Industrial Panel Computer integrates into any environment.

Arista Corporation Oct 13, 2004

Press Release Summary:

Fanless, 15 in. LCD computer, Model ARP-2115, features resistive touch-screen or strengthened glass that protects LCD panel from scratching, and aluminum panel with steel chassis. It is equipped with VIA Eden 667 MHz CPU, expandable to 512 Mb of system memory. Compact Flash Card replaces hard disk drive for data storage. Model ARP-2115 includes 2 USB 1.1 ports, one RS-232/422/485 port, 2 RS-232 ports, and one 10/100 Ethernet port.

Original Press Release:

Arista Announces New ARP-2115 a Lightweight, Dusttie, Fanless 15 Inch LCD Industrial Panel Computer for Rugged Applications

The ARP-2115 is designed to seamlessly integrate into any environment and its intuitive touch screen interface makes it ideal for applications such as factory automation.

FREMONT, CA - September 29, 2004 - Arista Corporation, a leading industrial computer solutions provider and system integrator has recognized the increased market demand for rugged, dusttie industrial computers and introduces the new ARP-2115, a fanless 15 inch Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Industrial Panel Computer. The lightweight unit has resistive touch-screen or strengthened glass that protects the LCD panel from scratching and its aluminum panel with its heavy-duty steel chassis makes it ideal for rough environmental conditions. The ARP-2115 is unique in that it has no moving parts such as fans or disk drives. Without these moving parts the unit provides higher reliability and far less system failures when compared to traditional computers.

The ARP-2115 industrial LCD computer is equipped with VIA low power Eden 667MHz CPU that is expandable to 512MB of system memory. The unit has a 15 inch resistive touch screen LCD with 1024 x 768 resolution and uses a Compact Flash Card as a storage device replacing the traditional Hard Disk Drive (HDD). The ARP-2115 LCD computer has a wide range of integrated interfaces for the connection of external devices. The unit has two USB 1.1 ports, one RS-232/422/485 port, two RS-232 ports and one 10/100 Ethernet port.

"The ARP-2115 series unique fanless, dusttie design, provides the user with a dependable and highly reliable Panel PC," said Stewart Austin, director of sales for Arista Corporation. "This new design allows the ability to integrate the unit seamlessly into any environment. Importantly, the intuitive touch screen interface is ruggedized allowing it to be used for various industrial environments such as factory automation."

Pricing and Availability

Pricing for the ARP-2115 starts at $2,000 for North American sales and is available for immediate delivery. A datasheet for the ARP-2115 series is available at www.aristaipc.com/panel_pc/pdf-for-lcd/ARP-2115.pdf. For sales information contact Arista at (510) 226-1800 or visit their Web site at www.aristaipc.com.

About Arista

Headquartered in Fremont, California, Arista is a worldwide leader in developing, manufacturing and providing integration services for ruggedized computers and panel PCs for harsh industrial environments and mission critical applications.
Arista provides a wide range of products, from 1U/2U/4U/5U 19-inch rack mount, shoebox and tower enclosures to fully configured turnkey systems that include either an SBC with passive backplane or motherboard. Starting from simple basic configurations all the way to fault tolerant/redundant platforms, Arista provides solutions for a wide range of markets: IP telephony, call centers, enhanced services, broadcasting/convergence, CPE, IVR, machine control, automation, medical, Kiosk, Internet service providers, telecom and broadband streaming.

To learn more about Arista Corporation, please call (510) 226-1800 or visit www.aristaipc.com.