Embedded Platform for Industrial Computing (EPIC) is a computer form factor, a standard for an industrial-quality

single-board computer A single-board computer (SBC) is a complete computer built on a single circuit board, with microprocessor(s), memory, input/output (I/O) and other features required of a functional computer. Single-board computers are commonly made as demonstrati ...

, in use from about 2004 through 2016.

History

The EPIC standard was developed by a combined effort from WinSystems, VersaLogic, Octagon Systems, Micro/sys, and Ampro. Single board computers using this standard were available as early as 2004. The EPIC-SBC group had a web site until about 2016. EPIC modules are in size, between

PC/104 PC/104 (or PC104) is a family of embedded computer standardization, standards which define both Computer form factor, form factors and Bus (computing), computer buses by the PC/104 Consortium. Its name derives from the 104 pins on the interboard ...

-Plus and

Embedded Board eXpandable Embedded Board eXpandable (EBX) is a standardized computer form factor. This format was created for embedded computer systems by a consortium including Motorola anAmpro EBX systems typically were embedded PowerPC or PowerQUICC PowerQUICC is th ...

(EBX) standards. It supported both

and PC/104-Plus expansion, for which hundreds of I/O modules were available. I/O connections can be either pin headers or PC-style connectors. The standard provides specific I/O zones to implement functions such as Ethernet, serial ports, digital and analog I/O, video, wireless, and various application-specific interfaces. It also supported serial buses like

PCI Express PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), officially abbreviated as PCIe or PCI-e, is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard, designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X and AGP bus standards. It is the common ...

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