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News Release from: Acces I/O Products | Subject: Model E4-DAS
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 27 January 2005
Four Es a jolly good acquisition system
The Model E4-DAS takes its name from being an easy to use, Ethernet enabled, embedded and environmentally adaptable PC/104-based data acquisition system.
New from Acces I/O Products introduces, the Model E4-DAS takes its name from being an easy to use, Ethernet enabled, embedded and environmentally adaptable PC/104-based data acquisition system The latest line of systems from Acces, the E4-DAS is designed for rugged embedded applications requiring superior performance and a high degree of protection from damaging vibration and shock environments commonly encountered in military and defence, avionics, communications, process control, automation and other real-world applications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The E4-DAS can accommodate stacks of two to six PC/104 boards (including the CPU and power supply), allowing the unit to incorporate a wide range of analogue and digital I/O, serial communications, relay and TTL output, wireless, Ethernet and other functions.
Housed in a lightweight, attractive, Chem-Film finished aluminium enclosure, the standard system configuration includes a low power 133MHz Pentium PC/104 CPU and peripheral interfaces such as VGA, keyboard and mouse, 10/100BaseT Ethernet, and quad RS232 ports.
A CompactFlash socket is available on the CPU board for easy upgrade of embedded programming.
An internal single (+5V), or optional triple (+5, +/-1 V) output DC/DC power supply is used to accept system power sources of 12, 24, or 48V.
I/O is accessed via connector cutouts on the unit's end plates.
Advanced and custom systems include extensive CPU and peripheral capabilities and the integration of a generous selection of Acces' (or customer-specified) data acquisition, I/O, or special-function PC/104 boards.
Custom development includes minor variations of standard boards and systems to completely custom interfaces and configurations.
Acces has the in-house engineering resources to design, develop, supply and support custom embedded systems at the board, software and system level.
Standard E4-DAS system features include: easy access and serviceability via a removable railed card cage subassembly; Ethernet enabled data transfers for simplified cabling; embedded, high-performance fanless operation and conduction cooling; environmental enclosure ideal for use in rugged and harsh applications; PC/104 processors up to 1GHz can be integrated, even at extended temperatures.
Lightweight, attractive, Chem-Film finished aluminium enclosure; accepts from two to six PC/104 or PC/104-Plus boards; and scalable and flexible I/O interfacing.
The system ships with preloaded board software packages containing utility and tools software along with a variety of drivers.
Source code and examples in C are provided for Linux and DOS, and in a variety of languages for use in Windows versions including XP and beyond.
TCP/IP/ Internet data acquisition is available via onboard web server software optionally integrated with the customer's application.
Any operating system and customer's applications can be preloaded for any production volume.
Acces I/O Products supplies an extensive range of analogue, digital, serial communication, and isolated I/O boards and solutions.
Acces also offers complete systems, integration services, and enclosures with a quick turn-around on custom projects including software.
Products are designed for use with PC/104, PCI, low profile PCI, EBX, EPIC, USB, Ethernet and ISA buses as well as distributed and wireless I/O.
All COTS hardware comes with a 30-day, no-risk return policy and a three-year warranty.
The E4-DAS represents another example of Acces' systems integration and design capabilities.
The price is $1195.00 for the basic system, and OEM/volume pricing is available.
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