Cover Story

Advantech's new PCM-3346 has all the functions and power of a standard, full-size PC applied into the form factor of an industry-standard PC/104 module. In the tradition of expanding it's product line to meet customer needs, Advantech took it's industry-proven PCM-3345 486-based PC/104 CPU module and added an on-board LCD controller (C&T 69000) as well as 10/100Base-T Ethernet. The on-board LCD controller supports 36-bit video and has 2 MB display memory on chip. These additional features give our customers a small, complete and cost effective board solution that allows a myriad of possible embedded applications which require network or LCD panel support in a limited space application. The PC/104 form factor also helps customers avoid some mechanical problems in their system assembling that they might face using larger form factor SBCs.

Technology Section

Industrial end users, system designers and the Consumer market in general are focused on LVDS and PanelLink standards and the benefits they can provide. These standards have already been applied to many Advantech products such as Advantech's PCM-5820, PCM-5864, POS-562 and the PCM-9570 (optional). These models demonstrate how digital panel interfaces can have a dramatic affect on the data exchange capability and distance allowed between PC board and FPD display panels. Both these standards are electrical interfaces that can quickly transfer a large amount of data over long cable lengths, i.e. from a Graphics card to a display panel.

Application Story

Advantech's PCM-5862 Pentium^® based- processor biscuit PC board is the heart and brains of this well-designed Info-Kiosk. Advantech is doing its part to bring state-of-the-art communication technology to the public.