Industrial Computer Hardware


Embedded box computers

December 2006 Industrial Computer Hardware

Advantech's ARK-3380 Series of embedded box computers are designed for space critical embedded applications requiring powerful computing capability. They feature fanless operation, low power use, high reliability and ruggedness, flexible I/O configuration and long product life support. Designed to offer maximum computing power in the most efficient footprint, the ARK-3380 Series is fully customisable, offering a range of processing engines, storage, connectivity and I/O configurations that allow integrators to put scalable computing power exactly where needed. The ARK-3380 Series offer feature sets designed to target vertical market applications like video, automation and networking control.

Featuring low voltage Intel Celeron/Pentium M processors to 1,4 GHz, and a footprint of 264,5 x 69,2 x 137,25 mm with protected housing, the rugged ARK-3380 Series can be mounted inside machinery or other equipment/housing, or standalone by wall or DIN rail mounting. The Series accepts a wide range of power supplies and a choice of CFC SSD drive or 2,5" HDD. The cast aluminium chassis provides effective protection from EMI, shock (5g), vibration, dust, cold and heat - and also acts as a functional heatsink to ensure low temperature operation from -20 to +60°C. The units offer industry-standard turnkey solutions, or full customisation support with build-to-order service (BTOS) and design-to-order service (DTOS).

Features

The ARK-3380 offers comprehensive multimedia I/O support featuring dual display, TV-out, DVI, LVDS and SC97 stereo audio. This series targets applications like POS/POI, intelligent traffic monitoring, and machine vision systems. They come with multiple I/O support featuring five x RS232/422/484, one x RS232 and one x RS232 (Rx/Tx only without handshaking). The ARK-3381 supports applications for environment and facilities monitoring, kiosks, tolling and ticketing, and entrance controls as well as medical devices with multiple device connectivity. The ARK-3380 supports intensive networking capability by offering four x 10/100 Base-T Ethernet plus LAN bypass function support. The ARK-3382 is suitable for industrial and security gateway applications, which require intensive LAN communication, such as firewall or VPN.

The ARK-3380 Series meets customers' varied PC based application needs, offering them high performance computing in small, self-contained, hassle-free unit that is also fully customisable to match their specific application needs.

For more information contact Elton Prytz, ProMicro, 011 706 7913, [email protected], www.promicro.co.za





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