Since the competition for user's pocket is soaring among DA&C card vendors, user's choice is growing wider than ever. Before purchase, you'd better know what features for you represent real distinguished value and what do not. Here are a few of clues? .

According to Tiger Yeh, data acquisition Product Manager of Advantech RD Team, the most valuable features of low-cost DA&C cards are true Plug & Play PCI capability and industrial grade reliability. This comes up to what Advantech has designed its PCI-series DA&C cards for. Engineers need boards that won't take a long time before they can get started with application development. And we cater to their specific need very carefully.

Here is another example of a potential money-saving feature for user. Yan Wei Phin, a system engineer from Elcomp Malaysia, claimed that DIO boards with one or two additional analog inputs will be the right choice when extra analog inputs is needed on top of basic digital I/O function. This is why he selected Advantech PCI-1710 multifunction board as the best choice to save money and efforts in the long run.

In fact, the concern for required functions can be more important than the price of card itself when customers make a buying decision. Bob Wang, Product Sales Manager from Advantech IA Group, said Advantech offers a complete selection of inexpensive accessories such as screw terminal board, cable, software, etc. Users will really come to appreciate the convenience with one-stop shopping for Advantech products.

Recently, three Advantech PCI data acquisition cards-- PCI-1710, PCI-1713 and PCI-1720 -- have been nominated by the leading Desktop Engineering Magazine, Nov/99 issue, as buyers' smart choices for low-cost data acquisition cards. Again, it shows Advantech's enduring commitment to offer the market competitive and reliable products since the company started 16 years ago.