MICRO INDUSTRIES INTRODUCES FIRST HIGHLY INTEGRATED SINGLE BOARD COMPUTER FOR POINT-OF-SALE, KIOSK, AND INDUSTRIAL CONTROL APPLICATIONS
Unique Technology Addresses the Most Demanding Applications With One Cost Effective Board
Westerville, Ohio, September 27, 1999
Micro Industries Corporation today introduced the new POS61, a single board computer designed specifically to meet the unique requirements of point-of-sale, kiosk, and industrial control applications. Micro Industries is an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company that provides electronic engineering and manufacturing resources to OEMs.
The POS61 utilizes Intel® Celeron processor technology and a variety of peripheral controllers to provide virtually all of the control functions required for even the most demanding touch-screen point-of-sale or kiosk application. The computer features a high level of integration in a small form factor, and provides standard PC functions as well as a touch-screen interface, LCD flat panel controller, expanded serial and parallel I/O, Ethernet, and I/O expansion via a riser card.
"Traditional technologies for point-of-sale and kiosk applications utilize up to five or six separate boards," stated Michael Curran, president and CEO of Micro Industries. "Micro Industries developed the unique technology for the POS61 to incorporate the features of all these boards into one single board computer. With growing demand for kiosk and point-of-sale applications in business and consumer environments, the POS61 is uniquely positioned to satisfy this demand with high functionality, small form factor, and low price. "
POS61 Incorporates New and Existing Technologies for Optimized Performance
- Intel Celeron Processor and Intel 82440BX Chipset: With 128K integrated cache and 32-512MB of SDRAM, these technologies from Intel offer significant power and value.
- ELO TouchSystems Touch Screen Interface: An integrated interface to these industry-leading, rugged touch screens insures high quality and ease-of-use.
- Intel 690XX Graphics Controller: This highly integrated graphics controller for embedded and industrial PC applications is integrated with either 2MB or 4MB SDRAM display memory. It is the first member of the HiQVideo family to integrate high speed SDRAM frame buffer memory into the chip, delivering uncompromised performance while consuming significantly less power than the discrete solution.
- Sound Blaster®-Compatible Sound System: With state-of-the-art technology, Creative Labs' Sound Blaster products are the industry standard in PC audio cards.
- Intel 82559 Ethernet Controller: Intel's highly integrated 32-bit PCI LAN controller for 10 or 100MB per second fast Ethernet networks is the company's leading solution for PCI LAN designs. It combines a small package design with low power expenditure to conserve energy.
- Four Serial I/O Ports: The POS61 supports three general purpose RS-232 ports and one port dedicated to the ELO touch screen.
- Two Bi-directional Parallel Ports: One ECP/EPP/IEEE 1284 and one ECP/EPP enable fast peripheral communications.
- ISA/PCI Bus Expansion: The POS61 includes a riser card connector for ISA/PCI bus expansion with secondary EIDE and floppy connections.
Availability and Price
The POS61 is available immediately in the United States and Europe. Pricing begins at $595 (U.S.) in OEM quantities. Variations in pricing are based on configured options. Prices are subject to change without notice. Products can be ordered by calling Micro Industries' Customer Service Department at 800-722-1842. A complete listing of product features is included in the attached table. For more information, visit www.microindustries.com.
About Micro Industries
Micro Industries Corporation, founded in 1978, is an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company that provides electronic engineering and manufacturing resources to OEMs. Micro Industries helps customers translate their product requirements into low-cost standard, custom, and semi-custom product solutions for embedded and integrated computer systems. The 52,000 square foot facility in Westerville, Ohio serves as corporate headquarters, and houses an EPA Zero Discharge manufacturing facility that meets both ISO 9001-94 and ISO 14001 standards. The manufacturing facility has fully automated conventional and surface mount assembly lines for both prototype and production requirements. Micro Industries employs a dedicated staff of engineers focused on product design. For more information visit www.microindustries.com.
Micro Industries Corporation RVSBC Complete Listing of Product Features
- Form factor
- MiniNLX (9.000" x 6.875")
- Processor
- Intel®, Celeron 370-pin PPGA processors
- Chipset
- Intel 82440BX, consisting of:
- Intel 82443BX PCI/AGP controller (PAC)
- Intel 82371EB PCI ISA IDE Xcelerator (PIIX4E)
- Memory
- Two 168-pin dual inline memory module (DIMM) sockets
- Support for up to 512MB of 66MHz or 100MHz synchronous DRAM (SDRAM)
- Cache
- 128KB On-Processor, unified, non-blocking, level-two cache
- Ethernet Controller (option)
- Intel 82559
- PCI 10Base-T / 100Base-TX interface Ethernet controller
- RJ45 interface
- Sound (option)
- ESS AudioDrive, sound controller
- Sound Blaster, compatible sound interface
- Line in/line out/speaker out/mic in
- Video Intel
- CHIPS 690XX HiQVideo accelerator
- 2MB or 4MB of high speed SDRAM on-chip frame buffer
- Onboard support for 24-bit TFT flat panel
- I/O Control
- SMC FDC37C932FR
- Peripheral Interfaces
- Four 16550 serial ports (one used by ELO TouchSystems touch screen ctrl)
- PS/2 keyboard/mouse
- Two parallel ports, bi-directional
- Two USB ports
- EIDE interface, support for two IDE drives and one low-profile CD-ROM
- Floppy disk drive
- Additional Features
- Real time clock with battery backup
- Two-stage watchdog timer
- APC (Advanced Power supply Control)
- Enhanced power management
- BIOS extensions for (I2C, ASM)
- BIOS
- 256KB flash memory
- ACPI, APM, and plug and play F
- lash re-programming and crisis recovery utilities
