WinSystems designs and manufactures single board
computers and expansion cards that function as embedded PC's
in OEM and industrial applications. Our product lines include
PC/104, PC/104-Plus, EBX, STD Bus and stand alone computer technologies.
We recently added new development kits for DOS, Linux, Windows
CE and Windows XP Embedded to aid customers in the product designs.
Product
Line Overview and Definitions
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PC/104
(Specification) |
PC/104
system components are small, reliable, easy-to-use,
cost-effective, scalable, and powerful computer system
building blocks used for a variety of industrial applications. PC104
is simply the PC ISA bus repackaged for industrial
use. These 3.6" X 3.8" modules are nearly the
size of a 3.5-inch floppy disk. Electrically, the PC104
bus is the same as the ISA bus with the exception that
the drive capability is limited to about 4 mA.
The number 104 in PC104 refers to the amount of connector pins. The connectors
are self-stacking which eliminates the need for a backplane or card cage.
PC104 boards can be used as standalone components or stacked one on top of
another or stacked on a single board computer in a mezzanine fashion. |
PC/104-Plus
(Specification) |
PC/104-Plus ( or PC104+ ) is
the PCI implementation of PC/104. A 120-pin connector was
added directly across from the PC104 connector to support
the 33MHz PCI bus. Just like PC104, PC104+ expansion is achieved
by stacking boards on top of each other. The PC104+ specification
allows up to 4 PC104+ I/O cards to be added to the stack.
High-speed PC104+ I/O cards currently available include video,
10/100 Ethernet, audio, frame grabbers, motion control and
DSP boards. Choosing a Single Board Computer or module that
supports both PC104 and PC104+ buses will increase your expansion
options now and in the future. |
| Single
Board Computers |
WinSystems builds single board computers with x86 compatible
processors so that they can support industry standard software
such as Linux, Embedded Linux, Windows Embedded NT, Windows
Embedded XP, Windows CE, and DOS plus other PC-compatible
Operating Systems / Real-time Operating Systems. Our Single
Board Computers are available in a number of sizes
and formats and each have expansion capability, typically
either PC/104 ( PC104 ) or PC/104-Plus.. There are many different
board sizes available from manufacturers of single board
computers. WinSystems supports the industry standard EBX
form factor of 5.75" X 8", the PC104 and PC/104-Plus
form factor of 3.6" X 3.8", and the STD Bus form
factor of 4.5" x 6.5". |
| Solid State Disks |
A Solid State Disk (SSD) is a device that
emulates and replaces rotational storage media. It replaces
the need for a floppy or hard disk drive. Since a SSD has
no moving parts, it offers a significant reduction in power
consumption and increased reliability. All of WinSystems® single
board computers, PC104, PC/104-Plus, EBX, and STD Bus form
factor boards introduced in the last 5 years support SSD.
WinSystems offers both DiskOnChip and Compact Flash SSD solutions. |
| DiskOnChip |
M-Systems / SanDisk has obsoleted all 32-pin DiskOnChip 2000 modules as of June 01, 2007.
** Limited quantities and densities remain. **
( Disk On Chip ) is a SSD Flash device manufactured
by SanDisk. The devices are packaged in a standard 32-pin
DIP and available in memory sizes that range from 8 Mbytes
to the recently announced 1 Gbyte. The DiskOnChip has a built
in flash file system called TrueFFS® that provides full
read/write disk emulation and automatic wear leveling. TrueFFS® provides
hard disk compatibility at both the file and sector level.
DiskOnChip supports DOS, Windows 9x, WindowsCE, CE.Net, Windows
Embedded NT, Windows Embedded XP, Linux, QNX, VxWorks and
many other operating systems. |
| Compact Flash |
CompactFlash (CF) is a small, removable mass
storage device used for both commercial and industrial applications.
CF cards are a worldwide
industry standard which have been shipping since 1995.
They have a storage capacity of up to 1 Gbyte. A CF card
contains an onboard intelligent controller that manages interface
protocols, data storage, and retrieval as well as ECC, defect
handling and diagnostics, power management and clock control.
CFlash modules can emulate an IDE hard drive. This mode is
electrically compatible with an IDE disk drive which makes
it possible to support an operating system without a special
flash driver. CFlash is also removable by design and makes
a good solution for applications that require data removal
or easy software upgrades. |
