Slot-0 Controller features Pentium 4 embedded processor.

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Equipped with Windows XP OS, PowerPC-based V153 VXI single-width, C-size module offers 1.7 and 2.2 GHz clocking options, up to 1 GB bootable flash on secondary IDE, and up to 1 GB PC1600 DDR SDRAM. It also features one PMC expansion site and 2 Ethernet controllers that support 10BaseT, 100BaseTX, and 1000BaseT interfaces. Unit supports VXI Plug and Play Virtual Instruments Systems Architecture Library with included Resource Manager.



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KineticSystems New Pentium 4-based Slot-0 Controller


Lockport (Illinois), USA (April 4, 2005) - KineticSystems Company, LLC, an industry leader in high-performance data acquisition products and services, is pleased to announce its new VXI slot-0 controller featuring a high performance Pentium® 4 embedded processor. The V153 joins the family of high-performance PowerPC-based slot-0 controllers already offered by KineticSystems.

This single-width C-size module with 1.7 GHz and 2.2 GHz clocking options provides a powerful platform for embedded applications with unparalleled processor speed. The V153 features two Ethernet controllers that support 10BaseT, 100BaseTX and 1000BaseT interfaces, up to 1 GByte of bootable flash on a secondary IDE, up to 1 GByte of PC1600 DDR SDRAM, and one PMC expansion site for user expandability for FDDI, compactFlash, GPIB, Fibre Channel, FPDP, etc. The V153 also supports the VXI Plug&Play Virtual Instruments Systems Architecture (VISA) Library with included Resource Manager (Resman).

The VISA industry standard I/O control library allows modules to be controlled via several interfaces with the same I/O function calls.

The V153 Pentium 4 embedded processor coupled with the Windows XP operating system is the most cost-effective and high-performance slot-0 controller solution available on the market today. "KineticSystems is the first company to introduce a Pentium 4 based slot-0 controller," said Patrick Cassady, Executive Vice President of KineticSystems. "This latest slot-0 controller delivers record-breaking performance while upholding KineticSystems' standards for quality and reliability, providing our customers with the most powerful and low-risk solution for the future," Cassady added.

For more information regarding the V153 or other slot-0 controller solutions from KineticSystems, please refer to the company's Web site: http://www.kscorp.com/Products/vxi/memory_controllers_DSP_and_mainframes

About KineticSystems Company, LLC.

Headquartered in Lockport, Illinois, KineticSystems (www.kscorp.com) designs, manufactures, and services high-performance data acquisition products and systems for the worldwide aerospace, automotive, and scientific laboratory markets. Popular over the last 30 years for its wide array of standardized high-performance VXI and CAMAC modular products, KineticSystems also offers PXI and PC-based data acquisition products for in-vehicle or portable production line testing. As a member of the Dynamic Signals growing group of companies (DynamicSignals.com) focused on the Test & Measurement industry, KineticSystems is able to provide solutions for an even wider range of applications across the main platforms of VXI, PXI, PCI, CompactPCI and CAMAC. As part of the Dynamic Signals group, Gage Applied Technologies provides cutting-edge signal capture instruments and solutions based on the PCI and CompactPCI platforms. The Preston Scientific product line offers a wide range of proprietary analog input channel amplifiers, filters, multiplexers, digital I/O interfaces and complete analog-to-digital conversion systems. Cyber Systems' product line offers the FM7000 Load Control System for structural testing, DM7000 Data Acquisition System and the PC-based Versaplex 2000NT Data Acquisition System, among other data acquisition products.

For Further Information

For further information, contact:

Nicole Faubert

Marketing Manager

Gage Applied Technologies

KineticSystems Company

(514) 633-7007 ext. 3034

nfaubert@gage-applied.com

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