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News Release from: Advantech (UK) | Subject: PC/104, PC/104-Plus
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 January 2006
Rugged Features for Total Solutions
Advantech has improved and simplified the way customers find the solution they need by defining a new family of products that more accurately match application requirements.
Advantech has improved and simplified the way customers find the solution they need by defining a new family of products that more accurately match application requirements Advantech's new "Stackable Family" includes five open standard form factors as defined by the PC/104 Embedded Consortium
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 25 Jan 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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These form factors include PC/104, PC/104-Plus, PCI-104, EBX and the newest member, EPIC.
All these form factors feature PC/104 stacking capability that ensure designed-in compatibility, easy expansion, plus the ability to operate in some of the most demanding embedded application environments.
Advantech's Stackable Family builds immediate customer trust by not only guaranteeing standard form factors that speed development time, increase flexibility and reduce risk, but also provide future expansion plus scalable performance and features to fill a wide variety of applications that demand reliable operation.
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Ruggedised Services:.
1 Types of Extended Temperature Testing (ETT).
Advantech's Extended Temperature Testing (ETT) services include: Phoenix Operation, for wideband temperature testing (thermal shock), and Phoebus Design, the new wideband (static) testing service that tests products at a constant temperature for 8 or more hours:.
* Different Wideband Temperature Screen Services:.
- Phoenix Gold (-20 to 80 C).
- Phoenix Titanium (-30 to 70 C).
- Phoenix Platinum (-40 to 85 C).
* Additional Extreme Temperature Design Service:.
- Phoebus Design (-40 to 85C).
* Benefits:.
- Increase possible application environments both outdoors and indoors.
- Better testing support for military and avionic markets.
- Greater overall reliability for board and components.
- Better for any mission critical application where the cost of board failure is significantly greater than the cost of testing.
2 Shock / Vibration Resistance.
The Stackable Family offers soldered CPU and onboard memory, robust connectors, lockable Flash and Glued DRAM and overall anti-shock and anti-vibration construction.
All have PC/104 - PCI-104 interfaces with press-fit connectors for high reliability and easy expansion.
Benefits:.
- Better availability to military/aerospace markets.
- Greater overall reliability for board and components.
- Greater range of mobile applications.
3 Durability.
The Stackable Family all feature robust component testing and industrial grade construction.
Most of the Stackable Family use Industrial/Military grade components that have passed stricter testing and quality assurance for higher reliability and longer operating life.
Benefits:.
- Increase possible application environments for both outdoors and indoors.
- Better testing support for military and avionic markets.
4 Moisture/Dust Resistance.
A conformal coating service is offered to provide an electrical insulation to the PCB and components for added protection from dust, moisture, fungus, corrosion and vibration.
The press-fit PC/104 expansion connectors provide better protection from moisture/humidty and dust as well.
Benefits:.
- Extend product life in harsh application environment.
- Increased reliability for board and components.
5 Reliability.
Fanless operation, wide temperature operation, dust, moisture and corrosion resistance, anti-shock and vibration, low power consumption, better EMI/EMC resistance as well as more robust component testing and industrial grade construction and testing (ATE, ICT and Boundary Scan) all increase reliability.
Benefits:.
- Operate in harsh/demanding environments.
- Increased reliability for board and components. Request a free brochure from Advantech (UK) ...
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