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WINDOWS CE.NET ENABLED PENTIUM SBC TARGETS EMBEDDED INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
25 January 2005 - WinSystems
| Embedded designers continue to require a fast, integrated hardware and software solution for harsh industrial environments. To meet this demand, WinSystems introduces their EBC-LP, an Intel 166 MHz Tillamook-based SBC with an operational temperature range from -40° to +85°Celsius preloaded with Microsoft's Windows? CE.NET operating system. Together, this combination speeds time-to-market for customers with applications in heavy manufacturing, COTS/military, transportation, pipeline, and machine control. |
The EBC-LP is an EBX-compatible Pentium? SBC with video, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet controller, four serial channels, 48-bidirectional digital I/O lines, USB, LPT, and up to a 1 GB solid state disk. Plus, it has both a 16-bit PC/104 and PC/104-Plus connector to support additional expansion modules such as 802.11b wireless, modem, frame grabber, or specialty I/O. The 166 MHz Intel CPU provides performance over a much wider temperature range than a standard Pentium CPU without requiring fans or forced air-cooling. The supporting chipset provides the core logic that makes the board PC/AT compatible. It includes the DRAM controller, internal PCI bus and external PC/104 Bus interface logic, real-time clock, plus integrated peripherals including DMA, timer, interrupt, keyboard controllers. A 3.5'/5.25' floppy disk controller and PCI EIDE hard disk interface are also included. The EBC-LP is a small board and measures 5.75' x 8.0' (146mm x 203mm). This unit requires only +5 volts and typically draws 2.5 Amps with 64 Mbytes of SDRAM. The EBC-LP's onboard high-performance PCI video controller with 2 Mbytes of video RAM drives both CRT and flat panels simultaneously. Windows? CE.NET works well for applications requiring video and networking support. A 10/100 Mbps compatible Ethernet LAN controller provides high-speed connection to conventional LANs. The fast Ethernet interface can also be used as a specialized high-speed communication link among intelligent embedded subsystems. Microsoft's CE.NET is a comprehensive operating system platform with proven performance, reliability and flexibility. Its integrated, end-to-end tool set and familiar programming environment results in shorter system and application development times. It meets demanding deterministic performance requirements for a variety of device types with hard real-time response requirements including an average interrupt service routine (ISR) latency of 2.8 microseconds and average internet service thread (IST) latency of 17.9 microseconds on a Pentium 166 MHz processor. CE.NET utilizes a subset of the Microsoft? Win32 API, delivering a powerful programming paradigm familiar to over 6 million developers worldwide, ensuring a large developer talent pool.
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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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