AAEON’s Newest GENE-A55E Subcompact Board

AAEON’s Newest GENE-A55E Subcompact Board: The Link between Past and Future

AAEON’s Newest GENE-A55E Subcompact Board: The Link between Past and Future

(Taipei, Taiwan) October 14, 2014 —AAEON®, a major developer of industrial computing solutions, unites both traditional and state-of-the-art new technology with the release of the GENE-A55E, 3.5” subcompact board.

Specficially designed for users of the previous model of AAEON’s AMD LX800 3.5” subcompact board, this new entry provides almost identical configurations, such as rear I/O arrangements and design, ensuring users of the former board need minimum effort to upgrade their hardware.

One of the legacy technologies being incorporated into the board is the Industrial Standard Architecture (ISA) bus accessible via the PC/104 interface. Although released for more than two decades, the PC/104 interface is still a being widely used in industrial boards for its shock resistant, dust free potential, made possible through its rugged construction. The bus is also preferred by most programmers, as it allows software code to be directly written into or read from the bus without the need for drivers, a necessity in newer systems. Test results have shown that ISA through the PC/104 on this new board is 100% compatible with that of the older boards. Other legacy support includes a power supply of 5V (compared to the present day 12V), the use of a CompactFlash™ card and support for all Windows® Operating Systems since Windows® CE 6.0.

Amidst supporting older technologies, the GENE-A55E also improved upon some of the older features, such as adding more COM ports (2x RS232, 2x RS232/422/485), increasing and supporting more advanced RAM (DDR3L 1066 SODIMM RAM of up to 4GB), implementing better Ethernet hardware for faster connection speeds (10/100/1000Base x2) and incorporating more flexible expansions (MiniCard shared with mSATA).

By adopting a fanless design, the board emits almost no sound and vibration during operation, making it suitable for applications in hospitals. Its high reliability may also extend its use from ordinary medical devices to specialized equipment in operating theaters, where any interruptions may have dire consequences to the patient. Furthermore, with a comprehensive list of onboard features as well as its fanless characteristic, the board can also be used in areas such as IoT as well as in the agriculture industry, where versatility, functionality and ruggedness are much sought after.

“Upgrading is an important concept in any field of computing and AAEON has designed the GENE-A55E to do just that,” said Jones Huang, Product Manager of AAEON’s Embedded Computing Division. “Through offering support for legacy technology in conjunction with present day technology, we look to help our clients gain a competitive edge through combining the existing strength of old, with the added benefits of the new”.

RDS Announces NLT technologies Ltd Industrial Hi-Bright Seven and Eight inch TFT panels

RDS Announces NLT technologies Ltd Industrial Hi-Bright Seven and Eight inch TFT panels

9 October 2014

Designed to provide impressive display performance in high ambient light the NL8048AC21-01F and the NL8048AC19-14F are compact display panels with a diagonal screen size of eight inches and seven inches respectively.
Both these panels feature a high bright LED technology backlight giving the screens a brightness of 1000cd/m² and a half-life of 100,000 hours, making it ideal for programs where a long product is a requirement.
The screens high brightness levels also make these panels ideal for applications which use a touch screen as this will offset some of the reductions introduced by the construction of the touch sensor.
Both panels are suitable for PCAP or resistive touch technology which can be either directly bonded to the panel or optically bonded for increased display performance and strength.
The display viewing angles are 80 degrees all round and the extended temperature range of -30C to +85C makes the panels suitable for outdoor monitoring equipment or mobile applications in extreme environments.
The wide VGA (800x480 pixels) resolution panels are able to display 262,144 colours and have a pixel pitch of 0.21mm

The panels both have a single channel LVDS interface making them compatible with a range of industrial single board computers, or ARM based “system on module” solutions,  also available from Review Display Systems Ltd.
RDS can also design and manufacture a bespoke housing for the display and board assembly ideal if you require a pre-tested display subsystem within your product.
For more information please contact Thomas Tuxen on 01959 563 345 or email info@review-displays.co.uk

Do you need a touch screen and controller? Review display systems has a huge range of panels in various sizes both resistive and capacitive. AMT make the best quality touch screens and controllers you can get. AMT have released a new touch controller called the PenMount P2-06, check out the details below and call us if you need more information.

Review Displays will be exhibiting at the The Engineering Design show 2014, in Coventry. We will be on booth J12. If you have any projects in mind or just want to say hello, please drop by.

Fujitsu D3313-Sx Industrial 

Mini-ITX Mainboard

Evolving from the impressively versatile and popular D3003-S, the D3313-S has more expansion and more performance without compromising power or cost.

Featuring the new AMD G-Series SoC, which range from a 9W TDP dual core to a 25W quad core, this mini-ITX motherboard accompanies a huge list of I/O and expansion, here are a few:

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• Display Port, DVI-I, and dual channel LVDS Display Outputs
• 6x USB 2.0, 2x USB 3.0
• 2x SATA 6Gb/s, mSATA 6Gb/s
• PCIe x4 Slot, Mini-PCIe Slot
• 8 bit GPIO
• 3x serial port and 1x parallel port
• Dual Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 ports

The mainboard can auto switch between 12V DC or 19/24V DC input voltage and is rated to operate from anywhere between 0°C to 60°C 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are active and passive cooling options between the three processor SKUs available:

D3313-S1: AMD GX-210HA, Radeon HD 8210E Graphics – 1.0GHz Dual core (9W TDP Passively cooled)

D3313-S2: AMD GX-217GA, Radeon HD 8280E Graphics – 1.65GHz Dual Core (15W TDP Passively/Actively Cooled)

D3313-S3: AMD GX-420CA, Radeon HD 8400E Graphics – 2.0GHz Quad core (25W TDP Actively cooled)

RDS are able to supply this board in many different configurations. From a board only level, up to a full system with CE certification. If you are interested in the Fujitsu D3313-Sx or have any questions about the product feel free to contact RDS.

Aaeon’s Clever Cooling Solution

Recently released EPIC SBC’s from Aaeon place the CPU and Chipset on the underside of the board... 

With the CPU and chipset mounted to the bottom of the PCB, the heat spreader dissipates heat across a surface area larger than the length of the board itself without adding unnecessary height to the board, making this incredibly slim as well as efficient.

The fanless design with heat spreader means the board can be mounted directly onto a chassis, dissipating heat away from a system instead of circulating around a system. 

This clever design hasn't gone to waste; some of the high end chipsets from both Intel and AMD are among the possible options distributed by RDS, increasing the EPIC form factor boards' application diversity massively. The lineup includes Intel Haswell, Ivy Bridge and Cederview platforms with Bay Trail expected in 2014, along with AMD's G-Series APU and the new SoC (System on Chip) family, (formerly eKabini) too. 

With this wide range of platforms available in a slim package, ask yourself if you have any projects where a slim x86 board could help improve the space available to you? Talk to a member of the team at RDS about a demo and your application requirements today.

EMB-CV1 Mini ITX Industrial Mainboard

At only 17cm x 17cm, this is an attractive D2550 based 

motherboard supporting dual displays including LVDS.

Sporting a blue anodized heat sink and a black labelled PCB it’s hard not to appreciate the attention to detail AAEON have put into this board. It’s not all aesthetics though, there is a serious amount of I/O and expansion on a small form factor which includes:

• Seven USB 2.0 ports
• Five Serial ports
• Dual Gigabit Ethernet
• 8-bit Digital I/O
• VGA, Dual Link DVI-D, LVDS
• PCIe x1
• Two SATA ports
• One m-SATA pot
• SIM card slot

The combination of a D2550 CPU and the variety of expansion possibilities, the EMB-CV1 is a versatile Mini-ITX industrial board which can suit many roles in a huge range of industries.

If you would like to discuss your requirements further or arrange a demonstration of this board, please contact our office to arrange this...

Further board details available on our website here...