said: "The EMP3530 and EMP3503 single board media computers are the personal media player (PMP) equivalent for the industrial and commercial user. Similar in features to consumer PMPs, these solutions are small, easy to install and cost-effective. The EMP35xx single board media computer breaks from the tradition of using the PC to drive the display in the digital signage industry and interactive kiosk industry."

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