New PCA-6740 Kit Packs Windows CE - Embedded PC World Online News


		May 15, 2002 Vol.69

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New PCA-6740 Kit Packs Windows CE Punch
Last October Advantech announced the PCA-6740, a half-sized ISA bus SBC with onboard Elite CPU. Now, the new PCA-6740CE-000 Kit comes with a Compact Flash connector onboard, plus a 16MB Compact Flash card complete with a licensed OS: MS Windows CE 3.0
Advantech's Windows CE Evaluation Platform supplies a complete set of components to enable the rapid prototyping and development of Windows CE projects. There is no need to waste time or resources on developing on-board device drivers or using Platform Builder to recreate a Windows CE image. System integrators and developers can concentrate on application programming.
A Strong Platform For Your Needs The PCA-6740CE-000 is a "total solution" half-sized single board computer kit, pre-configured with a Windows CE 3.0 image with optimized drivers. This product comes with the following: A pre-installed custom Windows CE image on Compact Flash Platform SDK for Visual C++ and Visual Basic A Windows CE License. Utility and Sample Programs User’s Manual *Why Windows CE* Cost effective Compact size Stable Proven Technologies: Win32, MFC, COM, Visual Basic and others. Advantech Makes Windows CE Better Advantech continues to develop Windows CE optimized drivers, tools, and components to further enhance the Windows CE package; here are some key enhancements:
Persistent registry solution for x86 platform Application auto launch function Floppy drive support IDE hard disk and flash disk support Serial port driver improvement Parallel port driver improvement PS/2 mouse and keyboard driver improvement
Ordering Information PCA-6740CE-000 : Includes PCA-6740F-0CA2 Elite 133 ISA bus half-sized CPU card with 32 MB SDRAM/VGA/LCD/LAN/DOC/RS422/RS485/PC104, plus 16 MB CompactFlash Card with licensed, MS Windows Embedded CE 3.0 *Contact Information* For more information about Advantech's PCA-6740CE-000 Kit, please contact your nearest Advantech representative, or look at our website at http://www.advantech.com.tw/epc or send an e-mail to epc@advantech.com.tw