Open-Frame Panel PC

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WinSystems (Arlington, TX) introduced a 12.1-inch open-frame, color flat panel PC and 1.66GHz single board computer (SBC) based on the Intel® Atom™ processor. The PPC3-12 panel PC is a compact, ready-to-mount flat panel display subsystem that also includes a resistive touchscreen integrated into a chassis less than three inches deep. The PPC3-12 is shipped with a wired Ethernet connection plus expansion option for 802.11 wireless Ethernet and/or CDMA/GSM cellular modems. A high-luminance, wide-viewing angle, 12.1-inch diagonal color TFT with replaceable LED backlight is the foundation of the Panel PC. It supports XGA 1024 x 768 pixels that can display 16.2M (8-bit RGB) or 262,144 (6-bit RGB) colors. WinSystems offers a single core 1.66GHz N455 and dual core 1.8GHz D525 version of the SBC to serve as the computing and display engine for the Panel PC. Both SBCs are based on the Intel® Atom™ processor family with a full set of I/O interfaces including two Gigabit Ethernet ports, VGA and dual channel LVDS flat panel video, miniPCI connector to support wireless networking modules, eight USB 2.0 ports, four serial COM ports, 48 digital I/O lines, audio, LPT and PS/2 port for keyboard and mouse.