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Rugged Touch Computer, in the Kitchen

The Keg Resturant has successfully tested our Rugged Waterproof Touch Computer model SDC170 for its "back of house reference system"

The " touch screen at The Keg in Victoria is working great!"

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• Research & Development Partnership

• Waterproof Computer

Automated Steel Wire Production Line

Sivaco has installed a SmallPC LCD Touch Computer to "operate an automated steel wire and rod galvanizing line.  It consists of several machines, applying several processes to a steel wire rod in order to apply a layer of molten zinc.."

Sivaco designs and manufacturers high quality wire products. www.sivaco.com

Power over Ethernet Computer (POE Computer)

Small PC's Rugged Computer model SC240ML now supports an integrated 4 Port POE option. The most popular application requiring POE is IP video cameras for digital video recording. (DVR)

The SC240ML is an ideal rugged POE camera server for security and public safety DVR applications.

See waterproof POE Cameras from Axis.

Crane Data System uses Small PC

"Harbor Telematics' Crane Data System (CDS) is a customizable web based, real time monitoring and alerting system for Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes. This system makes accessing alarm and production data simple from any location." more...

The model SC240 provided for this application had several special features including a 24V DC power supply, Dual Lan, Din Rail Mounting and a Solid State Flash Drive. more...

"InMotion Robots for Rehabilitation"

Interactive Motion Technologies Inc. uses a Small PC computer as part of their "Robots for Rehabilitation"

"InMotion Robots are the result of groundbreaking medical engineering research at the Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)", more...

Mobile Cart Laser Contouring System

Process Metrix uses Small PC Rugged Computer model SC240M in its' mobile cart Laser Counturing System.

"Yeah, it’s pretty hot. Can’t stand in front of the converter for more than 5 seconds (literally) before the pain comes on….your PC’s are working like champs in this environment!"
M. B. - Process Metrix

"Revenge of the Mummy"

ITEC Entertainment uses Small PC for Revenge of the Mummy ride for Universal Studios, Singapore.

Sealed & Waterproof Rugged USB Drive

Small PC has developed a ruggedized USB hard drive that is ideal for digital video streaming where the storage device must be robust and portable.

• Law Enforcement
• Public Security
• Military/Government

Team McMaster University

The McMaster University Thermal Research Team meets to review results of recent testing and heat pipe modeling..

Small PC used in Power of One Solar Car

XOF1's Solar Car team "gets ready to take on the greatest challenge on the planet for a solar car, the longest ice road in the world, from Inuvik to Tukoyaktuk, Northwest territories."

Marcelo da Luz, xof1's project leader says, "I want to thank Small PC for all support provided to the project...."

Check out "Power of One Solar Car Project" at www.xof1.com

New SC240ML waterproof computer upgrade supports dual hot swap removable drives.

The SC240ML supports a total of four 2.5" drives. The two SATA removable drives are sealed with a gasketed cover plate attached with thumb screws. A typical configuration would include an internal solid state flash drive supporting the operating system with a raid drive configuration set up on the removable drives. As an example, this configuration is ideal for digital security video streaming applications.

Rugged computer model SC240M cold boot and operational test to -40°C using its' in house temperature chamber.

The SC240M has a posted operating temperature of -20°C to 55°C. Using its' temperature chamber, Small PC has tested and confirmed extended operating temperatures of -40°C to 60°C of specific SC240M configurations.

University of Michigan's Solar Car Project

Small PC donates computer/LCD touch screen to U of M's Solar Car Project.

"The PC and touchscreen worked great, and gave us the coolest strategy vehicle of any team." Ethan Stark, Engineering Director, U of M's Solar Car Team.

Small PC partners with OCE and McMaster Univisity in Thermal Research.

The project leader, Dr. Chan Ching, is an expert in two-phase flow and heat transfer. Dr. Ching established the Thermal Management Research Laboratory at McMaster University. The results and data of this two year collaborative project have lead to several improvements to the design of the thermal management solution used in Small PC’s line of rugged sealed computers. More.......

USB Flash Drive OS Boot and Imaging

SmallPC has introduced a USB Operating System Boot/Imaging option for its SC240 series of rugged computers. USB imaging allows simple and convenient operating system support for embedded and OEM applications. More....