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SmartBox in short

Features
Windows CE 3.0 RTOS-based.

  • Configurable architecture, allowing run-time addition/removal of application components.
  • Concurrent execution of multiple control applications.
  • Execution of MPC, fuzzy logic or other complex, custom-built algorithms.
  • Built-in web server enabling programming and execution of remote diagnostics and up/downloading of application components.
  • Open DCOM interfaces make functionality transparent and information exchange between SmartBox and high-level applications possible.
  • Allows control applications to communicate, transact and collaborate over a network to create a distributed computing environment.
  • Built-in RAD framework.
  • PCI open standards.
  • Network- and protocol-independence allows communication with any hardware device configured to OEM specification.
  • Hardware-independent architecture.
  • Application-builder GUI debugs applications.
  • Built-in selectable OPC client option.

Specifications

  • 233 MHz Pentium board
  • Windows CE 3.0
  • 2 PCI communication card slots
  • 64 MB flash memory
  • 64 MB RAM
  • On-board Ethernet port

Applications

  • Plant-wide control and optimisation
  • Replacing PC-based control applications
  • Connecting plant systems to enterprise applications
  • Control and monitoring of complex plant equipment
  • Distributed control applications
  • Robotics and precision engineering

Uploaded in June 18, 2003