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News Release from: Kontron UK | Subject: PC V-Box-Express
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 05 April 2006
Industrial PC is RoHS-compliant
Robust industrial PC for rugged use close to machinery is RoHS-compliant, equipped with a scalable communications module and suitable for measurement, controls, operation and visualisation tasks.
With the PC V-Box-Express, Kontron has expanded its range of robust industrial PCs for rugged use in close proximity to machinery RoHS-compliant, equipped with a scalable ETXexpress and Com Express module and high-performance processors up to Intel Pentium M 2.0GHz, and ready for dual-core technology, the PC V-Box-Express is equipped for tasks in measurement, controls, operation and visualisation
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 30 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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