Date: 28/04/2009

Lanner launches Intel Atom based industrial PC

Taiwan based Lanner Electronics has launched Intel Atom-based industrial PC with extended temperature range and industrial-use I/O interfaces.

Lanner says, The Lanner LUGE LEC-2050 is the first Intel Atom-based industrial PC designed to operate in harsh industrial environments, from -40 to 60 degrees Celcius. This board supports extended power input range (DC +24V) and dual power inputs via Phoenix connector and standard DC in jack.

The LEC-2050 is a fanless system measuring 43mm in height. It provides dual video (VGA and DVI), dual gigabit LAN, four COM ports and four USB ports, along with SATA II and CompactFlash storage support. It includes 512MB of DDR2 memory onboard, expandable to 2GB via SODIMM. The 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU caters to the processing needs of industrial applications.

"Lanner's LUGE family of small form factor IPC's takes full advantage of the low power consumption of Intel Atom processors," said Eric Chiu, Lanner Embedded Computer Product Planner. "In addition to reduced power demands, the LUGE series also provides a far smaller footprint than competitive solutions because they take advantage of Lanner's compact embedded system board technologies. Extended temperature and power input range provide additional flexibility and make the LUGE LEC-2050 an outstanding platform for industrial automation and control applications," he said.

This rugged system packed in a dustproof enclosure is suitable for harsh industrial applications such as industrial control, communications and measurement.