POY Finalist: Industrial PC

Finalist in Automation and Control in Plant Engineering’s 2011 Product of the Year competition

Edited by Chris Vavra, Plant Engineering

11/01/2011

Th Valueline industrial PC product range now includes the VL BPC Mini, a miniature embedded box PC. The Mini BPC family employs a fan-less design in a compact, DIN rail-mountable package. It has high shock and vibration ratings, making it suitable for rugged applications. Interfaces include six USB 2.0 ports, one VGA port, and one RS-232/422/485 port. Two gigabit Ethernet ports are available, as well as a CompactFlash slot and digital I/O. In addition, it can accommodate SD cards up to 2 GB in size for additional data storage.

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POY Finalist: Industrial PC

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