By J.R. Wilson
Rockville, Md. — Officials of InHand Electronics of Rockville, Md., say new power supply designs enable them to reduce power requirements on company platforms based on the Intel StrongARM SA-1110 processor to as low as 500 milliwatts with the processor at 200MHz, Windows CE running, and an operational 320-by-240-pixel liquid crystal display.
On the software side, developers and end users are provided new monitors and controls to fine-tune power consumption and performance.
BatterySmart will be included free on all Elf and Fintertip Development Platform starter kits and will be a standard part of production platforms using those devices.
On another front, InHand officials say they are working with Raytheon Corp. in El Segundo, Calif., to develop a line of handheld combat global positioning system (GPS) devices.
As a subcontractor on Raytheon's Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR) program, InHand designers will provide their embedded handheld Fingertip platform to work with Raytheon's Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM).
Under the yearlong, $6.8 million DAGR contract, several small form factor prototypes will be designed and delivered to the U.S. Department of Defense.
The Fingertip single-board computer (SBC) measures 70 by 70 millimeters, is 9.5 millimeters thick, and is designed for original equipment manufacturers in small-form-factor mobile products.
The larger (104 by 79 millimeter) Elf platform, is also based on the StrongARM.
