Little box of tricks to house compact SBCs

According to Impulse, the AEC-6100 Industrial Mini PC Box is an ideal housing unit for system integration using any compact card from Aaeon's PC line of compact single board computers.

According to Impulse, the AEC-6100 Industrial Mini PC Box is an ideal housing unit for system integration using any compact card from Aaeon's PC line of compact single board computers.

The AEC-6100 special size of 7.5 x 8.5 x 2.5in gives end users flexibility in movement and placement.

The rear of the chassis houses a range of application adapters such as four RS-232 ports, a parallel port, and four USB ports.

There are also two connectors for P/S2 (mouse and keyboard), Ethernet, three LED indicators, a reset button, MIC_in, Line_in, and Line_out.

During the initial designing stages of the Mini PC Box, placement of the internal devices was crucial.

An exterior air inlet was designed into the roof of the Mini PC Box to reduce overheating.

In the front of the Mini PC Box, there is a slot for installing and retrieving a compact flash card that will offer a larger memory bank.

The Mini PC Box is built to house a 2.5in hard drive, however, a floppy disk or CD-ROM connection is also possible.

Located on the side of Mini PC Box is a removable panel, allowing the floppy drive or CD-ROM cable easy entry to the computer board.

The designers kept the end users in mind at all times by offering three types of power connections.

Located next to the floppy drive slot, there is a traditional power terminal.

A power button is also designed in an easy-to-reach area located next to the power terminal.

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