Product category:
HMIs/Operator Interfaces
News Release from: Nematron Europe | Subject: PowerView/CE Family
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 18 December 2003
Industrial HMI gains larger screen
option
The PowerView/CE family of Windows CE.NET HMI touchscreen panels is now available in two sizes: a 5.7in STN display with 320 x 240 resolution and a new 7.7in STN display with 640 x 480 resolution.
The PowerView/CE family of Windows CE.NET based HMI touchscreen panels is now available in two different sizes: a 5.7in STN display with 320 x 240 resolution and a new 7.7in STN display with 640 x 480 resolution The Nematron PowerView/CE platform shares the same physical dimensions and screen options as its successful ViewBuilder based sister product
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 6 Aug 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Beneath the 4096 colour, crisp and bright 5.7 and 7.7in LCD touchscreens, lies the powerful Intel X-Scale processor (200MHz Intel StrongARM 1110 processor for the 5.7in units) accompanied by equally impressive computing resources for the CE developer.
Supporting up to 64Mbyte DRAM, 32Mbyte onboard Flash memory, 256Mbyte CompactFlash expansion, a 10/100Base-T Ethernet Port (10Base-T only on 5.7in), two serial ports plus 16bit sound output the PowerView offers a solution for the most challenging industrial and heavy duty commercial applications.
Based on Windows CE.NET (4.1 release), the PowerView/CE offers a rich set of programming and communications tools not generally available with proprietary HMIs.
PowerView/CE can be programmed using Nematron's new OpenView Machine Edition/CE HMI/Scada software (sold separately).
In addition, PowerView/CE can be programmed by third party software such as Visual Basic or Visual C++, with the available software development kit.
Nematron's PowerView/CE Family is competitively placed with prices starting at US $495 for the 5.7in STN and US $995 US for the 7.7in STN.
A 12in TFT unit is due for release in March 2004.
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