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WINSYSTEMS SUPPORTS EPIC, THE NEW MID-SIZED EMBEDDED PLATFORM FOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTING
20 February 2005 - WinSystems
| WinSystems announces its support for EPIC, the new next-generation, 4.5 x 6.5-inch, embedded single board computer platform for the industrial market. This mid-sized platform is larger than a 3.6- x 3.8-inch PC/104 module yet smaller than 5.75- x 8.0-inch EBX board. It is big enough to support the larger, more power CPUs with their fans and heatsinks as well as industry standard I/O connectors for real-world interfaces. |
Applications for EPIC include test equipment, medical instruments, communications devices, transportation systems, security, military/COTS, data loggers, robotics, semiconductor manufacturing instruments, and industrial control systems. The specification and further details are located at www.epic-sbc.org. 'WinSystems drew upon our 23 years of experience in the embedded systems market as we worked with the four other companies to define this new specification,' said Robert Burckle, Vice-President of WinSystems. 'We are pleased at the spirit of cooperation and short time period required to define and launch this new embedded SBC standard. EPIC is needed for embedded computing and this new platform provides a bridge to the future. Expect to see rugged, industrial-grade EPIC SBCs from WinSystems soon.'
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About: WinSystems
Founded in 1982, we manufacture and distribute embedded computers for use in industrial applications. Our products include embedded PC-compatible single board computers, memory boards, input/output (I/O) and enclosures based upon the STD Bus and PC/104 Bus standard architecture.We offer three product families: Embedded PCs. We design both busless embedded single board computers (SBCs) with PC/104 and PC/104-Plus expansion and computers with a hybrid of both STD Bus and PC/104 Bus support. These units are optimized for low cost and high functionality by incorporating all of the basic functions of a computer on a single circuit card. These PC/104, PC/104-Plus and STD Bus expandable PCs embed the PC architecture in space and power sensitive industrial applications. We standardize this hardware and software around the broadly supported PC architecture to save the embedded systems designers substantial development costs and risks plus shorten their time-to-market. STD Bus. As the approved IEEE-961 standard microcomputer bus, the STD Bus is popular worldwide. The STD Bus has a number of advantages over other bus architectures used in industrial applications such as the PC Bus and Multibus. Its simple interface, smaller card size (4.5” x 6.5”); solid, nearly square peripheral cards, and strong card mounts, tolerate shock and vibrations making the STD Bus ideal for rugged industrial enviroments. PC/104 Bus. The PC/104 standard defines a compact, self-stacking, modular form-factor bus for embedding IBM PC and PC/AT compatible system functions within embedded microcomputer applications. The PC/104 modules' small size (3.6” x 3.8”) and low power requirements (typically 1-2 watts per module) make them ideally suited to embedded control applications. Distribution: Direct sales force. Markets: Orginal Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and systems integrators selling to industrial, manufacturing, transportation, communication and military industries, or other markets that require electronic bus products with rugged durability, performance and a long system life span. |
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