ATA Hard Disk Drives Can Now Be Protected From Shock/Vibration in Embedded PC/104 Computers Using parvus Corp.'s IDE Drive Boot.Business Editors SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2003 Data Reliability of 2.5-inch ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment Spinning Media Hard Drives Can Be Enhanced in PC/104 Systems When Isolated from Shock and Vibration with parvus IDE Drive Boot parvus Corp. today announced the availability of its IDE Drive Boot, an innovative solution that enhances the reliability and durability of data storage for 2.5-inch ATA spinning media hard drives used in PC/104 embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. computer systems. The product is designed to fit on parvus' PC/104 CompactFlash & IDE Adapter module and is priced at $89/each in orders of 100+ units. Made of Silastic Silastic /Si·las·tic/ (si-las´tik) trademark for polymeric silicone substances that have the properties of rubber but are biologically inert; used in surgical prostheses. (R) silicone rubber Noun 1. silicone rubber - made from silicone elastomers; retains flexibility resilience and tensile strength over a wide temperature range synthetic rubber, rubber - any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber , parvus' IDE Drive Boot effectively isolates harmful shock and vibration energies that normally limit the use of many conventional magnetic disk drives in mobile and/or rugged embedded computing applications. The product enables a 2.5-inch hard drive (which are commonly used in laptop computers) to be securely and safely mounted on parvus' PC/104 CompactFlash & IDE Adapter, which provides a primary or secondary IDE controller (1) The controlling electronics built into an IDE drive. See IDE. (2) The adapter on the plug-in card or motherboard that connects to the IDE controller. This is technically the IDE host adapter, but is often called the IDE controller. See IDE. to run the disk drive. The IDE Drive Boot includes mounting holes and a nylon retention bracket for properly securing the hard disk for high shock/vibration stress. The product also comes with a 16-bit PC/104 header that fits within an opening in the boot to pass though all PC/104 bus signals from parvus' CompactFlash & IDE Adapter board to other system components in a PC/104 card stack. The advent of this protective boot enables the CompactFlash & IDE Adapter to provide an embedded system Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. with the benefits of removable, non-volatile CompactFlash memory together with the large storage capacity of a traditional spinning media hard drive, despite rigorous shock/vibration requirements. In fact, parvus has successfully implemented the IDE Drive Boot in custom integrated systems for the military, which have undergone environmental testing for compliance to the MIL-STD-810 standard. About parvus parvus Corp. is a leading manufacturer and systems integrator of modular embedded computer boards, enclosures, displays and systems based on the PC/104 circuit board standard. Its rugged, embedded PC products offer commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) Refers to ready-made merchandise that is available for sale. See MOTS. (software) COTS - commercial off-the-shelf. See commercial software. ) solutions ideal for avionics avionics (ā'vēŏn`ĭks), electronic instruments used in air or space flight; also the design and production of such instruments. Early planes had few instruments, but as aviation and aircraft became more complex, so did instrumentation. , military, medical, industrial, and transportation OEMs. For more information, visit www.parvus.com or call 801/483-1533. Note for Editors High-resolution artwork and an MS Word formatted news release can be downloaded at www.parvus.com/news_releases.htm. |
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