Rugged PC/104 single board computer from Advantech aims at low-power legacy industrial applications in harsh environments
June 25, 2010
IRVINE, Calif., 25 June 2010. The Advantech USA Embedded & Network Computing Division in Irvine, Calif., is introducing the rugged system on chip (SoC) PCM-3343 PC/104computer board based on the low-power DM&P Vortex86DX 1.0 GHz processor for harsh-environment applications that need only basic CPU performance at very low power, such as those that have older carrier boards and PC/104 modules for electrical power stations and factory automation.
The PCM-3343 CPU board measures 96 by 90 millimeters in a fanless architecture, supporting graphic output including VGA and 24-bit LVDS or TTL in resolution as fine as 1024 by 768 pixels. The PCM-3343 single-board computer consumes less than 5 Watts under full load, and extended temperature support between -40 and 85 degrees Celsius.
These SoC computer boards are for systems integrators developing applications based on DOS, WinCE, WinXP Embedded, and Linux-based operating systems in factory automation and industrial instrument fields as well as medical devices. The DM&P's Vortex86DX 1.0 GHz x86 compatible processor in this embedded computer uses a 90-nanometer process, and comes with hardware floating point unit and 256 kilobytes of L2 cache. The single-board computer can provide a passive cooling solution for enclosed embedded computing applications.
APIs are included for configuring I2C, watchdog timer, panel backlight on/off, brightness control, and GPIO. It has three RS-232, one RS-422/485, one IDE, four USB 2.0, and two 10/100 LAN ports, plus one CompactFlash socket, and 16-bit GPIO. Supported operating system software include DOS, Windows CE 5.0/ 6.0, Linux Ubuntu 9.10, QNX Neutrino 6.3.2, Windows XP, and XP Embedded. Linux Ubuntu 10.04 and QNX Neutrino 6.4.1 are under development.
For more information contact Advantech online at www.advantech.com.
John Keller is editor-in-chief of Military & Aerospace Electronics magazine, which provides extensive coverage and analysis of enabling electronic and optoelectronic technologies in military, space, and commercial aviation applications. A member of the Military & Aerospace Electronics staff since the magazine's founding in 1989, Mr. Keller took over as chief editor in 1995.
