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As can be seen in the photographs my Igel M300C came without any mounting foot. (Stock photo is on the right). The datasheet does say:

"CAUTION: Standard deployment of the device is in vertical position, horizontal deployment only supported with optional rubber feet!"

The M300C is said to be part of Igel's UD3 line of thin clients. However, under UD3, the website gives the basic specs of the UD3 range as having a 1GHz processor. The end-of-life list on Igel's website makes no mention of it, however in the list there is mention of UD3 Series (Generation 2). I'm guessing this may be from the not mentioned Generation 1?? There is nothing on the hardware that indicates the date of manufacture.

Specifications

The basic specs are:

Processor
   Type
   Speed		Via Eden
800 MHz
Memory
   Flash
   RAM		1GB
512Mb (max 1GB)
Video
   Chip
   Max resolution		 Via CN700
1920 x 1420 16-bit colour
Ports
   Video
   Network
   USB

   Serial
   Parallel
   PS/2		 DVI
10/100
1 x USB2.0 front
4 x USB2.0 rear
1
none
Kybd
Power
   Supply
   Plug
   Off
   Running		 12V 4A (label)
Coax 5.5mm/2.1mm
7W
16W
Dimensions
W x H x D4.75cm x 19.1cm x 20.3cm

The M300C runs Linux.

CPU

For those to whom it matters here is some detail from Linux's /proc/cpuinfo

vendor_id:CentaurHauls
cpu family:6
model:13
model name:VIA Eden Processor 800MHz
stepping:0

Power Supply

The IGEL M300C uses an external 12V supply with a conventional coaxial type connector. Although the M300C data sheet says it comes with an "48~50W External Power Adapter" I find that the M300C I actually runs at a very modest power consumption of 14~16W.

Expansion

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Memory

Both the Flash memory and the RAM in the M300C are easily replaceable.

The flash memory is a Compact Flash card plugged into a socket adjacent to a 44-pin IDE connector.

There is a single 200-pin DDR2 SODIMM socket for the RAM. The 512MB DIMM supplied with the unit is labelled: 512MB DDR2 PC533 520230-0704 and is manufactured by Transcend. The M300C data sheet says: "DDR2-533 SO-DIMM x 1 (up to 1 GB)"

Disk

There appears to be a small quirk with the M300C (or a Hitachi Microdrive). I wanted to install some software on a Hitachi Microdrive plugged in to the CF socket. I decided the easiest way to do this was from a hard disk plugged into the IDE connector. I installed a jumper on the IDE drive to configure it as a slave drive. With just the Hitachi Microdrive plugged in the BIOS reports:

IDE Primary Master [HMS360404DD5CF00]
IDE Primary Slave [ None]

With just the hard disk plugged in I get:

IDE Primary Master [ None]
IDE Primary Slave [HITACHI_DK23AA-60]

...and with both plugged in I get:

IDE Primary Master [HMS360404DD5CF00]
IDE Primary Slave [ None]

However, if I replace the Microdrive with a Compact Flash card I get:

IDE Primary Master [SanDisk SDCFH2-4096]
IDE Primary Slave [HITACHI_DK23AA-60]

Go figure!

Other

expansion On the underside of the unit (if mounted vertically) is a 44-pin plug. I have no idea of exactly what this interface is but the UD3 data sheet does say: "The UD3 series is available with an integrated smartcard reader and a Connectivity foot that offers wireless network connectivity and/or an additional serial port for legacy peripherals."

The connector can be seen in the photo of the main circuit board just below the lower heatsink.

 

Any comments? email me. Last update December 2010