WinSystems' Embedded PC Supports M2M Applications with a Variety of Wired and Wireless Connectivity Options.Rugged, SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. with GSM/CDMA Cellular Modem, ZigBee, Wireless 802.11 Ethernet, 10/100 Ethernet, Dial-up Modem, 6 USB Ports & 6 COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. Channels All on One Card HOUSTON -- WinSystems introduced their LBC-GX500, a highly integrated, single board computer (SBC) designed for machine-to-machine connectivity. What sets the LBC-GX500 apart from any other industrial embedded SBC in its class is its wide variety of wired and wireless connectivity options. Among them are 802.11 wireless Ethernet, GSM/GPRS cellular modem, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. cellular modem, ZigBee wireless RF module, 10/100 wired Ethernet port, global-compliant dial-up modem, six USB ports, and six COM channels on a single board. It provides an open and powerful platform for management of geographically distributed machinery and sensors that operates over an industrial temperature range from -40[deg] to +85[deg]C. Target applications include industrial automation, transportation, test and measurement, petrochemical, MIL/COTS, medical/diagnostic equipment, communication gateways/routers, and homeland security. In addition to its networking capability, the LBC-GX is a full-featured SBC with a variety of on-board peripherals which eliminate the need for other I/O cards. Features include 48 parallel digital I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output lines, CRT (1) (C RunTime) See runtime library. (2) (Cathode Ray Tube) A vacuum tube used as a display screen in a computer monitor or TV. The viewing end of the tube is coated with phosphors, which emit light when struck by electrons. and digital flat panel Digital Flat Panel (DFP) is a video connector for flat panel displays. It features 20 pins and uses the PanelLink protocol. Unlike DVI, DFP never achieved widespread implementation. The connector was used by displays such as the Compaq Presario FP400, FP500 and 5204. video controller and interface, keyboard controller, PS/2 mouse support, LPT port, and AC 97 audio plus an optional 12-bit A/D converter. All these features are on an EBX-size board measuring 5.75-in. x 8.0-in. (146 mm x 203 mm). More I/O expansion is possible by self-stacking modules plugged onto the PC/104 and PC/104-Plus connectors. Over 1000 different PC/104 modules are available worldwide. The LBC-GX500 is based upon the AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. (Sunnyvale, CA) GX500@1W processor. It is a Pentium-class CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. with an x86-native instruction set and 32KB of integrated L1 cache that efficiently runs Windows([R]) CE, Windows([R])XP embedded, Linux and other x86-compatible operating systems such as VxWorks and QNX. It is a low power device that supports Advanced Power Management (APM & ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) A power management specification developed by Intel, Toshiba and Microsoft that makes hardware status information available to the operating system. ) for even less power during standby and suspend modes. The LBC-GX500 also offers support for both rotational and solid state disks. Two floppy disk drives and two UltraDMA 66 IDE drives can be connected, plus there is a socket for bootable Type I and II CompactFlash cards and another socket for a M-Systems DiskOnChip[TM]. The LBC-GX500 draws typically 1.6A at +5V (a 8W) during normal operation and does not require a fan. PRICING AND AVAILABILITY Delivery is from stock to three weeks with a list price of $695. For sales information, please list; WinSystems' Application Engineering Group at 715 Stadium Drive, Arlington, Texas 76011, ph. (817) 274-7553, e-mail info@winsystems.com and Website http://www.winsystems.com. For a 300-dpi image go to www.winsystems.com/press/ws239image.jpeg. ABOUT WINSYSTEMS WinSystems designs and manufactures industry-standard PC/104, EPIC, EBX, and STD Bus computer boards and I/O modules for use by OEMs and system integrators worldwide. We have served the industrial market for over 24 years. |
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