On Track: Industrial Pico-ITX Board and Locomotive Embedded Systems

Whether for functionality or entertainment, outfitting a space with embedded systems capable of video output necessitates a major investment. This is especially pertinent when considering the role of interactive displays, such as human machine interfaces. In the locomotive realm, for example, displays are in constant use, both inside and outside of the train. Embedded systems […]

Wide Temperature Motherboards: A Solution to Heating Issues

So you’ve built a system and placed it into your finished product. It looks good, it runs well, and is generally everything that you wanted in a system. Except now it’s acting really strange. It randomly reboots, or maybe it just shuts off completely. You shake your head because you and I both know what […]

Bedside Manner: The Industrial Panel PC in the Medical Sector

Technology has a tendency to propagate across different user bases. Ten or even fifteen years ago, the idea of a touch-based interface was strictly in the realm of industrial or high end enterprise. Now, most modern consumer devices have a tactile sensitive screen and users have become accustomed to the future of touch screen gadgets. […]

Advantages of a Rugged Tablet Computer

Tablets are now a sought after commodity in the electronics trade, with features and functions that can typically replace those of other devices, such as laptops, desktop PCs, MP3 players and, for some models, even a mobile phone. In general, there are three kinds of tablets available on the market: the convertible, the slate, and […]

Benefits of an Embedded Industrial Computer

The embedded industrial computer plays a crucial role in the fields of pharmaceutical, medical, food and service industries, and the military, to name only a few. Here’s a closer look at some of the superior advantages that embedded industrial computers have over their general purpose counterparts. Low Power Functionality – High-grade industrial computers are equipped […]

Building an Embedded Computer

To build, or not to build, that is the question. A trite little play on words, but where the embedded computing industry is concerned that little ad lib really is a question of some interest. So we find ourselves in a situation where we need an embedded computer. We know what the product has to […]

CCFL vs. LED: Which is the Better Choice?

There has been a lot of debate regarding the movement to newer technology with regards to electronics. One of the most talked about topics is the shift from the age-old cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) to the newer light-emitting diode (LED) type of display. Essentially, LCD monitors need a backlight to illuminate the images onscreen. […]

Benefits of Custom Computer Design for the OEM

For most people, there isn’t much discernible difference when it comes to computers, aside from some of the more obvious features, such as storage space, screen size, and the ergonomic capabilities of the keyboard. This is why most branded computers, which have been directly assembled by the companies that make them, come ready to do […]

SLC or MLC: Which Flash Drive Memory is Best for You?

Finding a good SSD flash drive memory is dependent on the particular use that you have in mind for the memory storage. These days there are two types of storage spaces: the SLC and the MLC. For consumers who aren’t familiar with the technicalities of certain storage disks, cost is the most obvious and easiest […]