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Atom-based Fanless Box PCs with Energy Star Certification

By Dave Miyares | January 15, 2010

Cincinnati, OH – The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech introduces the UNO-2173A and UNO-2173AF fanless box PCs with 1.6GHz Atom-based CPUs. These models are equipped with Gigabit Ethernet ports, rich I/Os, 1 x Mini-PCIe socket for WLAN and 3G solutions, and Moblin (Mobile Linux) support. Both have passed the Energy Star certification and also feature an IP40 anti-dust protection and a wide operating temperature (-20 ~ 70°C) providing high performance with low power consumption.

Advantech UNO-2173A fanless box PC

The UNO-2173A features a single-side I/O, 1 x onboard DDR2 SDRAM, 1 x Gigabit Ethernet port, 1 x VGA, 2 x RS-232, 2 x USB ports, 1 x internal printer port, 1 x CompactFlash slot and 1 x built-in 2.5” SATA HDD/SDD bracket for storage. The UNO-2173AF has dual side I/Os including all of the ports of the UNO-2173A, but also incorporating a LVDS port (low-voltage differential signaling), a backlight control port, 5.1 channel HD audio, an additional RS-422/485 port, three additional USB ports and 1 x internal USB pin head.

In our efforts to provide more Green Automation solutions, Advantech not only provides energy efficient AC/DC power units, but also power saving features such as increased DC/DC power conversion efficiency and reduced standby power consumption. Furthermore, the UNO-2713A and UNO-2713AF provide various operating efficiency modes like: off, sleep and idle. Users can experience up to 50% reduced energy consumption through these devices.

Benefited by Advantech’s strong driver support, customers can easily develop applications on Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Linux or Embedded OS such as Windows XP Embedded and Embedded Linux, and Windows 7 operating systems.

The UNO-2173A and UNO-2173AF are cost-effective low power consuming Fanless Box PCs for industrial automation applications. For more information or to purchase, please contact Advantech directly or your regional Advantech authorized dealer.

Advantech Corporation, Industrial Automation Group
www.advantech.com/ea

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