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Emb’Core offers a wide range of hardware products with Embedded Design-In Services.

Our offering ranges from boards and systems solutions, M2M modules and software services, to intelligent displays and digital signage, and innovative gaming platforms.

Emb’Core's vision is to develop innovative, intelligent and leading embedded solutions to help our customers build intelligent and smart applications that will power intelligent cities.

Global Leadership in Embedded Deisgn-in

By partnering with industrial embedded leaders such as Intel and Microsoft, Advantech enables customers to differentiate their offering and concentrate in developing innovative embedded solutions with less effort and faster time to market.

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Partnering for Smart City & IoT Solutions 驱动智慧城市创新 共建物联产业典范

Leading Technology Partner Collaboration Business Engagement

Embeddedd Software Services Innovative Form Factors Design-in Services

Intelligent Displays Digital Signage Embeddedd M2M Solutions

Contents Viewpoint Collaborating for the Business Growth in Embedded Sector

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Partnering for Smart City & IoT Solutions 驱动智慧城市创新 共建物联产业典范

WPC Highlight Keynote, Seminar, Workshop, and Pavilion

02 Leading Technology Partner Collaboration Business Engagement

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Embeddedd Software Services Innovative Form Factors Design-in Services

A+ Talk: The Rise of Intelligent Systems

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Embedded Software and Cloud Services to Enable Your Intelligent Systems in the IoT Era

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Collaborate to Drive RISC Business Opportunities

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Welcome on Board: The Journey to Intelligent Platforms Development System Integrators Get a Boost from Advantech MI/O Extension and ARK Systems

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Intelligent Displays Open UP New Avenues for Digital Signage and Gaming Applications

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n 2009, there were only 3 key account customers who each contributed $1M sales of Advantech board level products. In 2013, we are expecting 35 key account customers who each purchase more than $1M integrated embedded solutions from Advantech. This remarkable 10 times growth represents the collaborative business growth and partnership between our customers and Advantech over the past 5 years. We are looking forward to growing intelligent systems in the IoT era with transformations on business models and solution offerings.

In the past, customers contacted Advantech mainly for single boards or chassis/system products; however, in the coming Intelligent Systems and IoT era, customers need an even more integrated embedded solution that can better support their applications and make their products more ready for market. The numbers behind our historical sales record show that: according to shipment data in 2012, over 1.5 million embedded boards and systems were shipped to thousands of customers all over the world, while there were also 600,000 pieces of peripheral modules i.e. SQFlash and Wireless, as well as 400,000 pieces of LCD displays shipped out. The data shows that traditional business models are changing too, customers are no longer satisfied with single solution, they are looking for onestop solutions and more embedded integration.

In response to this requirement from customers, Advantech has undergone an Embedded Business Model Transformation; migrating from a traditional embedded board and Industrial PC company towards an intelligent systems enabler. Advantech aims to provide integrated solutions ranging from intelligent systems, boards, displays, peripheral modules, and software to design-in services that expand customers' applications and speed up their vertical application development to achieve win-win market success.

What’s more, as every device becomes more interconnected and smart, connectivity, manageability, and security become the key essences for intelligent systems. Advantech’s SUSIAccess remote device management software helps transform traditional embedded devices into “intelligent systems” with the three key attributes above. SUSIAccess features remote management functions and incorporates system security from McAfee and back-up & recovery from

Acronis which helps customers centralize monitoring and management of remote embedded devices in real-time. In Embedded WPC 2013, Advantech will unveil the next-generation of SUSIAccess, featuring cloud-based protection, seamless interconnection, and map-view device management, making it easier to manage intelligent systems through your mobile and tablet devices anytime, anywhere, on any device!

The advanced SUSIAccess will be cloud and browser based and leverage Google and Baidu maps to help administrators find the location of their devices easier.

By 2020, there will be 12.5 billion M2M devices globally, up from 1.3 billion devices today (Hatton 2012). The opportunities are huge, however, the gap between technology and market needs will be there for years. Customers still find it challenging to acquire robust and complete embedded M2M solutions for implementing complex remote communications, and for connecting devices to develop monitoring and remote control applications. So to bridge this gap, Advantech established a new product division called ”Embedded M2M Solutions”. The division will focus on providing ready-to-use embedded M2M solutions by integrating Advantech’s current embedded platforms, wireless modules, and remote control software; in collaboration with ecosystem partners. Our solutions include a threelayer structure; from sensor communication, to data collection, to analysis. Advantech provides a wide range of reliable sensor solutions for M2M communication including Bluetooth, Wifi, RFID and GPS modules. Edge computing platforms are also available with WSN and IP gateways. All of Advantech's intelligent devices and systems are serving as computing applications for data analysis. In 2014, the new “Embedded M2M Solutions” will be launched to assist customers in keeping up with IoT trends so they can take the lead.

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Advantech has not only changed our product and solution offerings, but also our embedded “Sector-Lead" business model. We will develop Embedded Service Teams in each region to deliver more on-demand and intime support. Customers can enjoy efficient resources and services based on specific requirements. We can’t succeed without ecosystem partners, so we will strengthen our alliance with partners including silicon vendors, software providers, software distributors, and system integrators to meet customers' applicationspecific needs.

Advantech will continue to grow and develop integrated embedded solutions, product innovations, embedded M2M solutions, local design-in services, and global ecosystem partnerships which will be the core engines

to help our customers accelerate applications in the new era of intelligent planet and IoT. We are ready and look forward your participation to collaborate for the business growth in the embedded sector.

Miller Chang

Advantech Embedded Core Group Associate Vice President

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2013 Advantech World Partner Conference Embedded Solutions and Intelligent Systems November 21-23, Suzhou, China

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riven by the Internet of Things (IoT), and bringing new growth opportunities to the traditional embedded device market, embedded devices will continue to evolve into ever more intelligent designs. This year's theme will be: “Collaborating for Global Leadership in Embedded Design-In”, focusing on the next phase of embedded business development. Over three days, you will have the opportunity to explore the latest embedded technologies, partner collaborations, intelligent systems, and business engagement from the Embedded Computing Group.

Embedded Conference Delivers Advantech’s vision and embedded business model with global leadership and partnership ■ Core engines accelerate the era of intelligent city ■ Empowering a new world of intelligent cities and countless opportunities ■ Key business growth driver – RISC ■ Alliance with embedded software to expand business ■ One-step integrated solutions—complete with computing, displays, & modules

Embedded Seminar Learn about the latest embedded design-in trends, innovations, and up-to-date developments in embedded design.

■ Exclusive Preview of SUSIAccess 3.0 Unveiling the revolutionary cloud-based remote management platform ■ The Revolution of Embedded SBCs Build intelligent systems quickly using MI/O extension total solution ■ The Next Generation Industrial Motherboard Turnkey 35 days of integrated solutions for your vertical needs ■ Service-oriented COM Design on x86 & RISC Architecture Secure your product time-to-market

■ Fanless Intelligent Systems Accelerate time-to-value with integration-ready and application packages ■ Intelligent Display and Turnkey Signage Solutions Simplify the design of applications ■ Intelligent Module Solutions One-stop wireless, storage, I/O integration service for M2M & IoT market ■ Essences for Gaming Solutions Security, performance and industry knowledge

Intelligent Embedded Computing Business Workshop Workshop to learn about the next opportunities through regional business success sharing, and networking with Advantech executives and industry’s leading business owners and managers.

■ Collaborating with partners to win in the embedded market ■ Sector-lead business insights panel discussion ■ <A+ Talk with Advantech Executives> Open Q&A and business strategy sharing

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Embedded Pavilions Showcase how Advantech Embedded Computing builds connectivity to Intelligent Systems. All Intelligent Systems in the pavilions are connected with SUSIAccess!

Ecosystem Center Embedded M2M/IoT Modules Pavilion

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Intelligent Display, Signage and Gaming Solutions Pavilion

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Embedded Software and Cloud Services Pavilion

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Embedded Software and Cloud Services Pavilion

Embedded M2M/IoT Solutions Pavilion

An exclusive preview of the revolutionary cloud-based remote management platform, and showcasing the complete embedded software offerings and the integrated ecosystem of embedded OS and applications.

Full-range form factors based on RISC technology, software-focused support services and co-partners collaboration will be showcased in this pavilion.

Embedded Boards and Design-in Services Pavilion

Intelligent Systems Pavilion

Discover the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s widest selection of boards and modules and how Advantech design-in services empower the development of IoT.

Experience how Advantech intelligent systems simplify implementation for applications with MI/O Extension Quick System Builder and Ultra Rugged Fanless Embedded Systems.

Intelligent Display, Signage and Gaming Solutions Pavilion

Embedded M2M/IoT Modules Pavilion

A comprehensive demonstration of intelligent displays, turnkey digital signage solutions and innovative gaming platforms featured with the latest technologies and industry trends.

A full-range showcase of Advantech intelligent module solutions, featuring one-stop embedded storage, wireless and I/O integration services, and a preview of the latest wireless sensor network solutions.

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Advantech Board & Module Solutions

An integrated ecosystem center, showcasing the applications of Advantechâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distinguished partners and customers.

Six must-know innovation facts about embedded boards & modules at WPC.

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s the Intelligent Systems market grows, the world becomes more interconnected igniting new and huge opportunities for everyone involved in the design and deployment of connected devices, including silicon vendors, hardware providers, software providers and system integrators. We invite six industry visionary leaders to share their insight and business opportunity they witness.

Advantech

"Intelligent Systems will need enhanced connectivity, security, and manageability which require hardware performance improvements, new silicon design, software integration, and new user interfaces."

Miller Chang, Vice President from Embedded Computing Group, Advantech The era of Intelligent Systems is arriving. Imagine living and working in a city with which you can interact, where buildings act more like a living organism that can respond to your needs. In fact, intelligent systems are already all around us in buildings, public transportation, self-service, and many other interactive systems. As current traditional embedded and industrial systems are gradually upgraded and transformed into smarter Intelligent Systems, we will see more and more automated and smarter solutions and services. Intelligent Systems will need enhanced connectivity, security, and manageability and this requires not only hardware performance improvements, but also new silicon design, software integration, and new user interfaces. By working closely and developing strong ecosystem partnerships with silicon venders, software providers and system integrators, Advantech can drive this vision and direction towards the era of an Intelligent Systems.

Microsoft

“When “smart” things are connected to data analysis, the resulting intelligence can redefine the ways in which we do business “ Kevin Dollas, General Manager of Microsoft Embedded, Microsoft Intelligent Systems are how enterprises are taking advantage of the Internet of Things (IoT). When “smart” things are connected to data analysis, the resulting intelligence can redefine the ways in which we do business. Company executives are already bringing intelligent systems into healthcare facilities, onto the factory floor and even to help power smart cities. It may be the early days, but there is nothing proposed about the Internet of Things. It is here today. As Internet-enabled devices proliferate in enterprise markets and create vast data mounds, the potential for businesses to exploit that data to harness unimagined levels of operational insight is truly remarkable.

Major segments within the traditional embedded market are evolving into intelligent systems to tap this burgeoning opportunity. At Microsoft, we’re excited about helping our customers derive true value from IoT in the enterprise via intelligent systems by capitalizing on our rich technology assets—extending from our breadth product portfolio for a range of PCs, tablets and industry devices on the edge of enterprise networks, to developer tools, backend systems and cloud services, all supported by a diverse ecosystem. We believe that the smartest companies are no longer limited by technology; they are only limited by their imagination.

McAfee

"We are seeing the need for security on devices to not only protect the operation of the device, but also confidential and proprietary data."

Tom Moore, Vice President World Wide Embedded Sales, McAfee The threat landscape has evolved to include devices that when originally designed, were never considered a security threat.

Not only are all these devices now becoming interconnected, but they are also starting to use open architecture and standard technologies. As we move into this direction, this opens up a risk to vulnerabilities, and a huge risk profile to users and also to the manufacturers of these devices. We are seeing the need for security on devices to not only protect the operation of the device, but also confidential and proprietary data. McAfee has a broad portfolio of solutions which we have brought to market for datacenters and PC’s across different spectrums. We will be bringing the same set of technologies and extending our security connected vision to intelligent systems.

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Intel

"As the Intelligent Systems market grows, the internet of things is transforming embedded computing applications from isolated, purpose built systems to integrated system of systems networked with each other and the cloud."

Richard P. Dwyer, Vice President, Sales and Marketing Group / General Manager, Worldwide Embedded Sales Group, Intel As the Intelligent Systems market grows, the internet of things is transforming embedded computing applications from isolated, purpose built systems to integrated system of systems networked with each other and the cloud; creating significant new opportunities. The users of these solutions will be able to benefit by unlocking the value of the data collected by IoT in creating new services and products that enhance productivity and efficiency, improve decision making, and develop new and innovative user experiences. With broad experience across diverse sectors, and deep technology knowledge encompassing devices, infrastructure and the cloud, Intel is uniquely positioned to help create the solutions for a wide variety of use case models across many segments. Intel IoT solutions enable the market transformation by growing the number of connected systems, enhancing the analytics, and improving business-intelligence.

Texas Instruments

“We are at the forefront of the Internet-of-Things era, giving devices the ability to connect to each other and to the cloud.”

Miller Adair, General Manager, Sitara™ Processors, Texas Instruments From smart home systems that control your lights, oven and garage door to high-tech industrial automation systems, our world is becoming more connected every day. Our smartphones are talking to our appliances, and our appliances are talking to the cloud, enabling us to easily control all aspects of our lives from anywhere in the world at a very low cost. What we already see today is just the beginning of an era when all devices can talk to each other and make intelligent decisions about actions to take. We are at the forefront of the Internet-of-Things era, giving devices the ability to connect to each other and to the cloud.

Texas Instruments’ portfolio—from Wireless solutions to embedded processors—helps seamlessly bring a range of intelligent, connected systems to reality to make our lives easier.

IHS Technology

"IHS projects a revenue CAGR of 10% for IPCs with an integrated display and 15% for fieldbus/Ethernet connected IPCs to 2017."

Toby Colquhoun, Senior Analyst, IHS Technology Intelligent systems will increasingly become more capable both in terms of human-machine and machine-to-machine interaction. In revenue terms, IHS projects an annual average growth rate of 10% for industrial PCs with an integrated display, and 15% for fieldbus/Ethernet connected IPCs, for the next five years. Intelligent systems today are most prevalent in industries with a high level of IT know-how. A good example is within the point-of-sales sector. Energy is a huge expenditure for retailers and one way to reduce this is to remotely manage machine activity during the business day, taking responsibility away from on-site personnel. The benefits of intelligent systems are real and are starting to be recognized by OEMs and end users. As engineers become more comfortable with new features of intelligent systems, they will start to use these in unexpected ways and solve problems that were not foreseen by the original designers.

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Embedded Software and Cloud Services to Enable Your Intelligent Systems in the IoT Era " Intelligent systems is transforming the embedded industry and driving the value among M2M and the Internet of Everything. Billions of new users and billions more machines will drive the intelligent systems market to over 5 billion units and nearly $2.4 trillion in revenue by 2017. " 2013-2017 Market Forecast and Analysis, IDC

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he next big opportunity for technology suppliers, system vendors, and service providers is being defined today by the migration from traditional embedded systems to Intelligent Systems. An Intelligent System centers on the integration of higher plane hardware and software technologies that allow for user reconfiguration, enable autonomous operation, access the internet, and extend the usage model of the system. What is apparent is that Intelligent Systems, in combination with the cloud, location based services, and social networks, will be able to reach the last node or touch the consumer.

At World Partner Conference 2013, we will have 3 major booths to showcase how Advantech Embedded Software and Cloud Services, enables intelligent systems in the “Internet of Everything” era.

Embrace the Era of Intelligent Systems Intelligent Systems are securely managed electronic systems that run a high-level operating system and operate autonomously— typically with the following characteristics: ■ Supports one or more operating systems that can execute native or cloud-based applications, and be capable of Internet browsing, and provide analytics on data collected by the system.

■ Connected to the Internet, and executing native or cloud-based applications with the ability to analyze collected data.

■ One or more programmable processing units, integrated in a system-on-chip (SoC) or as a standalone microprocessor. The integrated solution can be either a single or a heterogeneous multi-core SoC that combines application processors, graphic processors, media accelerators, and other processors and accelerators.

■ Microprocessor cores that must support at least a 32-bit architecture and be capable of supporting a High Level Operating System (HLOS). Architectures that meet the requirements of our definition include ARM, MIPS, Power Architecture, x86, SH, and other proprietary architectures.

Key software and service attributes include wired or wireless connectivity to a network and other systems, security, manageability, identification, UI, analytics, and commerce and services enabled by cloud computing. Logically, because of their inherent intelligence and flexibility, the makeup of intelligent systems will continue to change to accommodate emerging attributes and technologies — especially in the areas of intelligent sensors and devices that incorporate speech control and other immersive technologies that closely link users with devices and networks.

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Enabling Intelligent Systems with SUSIAccess SUSIAccess, Advantech’s unique remote device management software, is designed to build intelligence into embedded devices, transforming embedded devices to “intelligent systems”. It constantly monitors the health of multiple devices and sends out alarm notifications via e-mails and SMS messages if abnormal conditions exist. SUSIAccess also

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provides other powerful utilities such as system recovery (powered by Acronis), system protection (powered by McAfee) and remote KVM to protect and recover faulty systems. In WPC 2013, we unveil the next-generation SUSIAccess, featuring Cloud-based Protection, Seamless Interconnection, and 3D Map-view Device Management, making it easier to manage intelligent systems through your mobile devices.

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Seamless Interconnection SUSIAccess can monitor CPU system temperatures, system voltages, hard drives, SQFlash health, and network connectivity. Software monitoring tools can be integrated that help customers by controlling their applications and performing selected actions if something goes wrong.

SUSIAccess also integrates a feature which can send device health logs via Clickatell’s SMS technology.

Map-View Management Device Management requires a lots of effort on the administrators behalf who needs to figure out which devices are working properly and which devices are faulty. SUSIAccess leverages Google and Baidu maps to help administrators

find the location of their devices easier. Not only maps, it also provides diagrams of building layouts which have been uploaded to show exactly where a device is. SMS/email communications leverage Clickatell’s SMS gateway service, without cellular modules needed, to send alarm notifications.

All this means maintenance personnel can find devices and locate problems much quicker.

Cloud-based Platform SUSIAccess provides a console which displays all connected and monitored devices. An administrator must login in or use remote desktop connection for management of all devices within the SUSIAccess console. The next-generation SUSIAccess will be cloud and browser based and supports mobile devices like: iPad, Android Pads, and Smart Phones.

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Power Your Intelligent Systems with Advantech Embedded Software Services In addition to the revolutionary next-generation SUSIAccess, Advantech provides customers with complete embedded software and cloud services to power, manage and connect your intelligent systems. The complete embedded software offerings - from BIOS, firmware, operating systems, and software applications – can fully power the essential elements of intelligent systems: connectivity, manageability, identity, analytics, security, and user experience:

■ BIOS have evolved from using traditional assembly code for basic operations to the current uEFI architecture with C/ C++ language support to provide advanced configuration.

Advantech BIOS customization provides three major features: modularity, security, and utility. These make BIOS customization faster and provide a secure machanism to protect data and system settings.

■ Our new Software APIs bridge the application and hardware levels. We launched SUSI 4 which includes lots of new features that cover security, reliability, and also I/O control from a unified API through Advantech iManager. iManager

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• Full coverage of Windows Embedded • Various Linux OS support • Real-TimeOS BSP ready • Android OS ready on Intel ATOM platform

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• 3D Map-view Remote Control • Could-based Platform • Built-in Connectivity to Intelligent Systems

Backup & Recovery

• Whitelisting technology • Zero-Day Attack protection • Illegal operation control • Military level security

Reduce Total Cost Ownership

• Protects data and devices • Scheduled backup • One-click recovery

Longevity & Technical Support

• Reduce Development time • Reduce Engineer resource • Reduce Total Cost

• Windows Embedded Provide 15 years lifecycle & 10 years support • CentOS & Red Hat Linux with 10 years support

Tools & Utilities Ready

• Windows Embedded Utility • Enhance Kernel for Windows • Embedded Compact

Operating Systems Modularized Services

• Superior performance compatibility • Various options and extensions to support wide range design • Flexible core features installation & removal

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Secure BIOS

• Customizable Storage Lock to secure customer’s data access • Customizable Flash Lock to secure BIOS Flash data & setting • Secure Boot to make sure the boot with right signature

uEFI Core & Utilities

• Use C instead Assembly program language • Speed up system development • BIOS Utilities

WPC Special Report: Embedded Software and Cloud Services Pavilion is a unique solution which integrates an embedded microcontroller on the firmware for monitoring, controlling, and securing the system—even if the OS crashes.

■ Operating Systems (OS) execute and manage the programs and applications. Each OS has its own advantages with different requirements: user experience (UX), real-time operation, connectivity, data collection and analytics. So close partnership with OS vendors is very important to develop unique tools that help customers focus on their product solutions.

■ Utilities and Applications are dedicated programs specially developed for vertically focused intelligent systems and can be separated into two parts: basic solutions and advanced solutions in security and system management.

Advantech offers McAfee Embedded Security & Encryption, Acronis Backup/Recovery, and Wind River Hypervisor (Virtualization), and provides unique value-added services for your intelligent systems.

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• Software Key-Pro to secure Application • Platform unique ID

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• OS Independent : iManager • Watchdog: Single and Multi-Level • Hardware Monitoring

Unified APIs Ready • Supports PICMG EAPI (Embedded Application Programming Interface) • Never recompile application with unify APIs • Hardware Platform upgrade without the Software re-design

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Your Trusted Partner of Software Ecosystem – Embedded Software Store Software is critical to Intelligent Systems. From 2005, Advantech has been a Microsoft Windows Embedded Authorized Distributor, which makes Advantech a premium provider of Microsoft services to our customers—even they don't use Advantech’s hardware platforms. The Embedded Software Store offers most Embedded OS such as: Windows Embedded, VxWorks, Wind River Linux, and QNX, and we also have utilities for added security like McAfee Embedded Security, Acronis Backup/Recovery, and Intel’s System Studio. These software partners are world-wide leaders in the embedded market and Advantech leverages their solutions to exclusively distribute to our customers. Advantech’s strong sales, technical engineering, and marketing teams have developed many useful utilities and services to make it easier for customers to integrate their solution. Different from traditional distributors, Advantech helps distribute a wide range of Advantech and 3rd party solutions leveraging our strong back office infrastructure and global resources. The Embedded Software Store is a portal where we welcome our partners to present their solutions together with our platforms for win-win business success.

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RISC, the last mile technology that enables the intelligent city Connected Devices

Collaborate to Drive RISC Business Opportunities Big Growth in RISC Market Size

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rom a recent report and survey released by IDC, the embedded computing market is expected to grow to 25 billion devices by 2020. The existing market is composed of 1.9 billion traditional PCs, 2.6 billion mobile phones, and similar quantities of consumer electronic devices. However, what we see in the market today is only a hint of the future market; there are still huge business opportunities to be explored in the future. How can we catch these potential market opportunities? The device requirements needed for each market and application area is substantial, with growing demand now and in the future for higher volume business applications. But the capabilities of existing x86 solutions fall short of meeting most of these requirements, especially those that will be installed ubiquitously, with low power consumption and in rugged environments. Market research from IHS predicted that in 2015, 23% of all the PCs in the world will use ARM processors. From our perspective, RISC-based computing offers a viable solution for the near-future markets.

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Standardization is the Key to Success

With the movement towards the intelligent city, the increasing demand for diverse embedded applications has progressed along many different avenues. More and more smart node devices will be needed in the intelligent city. This represents a huge market opportunity for RISC devices, because power consumption requirements will always be a top priority, and due to the complexities of deployment, small size and stable performance are vital. RISC will be at the bottom layer of the intelligent city network, and the last mile technology to complete. cross interface communication and computing capabilities. Therefore, it can be confidently predicted that the new business opportunities will be limitless. Featuring low-power consumption, small size, and a wide operating temperature range, RISC-based products offer a better P/C rate for embedded applications, but there are still many challenges for the customers using RISC solutions. Since the existing eco-system of RISC solutions is not mature and unified, each SoC vendor has its own BSP structure and H/W design architecture; most customers only focus on one SoC vendor solution and it is not easy to change to another SoC vendor for new products. Meanwhile the limited SoC vendor service resources cannot service all of the customers, so un-solved customer issues represent a critical risk to those considering using a RISC solution. But now Advantech offers a shortcut that reduces this impact for customers, because Advantech has close communication and cooperation with ARM and famous SoC vendors such as TI and Freescale.

Advantech can offer stable H/W platforms and S/W BSP to its customers, while at the same time embracing SoC and working out suitable solutions for customers’ technical issues.

Advantech is a critical connection between the customers and SoC vendors.

When most people decide whether or not to adopt a new technology or product, their first consideration is the performance-to-cost ratio (P/C). This is an important factor, and very easy to understand. But in fact there are many factors that affect customers’ decision-making processes. For example, will this new technology be around for a long time, does it have sufficient user information and support, and is there room for future development? Those hidden elements may not be easily found by customers, but they deeply affect them. If manufacturers cannot address these issues, the new technology or product will ultimately remain a "niche" product and won’t be universally adopted.

RISC solutions are not widely applied in the real world, and even though customers may want to adopt the RISC architecture, they are often unable to find sufficient information to conduct a feasibility analysis. The lack of a standard makes customers cautious about using hardware and software with ARM architecture. For these reasons, standardizing ARM products (including hardware, software, and form factor) will not only help to eliminate customer concerns, but will also boost widespread adoption of RISC-based solutions. If RISC-based products can be standardized, customers can avoid future expansion or upgrade issues and won't be tied to just a few suppliers. This will also enable a more efficient use of vendor resources, and speed up the development of RISC-based technology and applications. Now is a critical time for RISCbased solutions, so Advantech is actively participating in the specification definitions for Qseven and SMARC to promote RISC-based industrial standards, and we fully support the drive to create a standard specification under the SGET Association. Qseven and SMARC form factors are gradually spreading out in the market place, targeting applications such as compact mobile devices that require lower power consumption, or that are powered by battery packs.

Advantech RTX (RISC Technology eXtended) Module

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• Solder crack resistance • Anti-distortion • Better signal quality

Wide Range Power Input 5V~24V

• Easy power input design • High tolerance on voltage change

Wide Temperature -40 ~ 85˚ C

• More flexible operation environment • More reliable design

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• Oxidation resistance • Excellent electrical performance • Anti-vibration

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WPC Special Report: Embedded M2M/IoT Solutions Pavilion These standards, however, do not yet meet the needs of all applications, such as rugged applications. Advantech has proposed a relatively rugged form factor to overcome this, and that form factor is RTX 2.0. Apart from the mechanical differences, the electrical characteristics allow RTX 2.0 to tackle varying conditions with more flexibility due to its widevoltage, single supply input. This can reduce the complexity of system design because customers no longer need to specify particular voltages for the RISC-based module. Advantech has completed all of the standardized modules such as Qseven, SMARC and RTX. In addition to the RISC-based CPU module, Advantech also provides 3.5” SBC and RISCbased box products; Advantech provides complete solutions that let customers take worry-free advantage of RISC-based products.

Challenges Overcome in Implementation Advantech has been involved in the industrial computer industry for many years, and has found that customers usually have certain questions when implementing modular designs. Advantech has worked out a valuable development process for modular designs, which includes planning, design, integration, and validation; Advantech’s RISC designin support service provides comprehensive support through the following different phases: Planning Stage: Advantech offers a RISC Carrier Solution Board (CSB) as an evaluation tool for carrier boards that are designed simultaneously when developing RISC COMs. In the planning stage, customers can use this evaluation board, including

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the “Board Software Package” to assess how Advantech’s offering could benefit their further development. What's more, Advantech not only offers design consulting, but also integrates peripheral module recommendations (such as WiFi, 3G, BT). This complete evaluation kit lets customers make accurate evaluations of the impacts of various options.

Design and Integration Stage: Advantech not only supplies a design guide for the hardware fields but also offers further design-in support for customer software integration issues. For carrier board design, Advantech offers the reference design package, including the carrier board design, reference schematic, schematic checklist and layout checklist, and also helps the customer review the schematic of their carrier board. So the customer gets a better design quality confirmation in the design stage.

Meanwhile, Advantech offers the complete design service for different hardware form factors, such as Qseven, SMARC and RTX2.0; customers can examine the carrier board signals and layout designs accordingly. In addition, in the integration stage, Advantech’s service team offers the support necessary to solve customer compatibility issues.

Advance Demand Only Advantech offers its specialized, unified API suite for customer use in their own software development. And if customers outsource software development to a 3rd party, Advantech can cooperate with that 3rd party and provide proficient consulting services. With Advantech's professional support, the design process becomes much easier, and product quality improves to meet set targets.

WPC Special Report: Embedded M2M/IoT Solutions Pavilion Looking to the future, there are many challenges that must be overcome before RISC solutions can be applied over a wide range of applications. As a leader in the industrial computer field, Advantech has an obligation to play an active role in

this trend and believes that one of our tasks is to focus on the establishment of standardization. We look forward to creating a simple and more robust RISC development environment for our customers.

Advantech Full Spectrum of RISC-based Platforms Computer on Modules

Model

ROM-3420

ROM-5420

ROM-7420

Category

RTX-Module

SMARC-Module

Qseven-Module

Processor

Freescale ARM Cortex-A9 i.MX6 Dual Core

Freescale ARM Cortex-A9 i.MX6 Dual Core

Freescale ARM Cortex-A9 i.MX6 Dual Core

Features

• DDR3 1GB / Flash 4GB • 24 bit LVDS / TTL • CAN / PCIe

• DDR3 1GB / Flash 4GB • 24 bit LVDS / HDMI/ VGA • CAN / PCIe

• DDR3 1GB / Flash 4GB • 24 bit LVDS / HDMI/ VGA • CAN / PCIe

82 x 50 mm

70 x 70mm

RSB-4210

RSB-4410

RSB-4220

Single Board Computer

Single Board Computer

Dimension

68 x 68 mm

Single Board Computers

Model Category

Single Board Computer

Processor

Freescale ARM Cortex-A8 i.MX53 Dual Core Freescale ARM Cortex-A9 i.MX6 Dual Core

Features

• DDR3 / Flash 2GB • LCD, Touch, UART, I2C, SPI, GPIO, USB, VGA, HDMI • SATA storage interface and CAN-bus

Dimension

• DDR3 1GB / Flash 4GB • HDMI / VGA / 24bit LVDS • UART/USB/Giga LAN • MiniPCIe/SD Socket/SIM

TI Sitara Cortex-A8 AM335x • DDR3 1GB / Flash 4GB • UART, GPIO w/ Isloation • 2 Giga LAN/ LVDS / CAN Bus • 9~24 VDC-In

146 x 102 mm

146 x 102 mm

146 x 102 mm

UBC-DS31

UBC-200

UBC-FA30

Category

Signage Box Computer

IP-based Box Computer

Automation Box Computer

Processor

Freescale i.MX6 Dual Core

i.MX6

i.MX6

Box Computers

Model

Features Dimension

• DDR3 1GB / Flash 4GB • HDMI / VGA • USB / Giga LAN / UART • SD Socket 191 x 129 x 30 mm

• DDR3 1GB / Flash 4GB • HDMI • USB / Giga LAN / SD Socket

• DDR3 1GB / Flash 4GB • UART, GPIO w/ Isloation • 2 Giga LAN / CAN Bus / SD Socket • 9~24 VDC-In

108 x 79 x 30 mm

108 x 79 x 30 mm

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Welcome on Board: The Journey to Intelligent Platforms Development C

omputing development has continued to grow rapidly and it has had a profound influence on industrial applications such as communications, transportation, warehouse & storage, media devices, entertainment and more. Driven by the demand and the multitude of opportunities brought about by the era of IoT, more and more embedded applications have been developed.

And from a business point of view, the ability to produce and manage across various devices and systems is critical to gaining market advantage. Over the past 30 years, Advantech has led the industry in board & module development and innovation.

A recent statistics report stated Advantech to be the No.1 manufacturer of standalone boards with an 18% share of the global market in 2012. Let's follow the journey from Advantech’s integrated board development towards a future of billion-dollar business opportunities!

The Revolution of Single Board Computers While customers benefit from Advantech’s product migration path, they also benefit from their latest technology upgrades. MI/O Extension single board computers were developed to meet the requirements unfulfilled by traditional SBCs. MI/O Extension SBCs come equipped with flexible multiple I/O which helps deliver efficient development scheduling that utilizes less resources, and provides system integrators with optimized solutions in a cost-effective way, while still securing their domain know-how in key vertical industrial technologies. System Integrators can now build their ideal embedded systems rapidly by matching any MI/O Extension SBC with any MI/O extension module, or by integrating a module of their own design. Currently, a wide selection of 3.5” MI/O Compact SBCs and 2.5” MI/O Ultra series SBCs are available for request. MI/O-Compact series is for high performance, rich I/O and extended temperature design requirements, and MI/O-Ultra series is for ultra-small form factor and low-power consumption designs. MI/O Extension SBCs were first introduced in 2011 and have achieved over 400% growth 14

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WPC Special Report: Embedded Boards and Design-in Services Pavilion rate since then. By contrast, traditional SBC's only grew at a 15% CAGR. One success story of MI/O Extension is a panel PC manufacturer from Asia who was able to expand product lines within half the development time than before. The company saved at least 20% of overall development resource costs.

Advantech is expecting to see a rapid rise in demand for system integration over the next 10 years. To maximize

MI/O’s unique advantage, Advantech will launch MI/O Extension System for customers in need of immediate product deployment. All that is needed is a quick selection of boards, modules, peripherals and operating system depending on specific application requirements, then System Integrators (SI) can just customize the appearance of the chassis and have their product ready for market.

Features of MI/O Extension SBCs Durable and Intelligent Embedded Boards for Harsh Environments 3.5”& PC/104 SBCs are generally adopted in applications requiring durability for harsh environments. For example, nowadays industrial computers (IPC) have to face more severe environmental conditions such as extreme temperatures, voltage spikes, humidity, and vibration, and any of these factors can endanger system operation. So, Advantech started with a choice of components which have to meet wide application requirements and strict industry standards.

A l l of t he Adva ntech PC/104 & 3.5 SBCs use 100%

Japanese solid capacitors, high TG-150 PCB industrial grade components, and are designed with the highest ESD protection level (contact: +/- 8kV, air gap +/-15kV) on COM , USB, and VGA ports. However, even if the product has already gone through rigorous selection of materials, design, and extensive -40~85oC verification procedures, rapidly changing environmental factors may bring unexpected challenges as well as affecting the normal operation of the system. As a result, Advantech iManager, an embedded micro controller for security and reliability, was created to help customers protect against accidents. Intelligent and reliable for any application, Advantech's 3.5” and PC/104 SBC continue to be an excellent choice for legacy and new products and applications.

100% solid capacitor Lifecycle at 80°C

50,000 hrs

25X Lifecycle Improvement

High TG PCB

Made in Japan Wide Temp.

Endured Polymer Aluminum Solid Capacitor

-40~85ºC Industrial-grade support

2,000 hrs Explosion-prone Electrolysis Electric Capacity

Traditional PCB

High TG PCB

Swelling inner layer

Stable high temperature operation

High ESD protection USB

VGA

IEC 61000-4-2 (ESD) IEC 61000-4-2 (ESD) ±15kV (air), ±15kV (air), ±8kV (contact) ±8kV (contact)

LAN

IEC 61000-4-2 (ESD) ±8kV (air), ±4kV (contact)

COM

Signal Integrity Measurement

HALT Testing

QA Verification -40°C~85°C

Military Class Certified

Onboard memory for anti-vibration

3X Anti-vibration 12G

3.5G

IEC 61000-4-2 (ESD) ±15kV (air), ±8kV (contact)

No Onboard Memory

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COM Product Design Phases COM Design-in Service 2.0 Assures Customer’s Time-to-market According to the latest report by a leading research institute, Computer on Modules (COM) are one of the fastest growing embedded technologies because of their cost and longevity.

That is to say, the high volume in the COM business reduces the cost per module, and a carrier board is usually still compatible between module generations. SIs find it a more effective approach to let Advantech’s experts work on the CPU modules and they themselves focus on designing their own differentiating functions on the carrier board. However, compatibility issues between the CPU module and the carrier board do happen at times, which requires a special design-in service to ensure a successful development outcome.

One Step Ahead - Thinking Outside The Market Driven Box Standard motherboards cannot fully satisfy all the functions required from the industrial computer market. Normally, vertical market developers look for customization services in order design their key application features, which might make development periods longer with extra cost. By clearly understanding the demand and long-term trends in the industry, Advantech can better develop and engineer products for application success. Advantech, in alignment with vertical market demands, has developed a series of off-the-shelf vertically focused industrial motherboards embedded with SUSIAccess 2.0, and iManager 2.0, as a quick turnkey fussfree solution. Build-to-order-services for any customization requests are available along with 5-year longevity and revision control services.

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The traditional design support model relies on a system engineer to react to a customer’s problem. Now, Advantech has introduced a new service concept called “COM Design-in service 2.0,” which is aimed at turning passive troubleshooting into proactive problem prevention. What’s pivotal here is the customer's accessibility to design guides and other documents which results in lower effort on carrier board design. For example, Advantech is capable of offering pre-validated battery design guides for COM Express mini modules and thermal solutions so that customers can eliminate potential design errors. Consequently, customers find product development much easier when they leave the CPU module design work to Advantech experts. From the early planning stage to product migration, Advantech is the customers’ trusted partner to assure prompt project time-to-market.

For instance, signage customers require multiple HDMI displays and HD output to connect their display monitors or TVs. They also need hardware that can provide system protection for display content or provide scheduled ON/OFF timings to save energy consumption. Surveillance customers need to transfer large amounts of recorded video from IP cameras via stable transmission over the Internet. Also, remote monitoring through KVM provides add-on value to IT administrators with immediate notifications and system alarms from distributed video devices. KIOSK/ATM industry customers (mostly banking) need devices with multi-display graphics and multiple I/O, but also with reliable anti-virus & embedded security to keep ATMs safe from hacking attacks, as well as monitoring kiosk health via banking level system protection. By understanding the long-term demands of the industry, Advantech is committed to developing highly engineered products for your vertical success.

WPC Special Report: Embedded Boards and Design-in Services Pavilion Currently, to satisfy the trend for miniature embedded devices, Advantech UTX motherboard with dimensions of 4.4” x 4.6” uses the most wanted embedded features in a tiny motherboard. To fulfill space-limited applications without

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sacrificing Mini-ITX’s expansion capability and thermal reliability, Advantech developed Thin Mini-ITX boards and systems with single-deck I/O for plenty of expansion possibilities.

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Quality & Certification Services • Functional verification • Reliability testing • Safety certification

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Global Logistic & Services • CTOS flexible integration services • Local fast RMA • Revision control • 5 Year longevity

Dedicated Customization Service for Your Requirements In addition to all these versatile Advantech board products and services, there is another solution—Advantech Design To Order Services (DTOS) for special requirements. Advantech DTOS is a design service which provides tailor-made systems or boards to meet specific application requirements through advanced, innovative and world leading technologies, diverse levels of customization, flexibility of manufacturing, and global technical & logistics support.

Universal Peripheral & S/W Integration • Compatibility services • Embedded storage, RAM, touch and wireless modules • Intelligent display integration • Microsoft embedded OS, McAfee distribution

talk with our professional DTOS specialists, learn more about our 50-Day DTOS from early project stages and planning, product design, product development and prototype delivery.

To meet various customization demands, Advantech DTOS teams up with dedicated experienced embedded experts in project management and services, product design and development, manufacturing and quality assurance. With strict project workflows, integrated infrastructure, and highly proficient project development, we promise our customers a high quality and speedy 50-Day Design To Order Service.

Advantech DTOS is a faster time-to-market solution with a streamlined design process and innovative methodology offering up-to-date embedded products and services. We set a fast and high quality customization service target of 50-Day Time-to-Prototype. From the DTOS website customers can

Do you know ?

■ 3.5” SBC's are the most common embedded SBC form factor currently in the embedded market, and were created by Advantech more than 10 years ago. They are very compact, and easy to integrate with 3.5" storage, x86 systems, and fanless, low power and ruggedized designs.

■ MI/O Extension is a innovative form factor created by Advantech with multiple flexible interface for expanding the widest range of I/O modules.

■ Computer on Modules (COM) are one of the fastest growing platforms due to their inherent suitability for many demanding high volume projects.

■ Advantech optimized Industrial Motherboard designs fit into low-profile enclosures for space-critical applications and for embedded designers to make their embedded systems small and attractive.

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System Integrators Get a Boost from Advantech MI/O Extension and ARK Systems

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s embedded products become more intelligent, Advantech works closely with System Integrators (SIs) to develop intelligent embedded products based on market demands for speed and efficiency.

Billions of Internet Users Drive Intelligent Systems Market Internet users going online, using the internet to browse network entertainment, and conducting commerce, are changing the landscape for embedded systems and are driving the world ever closer to the new era of the Internet of Things (IoT). Whether it is the general-purpose and standardized, or the most focused proprietary system, every electronic device that connects to the internet accelerates interest and investment in putting more intelligence into the traditional embedded system market.

The transformation of the traditional embedded system into an intelligent system will come in waves, with different industries transforming at different paces, and ushering in new technologies, such as embedded computers, sensors, security, heterogeneous architectures. According to a leading research agency report, the total embedded systems market, including both traditional and intelligent, will grow from 3.5 billion intelligent products and US$1.7 trillion revenue this year (2013) to more than 5 billion intelligent products and nearly US$2.4 trillion in revenue by 2017.

In order to support more SIs as they provide intelligent products based on market requirements and expand the market for smarter and faster devices, Advantech has launched the MI/O Extension (a.k.a Multiple I/O) Total Solutions, allowing SIs to design, produce and deliver products even with limited budgets, manpower, and R&D experience. Another system solution offered by Advantech is the Fanless Embedded Box PC â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ARK series products, which fulfill customer needs for an intelligent, reliable, and rugged solution.

Quick and Easy App Customization Provides Perfect Solution - MI/O Extension SI requirements can change dynamically depending on their area of focus; they need solutions that can be customized quickly and easily to meet real market demands. This is why Advantech offers its MI/O Extension Total Solution, which includes Single 18

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WPC Special Report: Intelligent Systems Pavilion Board Computers with various processors, and offering different platforms and computing powers, Extension Modules for I/O expansion and MI/O Extension System.

An SI can develop an intelligent embedded system quickly by choosing MI/O Extension SBC with MI/O extension modules, or by using a module of the SI’s own design. Whichever they chose, all can reduce development time and protect the SI’s domain knowledge. Advantech can also launch a MI/O Extension System, which includes board, memory, and frame, which makes it even easier for customers to bring products to market.

20% of Development Costs Saved According to customer feedback, adopting MI/O Extension Total Solution was a rewarding experience with amazing benefits, such as 1/2 reduced development time and over 20% reduced resource costs. The “20% reduced resource costs” indicates the portion of total investments in R&D manpower and re-mockup costs for multiple application development.

Currently a wide selection of 3.5” MI/O Compact SBCs (MIO - 5250 / 5270 / 5271 / 5290) and compatible extension modules (MIOe-210/MIOe-220/MIOe-230) are in place for customizing a MI/O Extension System. Also available for portable applications development are 2.5” MI/O Ultra series SBCs or PICO-ITX (MIO - 2260 / 2261 / 2262). The former: MI/O-Compact series is for high performance, rich I/O and extended temperature design requirement, and the latter: MI/O-Ultra series is for ultra-smallform-factor and low power consumption design. Both types can be applied as a standalone computer board delivering unique product features - unified connector, system screw holes, thermal design, reduced cabling and compact mechanical design.

MI/O Extension Chassis Coming Soon With Advantech’s commitment to the MI/O Extension product line, several new products have been scheduled as Intel® and AMD continue their upgrade in chipset design. One of the highly anticipated products will be the system built on 3.5” MI/O-Compact SBC, which will be released early in the first quarter of 2014. This configurable system, dubbed MI/O Extension System, features optimized fanless design, rich I/O expansion, and most important of all, fast customization on module, I/O bracket, logo and color. It supports various CPU platforms such as Intel® Atom™, Core™ i and AMD chipsets. A highly integrated system, MI/O Extension System accepts mSATA, HDD, SSD, both industrial and commercial-grade, for its anti-vibration capability. Meanwhile, CE, FCC and UL certifications will be in place, so all MI/O Extension System will meet the highest levels of international standards.

While MI/O Extension Total Solution empowers SIs to quickly grasp emergent demands in the embedded market, other projects require highly integrated embedded systems solutions, which can be used directly in a wider operating temperature range, IP40 designs with higher anti-vibration levels. Advantech’s solution to meet these kinds of rugged environments is the Fanless Embedded Box PC – the ARK series products.

Highly Integrated System

Fast Customization Rich I/O Expansion

MI/O Extension System

MIOS-5250 ■ ■ ■ ■

Optimized Thermal Design

Various platform support (Intel, AMD) Rich I/O expansion Fast customization, highly integrated Fanless design with maximized heat dissipation

Various Platform Support

Wide Range Power Input

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Both Rugged and Intelligent: Managed Fanless Embedded Box PCs In order to meet diverse embedded applications and mission critical environments, Advantech continues to invest in fanless, compact, durable, and low-noise designs as the key features of the new generation Fanless Embedded Box PCs - ARK series products, as well as the integrated intelligent managed software SUSIAccess and iManager, with which users can monitor and manage multiple terminal devices as well as configure, maintain, and recover them.

Advanced Design

Wide Range Power Input

From 9V to 36V to fulfill different applications

Wide Range Temperature

Anti-Vibration

Mechanical protection up to 5G vibration and 50G shock

Fanless Design

From -20ºC ~ 60ºC with certified industrial grade components

Excellent cooling solution with an IP40 dust proof design. No noise and no dust with higher stability and outstanding MTBF

Superior Thermal Design

A shortened heat path increases heat transfer efficiency, creating an even better cooling effect.

EMC & Safety Certifications

MIOe Module Extension

Supports various expansion capabilities with I/O, display, communication or customized interfaces.

Overall system dimensions can be reduced by 20% and increase additional I/O possibilities.

Considering that market demands may vary, but high quality is a consistently important feature of rugged embedded systems, Advantech has designed its Fanless Embedded Box PCs ARK series products with features including maximized cooling efficiency, wide range power input (9V ~ 34V DC), wide operating temperature range (-20 ~ 60o C), diverse expandability options, and structural reinforcement; plus CE/ FCC / UL / CCC / BSMI certifications, all to make sure the clients can leverage ARK solutions to effectively deliver ultra-rugged embedded products to market.

Take the superior thermal design for example; all new ARK series products use conductive cylinders made of aluminum with a unibody design. A shortened heat path increases heat transfer efficiency, creating an even better cooling effect. Also, the new-generation ARK series products have adopted the unibody inverse-U structure and a contoured design, which enlarges the cooling area and further increases the thermal efficiency. The target operating temperature range was achieved, even with high CPU loading from 3 testing utilities running at the same time. Testing also confirmed that key parts also met the announced operating temperatures, including memory and storage; all conform to our announced specifications.

360° Intelligent Management Technologies In addition to high quality hardware specifications, Advantech also enhances the ARK product series package with intelligent management technologies - Advantech SUSIAccess and iManager management APIs. Advantech iManager is an intelligent, self-management firmware technology cross platform tool for organizing and tracking the most important ARK products status alerts, so clients can focus on and manage the highest severity alerts in real time.

Additionally, iManager’s boot up guarantee makes ARK series products more reliable since the system will automatically recover if voltages dip. Moreover, the ARK series products also include the remote management tool SUSIAccess, which lets users monitor, configure, and maintain a large number of terminals easier, faster, and safer.

More remarkably, the Advantech ARK product series delivers what we call “360 degree” intelligent technology: 3-level security, 6x resource savings, and 0-hassle management.

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WPC Special Report: Intelligent Systems Pavilion Using white list protection, backup and recovery and a hardware security key, clients need never worry the product will be hacked, and only selected applications are permitted to execute. So customers can deliver resourcesaving products to their clients based on smart power management tools and remote monitoring, notification and batch control functions.

■ White List Protection ■ Backup and Recovery ■ H/W Security Key

■ Lower Total Cost of Ownership ■ Power Management ■ Time Efficiency

■ Remote Monitoring ■ Remote Notification ■ Remote Batch Control

Rugged Products Target Vertical Markets Different vertical markets have different demands; as a result the ARK product series provides clear segments to fulfill various strict requirements, such as: • Ultra small ARK-1100 series: palm size, minimum 5W low power consumption; wireless connectivity, plus support for wall/ VESA/ DIN-Rail mounting.

• Slim and mountable ARK-1500 series: easy integrated with display solutions; multiple display interface, industrial I/O. • Multiple I/O ARK-2000 series: Wide performance levels, versatile I/O options, -20 ~ 60° C wide temperature, wide range power.

• High performance / multiple expansion ARK-3500 series with quad core computing, PCI/PCIe or MIOe flexible expansion, dual 2.5” hard drive bays.

• Value ARK-6300 series: Rich I/O, low power and competitive price.

• Surveillance ARK-V series: for in-vehicle NVR/DVR solutions with vehicle power ignition, wireless / GPS support and E-Mark / EN50155 certification.

In conclusion, Advantech will work closely with clients to win business opportunities in the rapidly rising intelligent systems market with MI/O Extension Total Solution and ARK series products. We warmly welcome you to visit Advantech’s exhibition hall to see how to integrate MI/O and ARK series products to suit different demands, and you can operate those products directly. Or you can visit Advantech’s website (www.advantech.com/products/) to get more product information, or contact your local Advantech sales team.

Fanless Embedded Box PCs - ARK Product Series ARK-1550

4th Generation Intel® Core i5 4300U / Celeron 2980U with Flexible Mounting

Slim/Mountable Series • • • •

Slim & Display Mountable Multiple COM, USB, LAN Wide Temperature Multiple Display Interface

Ultra Small Series • • • •

Palm Size Ultra Low Power, Minimum 5 Watts Wireless Connectivity Wall/VESA/DIN-Rail Mounting

ARK-1123H

Multiple I/O Series • • • •

Intel® Celeron J1900 with Dual HDMI and Dual GbE

Intel® Atom™ /Core™ i7 Computing Versatile I/O Options in Compact Size -20 60° C Wide Temperature Support 12V 24VDC Wide Range Input

Surveillance Series • • • •

ARK-2150F

3rd Generation Intel® Core i7 with 4 x GbE and Isolated Digital I/O

ARK-3510

3rd Gen. Intel® Core i with 2 x 2.5 Removable HDD Bays

High Performance Series • • • •

Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Computing Triple Independent Display PCIe/ PCI/ or MIOe Expansion Dual 2.5" HDD Bays

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ARK-2151V

4th Generation Intel® Core i5 4300U / Celeron 2980U Processor In-Vehicle NVR with 4 PoE

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Intelligent Displays Open up New Avenues for Digital Signage and Gaming Applications

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ccording to market research company MarketandMarket, the global display applications market is expected to reach USD 164.24 billion by 2017. Among all the diverse applications, digital signage and gaming sectors both show a great growth potential. The global digital signage market is estimated to reach USD 13.2 billion by 2016 at a CAGR of 27.29% due to a rise in awareness and a decrease in display prices, while global casino gaming revenues will leap to USD 182.8 billion in 2015.

Advantech offers a full range of embedded platforms and displays giving customers a highly integrated solution dedicated to vertical markets.

Intelligent Displays Market research firm IHS predicted that in 2017 there will be a CAGR revenue of 10% for intelligent systems with integrated displays. Indeed, displays are already deployed everywhere in our daily lives such as in self-service kiosks, medical, and digital signage. To fulfill applications in different environments, different display solutions are needed and Advantech already provides full-range display solutions from 5.7" to 55", and from 200 nits to 2000 nits with customized touch integration. Advantech also supplies a series of standard products with universal specifications for a wide range of applications. Advantech has built strong partnerships with global leading LCD manufacturers such as AUO, Innolux, touch screen suppliers such as 3M, AMT and AD board vendors. With complete ecosystem alliances in place, Advantech can provide highly flexible customizations with early product design cooperation allied to close technical support for customers. What’s more, Advantech has developed display enhancement capabilities with clean rooms in Taiwan, USA and China to provide customization requests such as brightness enhancement, and multiple touch screen integration based on application requirements.

Leading Display Technology • High brightness • Optical bonding • Touch integration

Vertical Focused Solutions

Local Design and Manufacturing

• Digital signage • Gaming • Medical

• Taiwan • USA • China

Ecosystem Alliance • LCD panel • Touchscreen • AD board

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WPC Special Report: Intelligent Display, Signage and Gaming Solutions Pavilion Design-in Service Guarantees Time-to-market Advantech display service team actively helps customers ease the design process and achieve faster time-to-market.

Customers are provided with a total services package—from solution consulting, design, integration, and mass production to follow-up support. A tailor-made solution proposal is delivered within five days to give your project a head start.

After customer confirmation, a sample is delivered and just four weeks later the first sample is produced. Then after validation, it takes only six weeks for mass production.

Throughout the production stage, products must pass several in-house or customer specific tests and performance measurements to assure quality. To ensure your long term project success, Advantech offers a 3-year longevity support and a 5-year extended warranty service.

Designed for Vertical Market Success To better satisfy customer demands, Advantech focuses on Digital Signage, Medical and Gaming markets and develops

dedicated solutions for each. For the gaming market, Advantech open frame monitors IDS-3000GD series, feature widescreen, reliable surface capacitive touch screens and custom mechanical designs that can be integrated with Advantech gaming platforms for a total solution. For the medical market, our display solutions are DICOM fully compliant and designed with IPS (In-plane Switching) technology. The solution includes IDK-1000MD series, an LCD kit with an AD board, and IDS-3000MD series, an open frame monitor. These two series both have color correction functions built-in which helps improve performance and diagnostic accuracy for medical imaging applications such as ultrasonic devices. For signage applications which are already prevalent everywhere, we provide both large format slim displays and stretched signage displays supporting high definition content playback and ultra wide view angles . All signage displays can be easily integrated with Advantech signage players for an all-in-one solution.

Smart Integrated Digital Signage Solutions From traditional advertising to the emerging digital media, Digital Out Of Home (DOOH) applications are widely used in a range of fields, and have significantly grown at double-digit growth rates these past few years. Qualified digital signage not only supports rich media for dynamic content processing, but also offers remote or centralized management and is considered to be the best solution to satisfy market demands.

Turnkey Signage Solutions Simplify Development Advantech turnkey signage solutions introduce ready-made HW/SW to help developers employ their digital signage applications—for example: Advantech SUSIAccess for remote management, Windows® Embedded for multi-touch and motion sensing, Acronis Data Protection, and McAfee System Security. For customers, a turnkey solution and customized service which provides reliable hardware, embedded OS, and reliable management software can really accelerate the project implementation process and relieve the burden of compatibility testing.

As technology continues to evolve and affect customer behavior and user experience, digital signage is bringing a historical shift to retailers. Advantech knows that quality and reliability are invariably more important than other considerations for System Integrators. Among Advantech’s various turnkey solutions with customized services, you can always find a suitable player for applications like: HD or Full HD, stand-alone or multi-display, slot-in module or all-in-one platform, or small and ultra slim sized.

Remote Management

OS Compatibility

• Remote Monitoring • Remote ON/OFF • Remote KVM

Software Partners

• Broadcasting • Content Editor • Schedule Management

Turnkey Signage Solutions Data Protection • Full/Hot/Scheduled Backup • On-click Recovery

System Security • White List Protection • Solidify the HDD • Unauthorized Activity Warning

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WPC Special Report: Intelligent Display, Signage and Gaming Solutions Pavilion A Complete Product Range for Every Application As displays get thinner and are mounted closer to the wall, the digital signage box PCs, which are usually mounted behind the display or plugged into the display slot, also have to conform to the ultra slim size trend. So, Advantech introduced its newest ultra slim 19mm height DS-060 series.

This smaller, super compact Box PC with advanced functions is best suited to a variety of space-challenged environments.

Another trend is toward ever more interactive signage applications with gesture recognition and touch screens.

Advantech ARK-DS762 employs a 3rd generation Intel® Core™i7 processor with a powerful graphics engine that supports three independent HDMI displays, and integrates Microsoft®s Kinect™ technology that allows a screen to become a virtual interactive mirror that can be controlled with gestures or spoken commands. It is suitable for multi-

display applications in retail stores, restaurants, hotels and other public spaces. DS-862 employs a 3rd generation Intel® Core™i7 processor along with an independent graphic chip Radeon E6460, supports four independent DP outputs, and is perfect to serve video wall applications.

The compact ARK-DS262 is an Intel OPS (Open Pluggable Specification) digital signage platform that helps standardize the design and development of media players and displays.

Its slot-in module design effectively lowers deployment and field maintenance costs to simplify device installation, usage, maintenance and upgrades. The Advantech DS570 is designed with Intel Celeron N2920 low power Quad-core SoC Platform, and discrete NVIDIA N14M GPU which provides powerful graphics performance for advanced applications.

Innovative Gaming Platforms

Premium Partner for Gaming Solutions: Hardware/ software Integration We have designed and released over a dozen platforms for gaming and carried out a number of custom designs for larger OEM customers. With a strong roadmap of future products based on the latest chipsets and CPUs from both AMD and Intel, each family of products offers customers the peace of mind of an established platform, with field proven technology and forwards and backwards compatibility. Advantech is one of only four Premier Level Intel partners, which gives us early access to the latest technology from Intel. Our products are highly integrated platforms including all the hardware features needed on a single board for slot machines. Because they do not have to use extra I/O or special function boards, customers benefit from a reduction in total cost of ownership over the life of their products. ODM services and enclosure products are also available for a full range of gaming solutions.

We have also developed full software packages for customer requirements. For the US markets, the SecureBoot TM security utility is designed for environments where governments require higher security so that no one can tamper with a game, and TPM Suite offers security support for non-US customers. This provides a protection mechanism against having a game or board stolen. Advantech-Innocore hardware and associated software drivers are well established, field tested and approved in most major gaming jurisdictions, so customers can select products with the assurance for fastest time to market.

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Targeted Gaming Applications On display at WPC will be the latest in the proven DPX® range of industrial computer platforms for gaming. Our DPXSeries products are perfect for gaming since they have fast integrated graphics but can be upgraded with a graphics card when higher performance is needed or multiple monitors are required beyond the two or three typically supported by chipset integrated graphics. A full feature set of I/Os and COMs designed specifically for gaming devices is included in our products. The S-Series aim for regulated markets and sophisticated applications, e.g. Class III and VLTs. The DPX-E Series products are complete industrial computer systems at a very cost-effective price point. The E-Series are ideal integrated platforms for emerging markets and entry-level applications, e.g. AWP and kiosk applications.

Multi-Display Technology and New Gaming Solutions DPX-SC710 is a new motherboard used in the revolutionary “cassette” based system, following on from the previous generation of “C” Series Connectbus® boards, providing a high end system but still at a cost sensitive price point. Two brand new DPX gaming products will be on show for the first time, the exciting new DPX-S435 in the S Series range, and the DPX-E130 in the E Series range. The DPX-S435 is the first Xeon capable motherboard for the gaming industry. It features the very latest 4th Generation Intel® Core™ architecture

WPC Special Report: Intelligent Display, Signage and Gaming Solutions Pavilion CPUs up to and including Intel Xeon CPUs. The DPX-E130 is a new product targeted at the slot machine market in Italy and ready for the upcoming regulatory changes in that market. Both are single board integrated solutions with fully featured I/O, COMs, storage and advanced security designed specifically for the regulated gaming industry.

To conclude, Advantech will lead the way in providing onestep integrated solutions with a complete range of displays and embedded platforms designed for digital signage and gaming applications. We will showcase the latest solutions, technologies and most updated market trends in the Display, Signage, and Gaming Solutions Pavilion. You're welcome to visit us and see for yourself what Advantech can do for you.

Featured Products at 2013 Embedded WPC Intelligent Display Solutions

IDK-1119MD Advantech’s first medical LCD panel • 19” SXGA LCD panel with IPS technology • DICOM fully compliant • Gamma correction function built-in

IDS-3121GD Advantech’s first gaming monitor • 21.5” Full-HD open frame monitor with IPS technology • Reliable surface capacitive touch • DVI/VGA/HDMI interface

DSD-5000 Stretched displays with super wide ratio • 28"(16:3), 38"(16:4.5) size options • Super wide ratio for space-limited installation environments • DVI/VGA interface

DS-862 Four-view signage player • 3rd gen Intel Core i7/i3 and Celeron 1020E • Discrete Radeon E6460 GPU for Full HD playback • Four independent DP output, for video wall application

DS-570 Mainstream signage player • Intel Celeron N2920 low power Quad-core SoC Platform • Integrated nVidia N14M graphic chip for Full HD playback • Supports simultaneous multi-display outputs (any 2, 3 or 4 outputs)

DPX-E130 AMD G-Series Gaming Platform for Italy AWP3 • Compliant with Italian AAMS 'AWP3' • Powered via 5v through JAMMA interface • Complete software API package for all AAMS functions

DPX-SC710 AMD Embedded R-Series Gaming Platform • Up to 10 monitors supported • High performance integrated graphics and PCI-Express graphics module (MXM) • Versatile ConnectBus® backplane architecture

Digital Signage Solutions

DS-060 Ultra slim signage player • 3rd gen Intel Core i7/ Celeron/ Atom™ processor-based (Max TDP 45W) • 19mm-thin profile overcomes limitations on space & time • Embedded OS compatibility including Windows, Linux, Android

Innovative Gaming Solutions

DPX-S435 The first Xeon capable motherboard in the gaming industry • Dual and Quad Core CPUs from Celeron to Xeon® • High performance integrated or PCI-Express graphics • Full featured Driver API for IO and security

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WPC Special Report: Embedded M2M/IoT Modules Pavilion

Touch Modules Wireless Modules Storage Modules Wireless Network Memory Modules I/O Modules

Embedded M2M/IoT Module Integration Services Embracing IoT Frameworks in Smarter Cities

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oday's embedded devices have the ability to communicate, transforming simple dedicated devices into â&#x20AC;&#x153;Interconnected Smart Devicesâ&#x20AC;?. In the Internet of Things (IoT) era, where wireless connectivity is everywhere, intelligent systems require more and more storage and memory. Already, many kinds of I/O sensors for smart city applications are creating more convenient, efficient and safer urban environments. But IoT applications are getting complicated due to the need for smarter, faster and more accurate intelligent systems. In response to this trend, Advantech provides embedded M2M/IoT module integration services in order to minimize the workload of system integrators.

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From Data to Information to Decisions Intelligent systems for the current IoT market can process data into information and make choices independently from human input. Everything in the city, from water to rubbish, is measured and monitored, becoming a source of information.

Intelligent systems have to solve decision problems based on that information so developers try to design systems based on all their accumulated knowledge and experience.

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how including precise data analysis, decision flows and actions. Advantech provides complete hardware modules and platforms from data acquisition/transmission, computing, peripherals and decision I/O in order to help domain users design intelligent systems using our extensive resources.

Customers can focus on their smart applications with minimal system integration effort. Our one-stop integration services (Figure 1), are fully compatible with all Advantech's product lines, and provide all the components customers needs for building an intelligent system.

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Wireless Sensor Network for Information Transmission We should understand the differences between data, information and knowledge before we start designing an intelligent system. Data is factual information and values belonging to a set of items. There are a lot of sensors that can capture real world data into information which transforms those facts into computer language. This is the first step of an intelligent system. For example, sensors for temperature, noise, humidity, liquid flow or CO2 capture nature's data and uses it for environmental or safety applications. Other sensors for ferromagnetic, or infrared light capture data for smart city transportation applications. Advantech provides Wireless

Sensor Network solutions (Figure 2) which integrate Linear Dust Network Smartmesh solutions and Freescale ARM Cortex-A9 i.MX6 dual high performance processors with UBCWN100 series products to connect sensors by Smartmesh and transfer data via IEEE 802.15.4â&#x20AC;&#x201D;a low-power, low-data-rate and high reliability communication network.

UBC-WN100 series integrate Time Synchronized, Wireless Mesh, Channel hopping and compliant 6LoWPAN with powerful Freescale computing to solve reliability, ultralow-power and cost challenges. Advantech also designs the intelligent managed software SUSIAccess for WSN subversion not only for users to monitor and manage multiple devices for configure, maintain and recovery but also enable wireless sensor network security and management.

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High Compatibility, High Performance and High Reliability Peripheral Modules The knowledge database is the most important part of an intelligent system, Advantech provides Computer on Modules (COM), Single Board Computers (SBC), Industrial Motherboards (IMB) and Embedded Box PC (EBC) for all kinds of applications. Peripherals are always the main bottle neck of these devices, so we designed multiple embedded module product lines such as Wireless, NAND Flash, Industrial Memory and I/O interface card with fully tested compatibility guarantees so that system integrators can rely on our onestop service to get their intelligent systems quickly up and running.

EWM – Embedded Wireless Modules Advantech Wireless Module Solutions combine versatile embedded modules including WiFi modules (802.11 a/b/g/n/ ac), Cellular modules (UMTS, HSUPA, WCDMA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE) with or without SIM slot, GPS modules, Bluetooth modules and Combo modules (WiFi+BT, Cellular+GPS) with ready-to-use software as a total package for embedded vertical applications. With Advantech Wireless Modules, system integrators and industrial PC vendors can easily implement extra wireless functions into their own system or board-level applications, providing worry-free integration and faster time to market opportunities.

SQFlash – NAND Flash Storage Modules As a worldwide leader of industrial platform products, Advantech realizes that every embedded system needs a strong storage solution with reliability, endurance, data security, consistent specification, and reasonable cost. This is where SQFlash comes in – the perfect storage solution with a full range of high quality products with support and valueadded services. SQFlash comes in a full portfolio of form

factors such as 2.5” SSD, mSATA, Half Slim, DOM or CF/CFast.

With leading flash management technologies – Fragment Writing & GuaranteeFlush, SQFlash can easily enhance random read/write performance which directly increases OS performance and protect data without power loss. Due to the price gap between SLC and MLC, which is huge (256 GB is 500% different), SQFlash announced UltraMLC technology which gives 2000% of MLC endurance and costs only 50% of SLC price. Figure 3 shows the endurance comparison of SLC, MLC and UltraMLC. Current 19nm or lower MLC chips only gives less than 3,000 times endurance, SQFlash can reach over 50,000 times with UltraMLC technology.

SQRAM – Industrial Grade Memory Modules SQRAM is another own-brand product which is a sorting based memory module for wide temperature platforms and systems. There are 2 different product options of temperature range (-40~85 °C as I-GRD, and -20~70 °C as M-GRD) with DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 to support different application environment demands.

Extensible Multiple I/O for Diverse Applications Actions can be simply ON/OFF like lighting or an alarm which can be implemented easily by GPIO. However, some complicated actions might need precision equipment through specific protocols like robot arms, electricity distribution, metro systems or water concentration, all of which might be limited by the I/O on standard platforms.

Advantech designed a series miniPCIe form factor modules with the multi-hope connecting interface to enable flexible multiple I/O which helps easier system integration, efficient scheduling, less development resources, and provides system integrators with optimized solutions in a cost-effective way.

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One-stop Service from Data, and Information to Decisions From data capture, communication network, intelligent computing and decision I/O, the integrating module services enable System Integrators (SIs) to embrace IoT frameworks in

Smart City applications with minimum efforts, rapid schedule and maximum benefits. Advantech defines its brand mission as “Enabling an Intelligent Planet”, and we provide integrated products and services to empower innovative technologies and solutions in the IoT era.

Featured Products at 2013 Embedded WPC Wireless Communication Network

UBC-WN100 WSN IP Smartmesh Manager • Up to 100 Motes, Full mesh and channel hopping for >99.999% reliability • Integrated high-performance Freescale management platform • Support SUSIAccess could management

EWS-1540A-S Embedded WSN IP Smartmesh Mote • Time synchronization and Channel hopping for free interference and No self-interference • The lowest power consumption, up to 5.4mA per Transmit • Compliant to 6LoWPAN for the huge advantage of the TCP/IP adoption

EWM-G108H01E Embedded industrial Standalone GPS • Multi-GNSS engine for GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and QZSS • cold start 29 second / Aided starts 5 second • Half Mini PCI-Express form factor

SQF-SMS 820 Series SATA III (6.0Gb) mSATA • Compliant with SATA III and SATA v 3.0 standard • Supports Fragment Writing and Flush Manager • GUI management tool & software API package

SQF-P10 P8 Series CompactFlash • Compliant with CFA 3.0 specification • Built-in EDC/ECC up to 48 random bit errors per 2K bytes • GUI Management Tool & Software API Package

Industrial Storage Solutions

SQF-S25 820 Series SATA III (6.0Gb) 2.5” SSD • Compliant with SATA III and SATA v3.0 standard19mm-thin profile overcomes limitations on space & time • Supports Fragment Writing and Flush Manager • Advanced security functions supported

Industrial Memory Solutions and I/O Solutions

SQR-SD3I-LV Low voltage, extended temperature DDRIII • Operating Temperature: -40° C to +85° C • Gold plating on PCB gold finger is 30 u" • Serial presence detected with 2048-bit

EMCB-200U Embedded 2-Ch CANBus • Operating Temperature: -40° C to 85° C • Flexible usage by MiniPCIe or Extended USB port • According to ISO 11898-1, ISO 11898-2 specification. And, CAN 2.0A (11-Bit) & 2.0B (29-Bit) protocol

EMIO-100S USB to High Speed COM Port • Operating Temperature: -40° C to 85° C • Support high speed data rates: 300bps to 1 Mbps (RS232), 300bps to 10 Mbps (RS422/485) • FIFO Buffer: 4K byte transfer, 4K byte receiver

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Product In-Depth

Star Products 2013 Star Product Selection Guide Intel® Atom™ E3800 Product Family/Celeron® Processor-based Platforms

2.5" MI/O-Ultra 3.5" MI/OCompact

COM Express® UTX Mini

MIO-2263

MIO-5251

SOM-7567

AIMB-115

AIMB-215

Ultra Small Fanless Embedded Box PCs ARK-1123L

■ Intel® Atom™

■ Intel® Atom™

■ Intel® Atom™

■ Intel® Atom™

■ Intel® Atom™

■ Intel® Atom DC

■ Intel® Atom DC

E3800 Family/ Celeron® N2920/J1900 ■ 84 x 55 mm (3.3" x 2.17") ■ Onboard DDR3L up to 4 GB

E3826 ■ 44mm x 46mm ■ DDR3L up to 8 GB

Quad Core J1900/N2920 Processor ■ 170mm x 170mm ■ DDR3L up to 8 GB

E3825 ■ 133.8 x 94.2 x 43.1mm ■ DDR3L 8 GB

E3825 ■ 133.8 x 94.2 x 43.1mm ■ DDR3L 8 GB

E3800 Family/ E3800 Family/ Celeron® N2920 Celeron® J1900 ■ 100 x 72 mm ■ 146 x 102 mm (3.9" x 2.8") (5.7" x 4") ■ DDR3L up to ■ DDR3L up to 8GB 8 GB

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4th Generation Intel® Core i Processor-based Platforms

3.5" MI/O-Compact MIO-5271

COM Express® Basic SOM-5894

COM Express® Compact SOM-6894

Mini-ITX AIMB-274

MicroATX AIMB-584

■ Intel® Core™ i5-4300U

■ Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/ + QM87 ■ 125 x 95 mm (4.92" x 3.74") ■ DDR3L up to 16 GB

■ Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/

■ Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3

■ Intel® Xeon® E3/

Celeron® (U-Series) ■ 95 x 95 mm (3.74" x 3.74") ■ DDR3L up to 16 GB

Processors + Q87 ■ 170 mm x 170 mm (6.69" x 6.69") ■ DDR3 up to 16 GB

Core™ i7/i5/i3 + Processor + Q87/C226 ■ 244 mm x 244 mm (9.6" x 9.6") ■ DDR3 up to 32 GB

S-Series

Slim/Mountable Series Fanless Embedded Box PCs ARK-1550

Surveillance Series Fanless Embedded Box PCs ARK-2151S

Surveillance Series Fanless Embedded Box PCs ARK-2151V

■ Intel® Core™ i5 4300U ■ 223 x 46.6 x 133.0 mm ■ DDR3L 8 GB

■ Intel® Core™ i5 4300U SoC ■ 264.5 x 75.1 x 133.0 mm ■ DDR3L 8 GB

■ Intel® Core™ i5 4300U ■ 264.5 x 75.1 x 133.0 mm ■ DDR3L 8 GB

and Celeron® 2980U Processors (U Series) ■ 146 x 102 mm (5.7" x 4") ■ DDR3 1600/1333MHz up to 8 GB

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■ Intel® i3/i5/i7 processor

Celeron™ 2980U ■ 170mm x 170 mm ■ DDR3 up to 16 GB

+ Q87 ■ 200x170 mm ■ Up to 16 GB DDR3

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3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i Processor-based Platforms

COM-Express Basic 5.25" MI/O SBC

SOM-5892

MIO-9290

AIMB-273

AIMB-582

Multiple I/O Fanless Embedded Box PC ARK-2150L

■ Intel Core i7/i5/i3 ■ 125 x 95 mm

■ Intel Core i7/i5/i3 ■ 203 x 146 mm

■ Intel Core i7/i5/i3 ■ 170 mm x 170 mm

■ Intel Core i7/i5/i3 ■ 244 mm x 244 mm

■ Intel Core i3/i7 ■ 264.5 x 75.1 x 133.0

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ARK-DS762

■ Intel Core i7 ■ 200 x 30 x 119 mm ■ Dual Channel DDR3

■ Intel Core i7/i5/i3 ■ 240 x 35 x 174.5 mm ■ Dual Channel DDR3

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1066/1333

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AMD® G-Series/R-Series Processor-based Platforms

2.5" MI/O-Ultra MIO-2270

3.5” CPU Module PCM-9376

Gaming Platforms DPX-E130

Gaming Platforms DPX-SC710

■ AMD® G-Series SoC GX-415GA/

■ AMD® G-Series™ T16R APU ■ 146 x 102 mm (5.7" x 4") ■ DDR3 up to 4GB

■ AMD® G-Series embedded BGA APUs ■ 270x150mm ■ DDR3 up to 8 GB

■ AMD® R-Series FS1r2 Accelerated ■ 220x205mm ■ DDR3 up to 16GB

GX-210HA Processors ■ 100 x 72 mm (3.9" x 2.8") ■ DDR3L up to 8GB

RISC-based Processors

RTX-COM ROM-3420

Qseven-COM ROM-7420

3.5" SBC RSB-4410

3.5" SBC RSB-4220

Signage Player UBC-DS31

Box Computer UBC-200

■ Freescale Cortex-A9 ■ Freescale Cortex-A9 ■ Freescale Cortex-A9 ■ TI Sitara Cortex-A8 ■ Freescale Cortex-A9 ■ Freescale Cortex-A9 AM335x i.MX6 i.MX6 i.MX6 i.MX6 i.MX6 i.MX6 ■ 68 x 68 mm ■ 82 x 50 mm ■ 70 x 70 mm ■ 146 x 102 mm ■ 146 x 102 mm ■ 191 x 129 x 30 mm ■ 108 x 79 x 30 mm ■ On-board DDR3 1 GB ■ On-board DDR3 1 GB ■ On-board DDR3 1 GB ■ On-board DDR3 1 GB ■ On-board DDR3 1 GB ■ On-board DDR3 1 GB ■ On-board DDR3 1 GB ■ Freescale Cortex-A9

SMARC-COM ROM-5420