Panel PC-100 Windows CE Platform Solution

ADVANTECH announces the PPC-100-GNI, an open and compact Windows CE embedded HMI solution. This package features an all-in-one 486 panel PC, 10.4" flat panel display (DSTN and TFT) with VGA (480 x 640) resolution, resistive touchscreen, 10Base-T Ethernet, four serial ports, 5x86-133 CPU, 32MB DRAM, and ISA-bus expansion slot. With built-in Windows CE environment and ADVANTECH HMI software runtime, it makes the HMI applications easy for end users and vendors to use off-the-shelf hardware and software. This open and compact HMI solution is ideal for machine/equipment builders, process control systems, utility systems, home and building automation systems, and security systems.

To meet the industrial requirements in the harsh environments, the PPC-100-GNI features a Windows CE-embedded 16MB IC-type flash memory, which is fully supported with a bunch of HMI software applications specially designed to run on it. With the ruggedness and stability only a flash drive can give, all those harsh environmental influences from plant-floor vibration, moisture and shock hazards are totally eradicated. And its front panel is NEMA 4/IP 65 compliant. These worthy protections are simply not affordable with conventional rotating hard disk.

Another key component of the Windows CE HMI solution is the ADVANTECH HMI software. It can reduce system development time significantly by providing a versatile set of pre-defined control and display icons. Just four steps (select, connect, configure and run) are needed to build a graphic visualization of your applications. You configure applications on a Windows NT, 95 or 98 desktop or industrial PC and run them on one or more PPC-100-GNI platforms. In addition, the ADVANTECH Windows CE HMI application software provides the OPC capability, which enables a direct integration of diverse control devices and industrial networks on the plant-floor level. The OEM manufacturers, the system integrators and the end users can choose development environment according to their application. It's your best choice for networking applications with Ethernet and applications with a space concern.