Advantech Makes Fanless Box PCs Available

The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech introduces the UNO-2173A and UNO-2173AF fanless box PCs with 1.6GHz Atom-based CPUs. These models are equipped with Gigabit Ethernet ports, rich I/Os, 1 x Mini-PCIe socket for WLAN and 3G solutions, and Moblin (Mobile Linux) support. Both have passed the Energy Star certification and also feature an IP40 anti-dust protection and a wide operating temperature (-20 ~ 70°C) providing high performance with low power consumption.

The UNO-2173A features a single-side I/O, 1 x onboard DDR2 SDRAM, 1 x Gigabit Ethernet port, 1 x VGA, 2 x RS-232, 2 x USB ports, 1 x internal printer port, 1 x CompactFlash slot and 1 x built-in 2.5” SATA HDD/SDD bracket for storage. The UNO-2173AF has dual side I/Os including all of the ports of the UNO-2173A, but also incorporating a LVDS port (low-voltage differential signaling), a backlight control port, 5.1 channel HD audio, an additional RS-422/485 port, three additional USB ports and 1 x internal USB pin head.

In efforts to provide more Green Automation solutions, Advantech says it now provides energy efficient AC/DC power units, with power saving features such as increased DC/DC power conversion efficiency and reduced standby power consumption. Furthermore, the UNO-2713A and UNO-2713AF provide various operating efficiency modes like: off, sleep and idle. Users can experience up to 50% reduced energy consumption through these devices.

Benefited by Advantech's strong driver support, customers can easily develop applications on Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Linux or Embedded OS such as Windows XP Embedded and Embedded Linux, and Windows 7 operating systems.