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Pentair: Schroff embeddedNUC case
with integrated cooling solution
Processors are increasingly smaller, more
powerful and more economical. A good exam-
ple is Intel’s Next Unit of Computing (NUC)
system. is system, developed for consumer
applications, combines many PC functions on
a baseboard approximately 10 x 10 cm in size.
To extend the bene ts of the system to indus-
trial applications, the SDT.03 working group
of the SGET standardizing consortium has
developed and published a speci c ‘embed-
dedNUC’ standard as a foundation.
Artila: FreeRTOS platform for environ-
mental monitoring and I/O control
Artila Electronics releases RIO-2010PG,
the new FreeRTOS programmable remote
I/O module. RIO-2010PG is powered by a
32-bit NXP LPC1768 100MHz ARM Cortex
M3 processor which is equipped with 64KB
SRAM 512KB Flash and FreeRTOS operating
system. e industrial I/O of RIO-2010PG
features one 10/100 MHz Ethernet port, one
full modem RS-232, one isolated RS-485,
eight channels of relay, 16 photo-isolated dig-
ital inputs and one 1-wire interface for tem-
perature or humidity sensors.
Concurrent: CompactPCI processor
board with 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Concurrent Technologies has introduced a
new 6U CompactPCI board based on a 4th
generation Intel Core or Celeron processor
with the option of 10 Gigabit Ethernet inter-
faces. PP B1x/msd is a single slot air-cooled
board, allowing customers to easily migrate
to the latest generation of Intel processors for
longer system life-cycles. ree levels of per-
formance are o ered from a 4-core Intel Core
i7-4700EQ, 2-core Intel Core i5-4422E to a
2-core Intel Celeron 2002E processor with
options for 16 or 32 Gbytes memory.
CES: rugged VNX mission computer
Creative Electronic Systems announced the
rst member of the ROCK-3 family of rug-
ged VNX mission computers. Based on VPX
technologies, VNX is the small form factor
standard for conduction cooled modules. e
base VNX 2+1 System consists of a chassis
supporting two double-wide 19mm and one
single-wide 12.5mm VNX modules. One
19mm site hosts an SBC, initially an AMD
G-Series SoC quad-core processor with two
independent GPUs. e 2nd 19mm site can
host either a 2nd SBC, an image processor, or
a video conversion module.
F&S: efusA9X module with new
Freescale ARM Cortex-A9 CPU
At the beginning of 2014, F&S Elektronik
Systeme introduced its new form factor efus
(easy – functional – universal – small). In
contrary to the Qseven standard, which uses
the same plug connector, efus was designed
consequently for ARM processors. It also
allows a base board with four layers only.
Another module in this successful and com-
pact (47x62mm) form factor is going to be
introduced at embedded world. e CPU of
efusA9X o ers many acceleration functions
for fast picture response, enabling animations
and video playback.
Kontron: IoT-ready modular products
with robust design
Kontron presents the new COM Express Com-
puter-on-Module Kontron COMe-cBL6 and
the mini Motherboard mITX-BDU-U. Both
the COM Express and mITX are IoT ready and
equipped with 5th generation Intel Core SoC
processors as well as Intel Celeron processors.
e new COM Express module and the mITX
are both suitable for various environments that
require multi-touch display systems or maxi-
mizing limited power consumption.
DFI: compact and mini modules based
on Atom E3800 SoC
DFI introduces its two COM Express prod-
ucts adopting Intel Atom processor. e
Intel Atom E3800 SoC-based modules are
available in Type 6 and Type 10; providing
outstanding computing capability as well as
exible expansion interfaces. To meet the
requirements of today’s automation applica-
tions, BT9A3 Mini module not only delivers
excellent CPU performance but also features
ECC memory that provides improved data
integrity and system reliability through auto-
matic data correction
Artila: FreeRTOS platform for
environmental monitoring and I/O control
Artila Electronics releases RIO-2010PG,
the new FreeRTOS programmable remote
I/O module. RIO-2010PG is powered by a
32-bit NXP LPC1768 100MHz ARM Cortex
M3 processor which is equipped with 64KB
SRAM 512KB Flash and FreeRTOS operating
system. e industrial I/O of RIO-2010PG
features one 10/100 MHz Ethernet port, one
full modem RS-232, one isolated RS-485,
eight channels of relay, 16 photo-isolated dig-
ital inputs and one 1-wire interface for tem-
perature or humidity sensors.
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