Computer can be unplugged and set-up without rebooting.
Press Release Summary:
Using Transmeta(TM) 5800/800 MHz processor controller card in 44TE/HP slot bay, GCP382 portable PXI/CompactPCI (cPCI) system is designed for ease of deployment from lab to field, regardless of power availability or interruption. Portable lunchbox style form factor provides 7 slots for add-on cards of either PXI or cPCI 3U form factors and comes with 15 in. built-in LCD touch screen and keyboard with touch pad. Unit features UPS, 20 GB hard drive, and 15 g rated chassis.
Original Press Release:
New PXI/cPCI System Comes Out Of Labs And Into The Field
~ System can be unplugged and set up off site without turning off or rebooting ~
Azusa, CA (March 8, 2004) - Today Acme Portable Machines, Inc., a leading provider of rugged portable computers, has announced the immediate availability of their new GCP382, a portable PXI/CompactPCI (cPCI) system designed for easy deployment from the lab to the field regardless of power availability or power interruption. Using a Transmeta(TM) 5800/800MHz processor controller card in a 44TE/HP slot bay, the GCP382 is based upon the company's portable lunchbox style form factor providing 7 slots available for add on cards of either PXI or cPCI 3U form factors and comes with a 15" built in LCD touch screen and keyboard with touch pad. The new system is designed to meet applications in industrial control, test and measurement, military and communications markets.
Using the portability design and features of Acme's portable computers, the new system provides seamless uninterrupted power from the desktop to the field and back again. The unit's standard uninterrupted power supply (UPS) lets users move the system without turning the system off and back on again, rebooting and running programs - simply unplug the system and move it to another site with the current program running. The unit also has a universal input power source running on 175W AC, DC power supplies or optional battery pack allaying cumbersome tasks of finding an adequate power source.
The embedded controller uses an ultra-low power high stability Transmeta(TM) 5800/800MHz processor with a 20GB hard drive, and 128MB of SDRAM upgradeable to 512MB. The card also has an extended I/O, VGA connector, two USB ports, RS-232 connector, a printer port, two Ethernet/Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet ports, and two PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors.
The chassis meets PICMG 2.0, CompactPCI R3.0 specifications and supports 7 bus-master PCI devices on either PXI/cPCI peripheral slots. Seven slots add the benefit of inserting and removing I/O cards while the system is still in operation, providing efficient hot swapping when a card goes down or the user desires to change the capability of the system with a new card.
The system is built of a rugged construction to meet any environment such as on a cart, under an air wing, in a bouncing truck or a water craft/vessel. All drives are shock mount and the entire chassis is rated to 15Gs of force.
The battery module is a portable PXI system with a battery charger Ni-MH battery pack providing auto switching from one battery to the second with no loss of power and auto charging with protective features built-in when using 24V motor batteries. The battery pack offers close to 100 Watt-hours of energy and can tolerate two times the rated discharge current without adverse effects.
Price And Availability
Purchased from Acme, or through its resellers or distributors channels, the GCP382 is available off the shelf, or can be user-configured in as little as 24-hours. The system is bundled with Windows 2000 and System Guard(TM) and is priced as low as $7,500 in single unit quantities with significant OEM and ODM discounts available. Full product specifications can be found at www.portablesys.com.
About ACME Portable Machines, Inc.
With worldwide headquarters located outside of Los Angeles in Azusa, California, ACME Portable Machines, Inc. was founded in 1994, to meet the computing needs of extreme environments whether they are in Aerospace, a crime scene location or on an industrial manufacturing plant floor. The company manufactures a broad line of hardy computers and workstations, portable laptop computers also known as lunchbox portables, all-weather keyboards, rackmount displays and keyboards and small and large flat panel displays/kiosks. All products are designed to be integrated with upcoming new technologies offering systems that mean more than just a tool on the road but an investment into the future.
ACME portables have been real life tested and proven effective in meeting the most demanding environments and excel in critical applications such as data acquisition, analyzing LAN/WAN and telecommunication signals, industrial and manufacturing, medical field for diagnostics, onboard and flight line aerospace applications and just plain computing.
Outside of the United States, the company supports its customers and OEM/ODM partners through direct subsidiaries in Europe and Asia and trained distributors worldwide. For additional information on ACME Portable Machines, Inc. and its products, customers can contact the sales department at 1330 Mountain View Circle, Azusa, CA 91702 · phone 626.610.1888 · fax 626.610.1881 · e-mail at sales@portablesys.com. The company is on the World Wide Web at www.portablesys.com.
