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connection – ultimately enabling easier access
to data and analytics through any commer-
cial cloud portal. Adlink selected Gemalto in
May 2014 as its partner to complete the cloud
integration, enabling remote system monitor-
ing and real-time maintenance for connected
devices using SEMA via a secure web-based
dashboard.
e company also o ers industrial mobile
computing products such as Smart Panels, rug-
ged tablets, and handheld mobile computers
supporting Android and Windows operating
systems. e COM products span a variety of
architectures such as COM Express, SMARC,
Qseven, and ETX. By supplying a exible prod-
uct portfolio for OEMs to easily augment their
designs with a variety of peripherals and func-
tionality, OEMs can focus on di erentiating
their products and reducing time-to-market.
e company also supplies a variety of other
embedded computing products such as slot
SBCs and carriers, ATCA boards, Compact-
PCI boards, VPX blades, embedded ash stor-
age, chassis, and more.
Adlink o ers a swath of project and design ser-
vices and support spanning its entire product
portfolio and related so ware packages. e
company owns and operates manufacturing
facilities in China and Taiwan and maintains
complete control of the entire manufacturing
process. It is ISO-9001 certi ed and recently
achieved ISO-13485 compliance for medical
devices.
e OEM/ODM engineering team is capable
of customizing a variety of embedded hard-
ware including system boards, mechanics
enclosures, system or carrier boards for mod-
ules, and other essential components such
as power supplies, DC modules, touch con-
trollers, and more. e growing engineering
services business is a product of the compa-
ny’s rich expertise with single-board design,
COM carrier board design and integration,
system design and system integration, fanless
designs, and extreme temperature and rugged
systems (IP65, EN50155, Mil-Std-810G).
Its OEM/ODM engineering team is further
supported by rich investments in R&D and
test equipment; the company recently spent
more than $1 million in pre- and post-route
simulation tools and measurement hardware.
e company is a market share leader in a
variety of embedded hardware markets such
as embedded motherboards, SBCs, COMs,
and embedded integrated computer systems.
Combined with its data acquisition experience,
products, and resources, the company is able to
satisfy a broad range of IoT requirements while
remaining versatile to changes in the embed-
ded hardware market. is versatility, and need
to continue building out its product mix, will
Figure 2. SEMA Cloud o ers three essential components for cloud-based monitoring,
management and maintenance.
