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500MHz Celeron Panel PC

Source: Advantech Co., Ltd., Embedded Computing Group
The company announced that its 233MHz Pentium-powered Panel PCs are being joined by more powerful big brothers with 500MHz Celeron processors.
The company announced that its 233MHz Pentium-powered Panel PCs are being joined by more powerful big brothers with 500MHz Celeron processors.

The new PPC-123T shares the same 12-inch LCD or touchscreens as the earlier PPC-120T, but swaps out the processor and doubles the maximum memory from 128MB to 256 MB, and the video RAM from 4MB to 8MB.

The new PPC-153T brings the same additional processing power and memory, but with a 15-inch LCD or touchscreen plus a DVD option.

The systems are expected to be used for intelligent displays for medical devices and monitors, for device controllers, and wherever significant processing power is required but space is limited. Both units incorporate parallel, serial, and USB ports; expansion ports for PCI/ISA or USB; 512KB flash PROM; up to 6.1GB hard drives; and Ethernet and Internet connectivity. Both can be augmented with CD-ROM and speakers, among other options.

Derived from industrial-grade PCs, the two PCs are rated at 50,000 hours MTBF for the base systems and 20,000 hours MTBF for their screens. (Modular construction allows for swapping out a screen from the front of the PPC-153T should that become necessary after two or three years or 24-hour use.)

Advantech Technologies, Inc., 15375 Barrance Pkwy., Irvine, CA 92618. Tel: 949-789-7178. Fax: 949-789-7179.