Company Home Corporate Info News Products Product Index Sales Contact Us Request e-Newsletter Contact Us Support Center Download Area Technical Resources Site Map Feedback	Why embedded PC Economies of scale (low cost for chipsets and peripheral components) Concurrent design (use off-the-shelf boards for development while hardware is designed) Off-the-shelf availability (PC/104, passive backplane) Good design tools, availability of software engineers Wide performance range (8088 to Pentium Pro) Large number of suppliers Small design risk (verify configuration using evaluation boards) Embedded PC approaches Baby AT / ATX system boards Cheap, but large size, not very rugged, and questionable long term availability. BIOSes not optimized for embedded use. Embedded suppliers: American Predator, Micro Industries, Radisys. Passive backplane (ISA / PICMG) Somewhat higher cost. Available from many suppliers. Most suitable for rackmount applications. Many products use regular desktop BIOSes. Becoming a commodity market. PC/104 Compact package. High cost. PC/104 connector increases manufacturing cost for adapter cards (awkward soldering process). Requires cable harness to interface to outside connectors etc. CompactPCI Rugged package. Very high cost. Requires expensive backplane. Custom embedded PC designs If your application is moderate to high volume - hundreds to thousands, a custom designed single board computer may be more economical: Reduced unit cost. Design can be streamlined to your requirements. Can eliminate cabling and separate subassemblies. Mechanical footprint can fit your product, not the other way round. Better control over manufacturing quality and availability. Higher performance peripherals than possible over ISA bus, at comparable cost. Can still use industry standard expansion for flexibility. Your specifications Systems Integration Solutions, Inc. can provide services during most stages of the design process, ranging anywhere from limited consulting, detailed design reviews, coaching, to full turnkey design or even turnkey production.	Product Index SA1-LCM SA1-MM and SI-FLS SI-ATU Pod Access Control Dev. Kit 10.4" RTS Data Terminal OEM Design SA1
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