The RTC-700 from AAEON is a new powerful slim rugged tablet computer ideal for applications in harsh/severe environments. This tablet computer is sealed to IP-65 specifications, and is built from the ground up to withstand water, dust, vibration and drops.

The RTC-700 features a sunlight readable 7″ WSVGA (1024 x 600) or a 7″ WXVGA (1280 x 800) display with a projected capacitive multi-touch, 400 nits brightness and a 178° wide viewing angle. Li-Polymer high capacity batteries can provide up to 6 hrs. working time.

The RTC-700R is based on the NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2, 1.0 GHz dual core processor with 1GB DDR2 system memory and 16GB eMMC flash memory and supports Android™ v3.2. The RTC-700T supports Windows™ 7 and is based on the Intel® Atom™ Z670 processor with 1GB DDR2 and 16GB mSATA SSD.

The units offer flexible I/Os such as mini USB, mini HDMI, a micro SD card slot, a SIM card slot, RS-232 (optional), and a DC-IN jack. A carry bag and vehicle DC/DC adapter are optional available accessories.

For communication the RTC-700 uses a wireless LAN IEEE 802.11 b/g/n plus Bluetooth 2.1 EDR and can be upgraded with a 3G modem module. Furthermore both versions feature a 5M pixel camera, a built-in speaker and microphone, GPS navigation, G-sensor, light sensor and a 3-axis digital gyroscope (R-version only). The RTC-700 tablet PC is compliant to CE/FCC class B/UL EMC/safety standards and can operate between -20°C to +60°C.

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Features
• NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2 1.0 GHz Dual Core (RTC-700R)
• Intel® Atom™ Z670 processor (RTC-700T)
• DDR2 1GB SDRAM
• 7″ TFT LCD display
• PCT multi-touch panel
• Li-Polymer high-capacity battery, 6 hours battery life
• Water and dust proof, IP-65 compliance
• Micro SD card slot, 5M pixel camera
• WLAN 802.11 b/g/n , Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
• G Sensor, light sensor, E-compass, GPS navigation
• Android™ v3.2 or Windows® 7 OS

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element14 partners with Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton and modding guru Ben Heck, to highlight the impact of technology on education, makers and innovation at Maker Faire® Bay Area on May 19 – 20 at the San Mateo County Event Center. Leading up to and throughout Maker Faire, makers across the globe are also invited to join the community discussion online at element14 to follow the activities from afar.

“We’re massive fans of Maker Faire; it’s great to see something like this that unites hackers, programmers and developers from different backgrounds. This is a place where you can come for a day’s fun and find yourself educated and inspired, and meet like minds,” said Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton. “It’s great for Raspberry Pi to have a chance to partner with our friends at element14 at this year’s Maker Faire; we’re really looking forward to the discussions and the community’s exchange of ideas. This opportunity to meet people from the maker movement, learn about their projects, and share ideas is what pushes us to create and shape new technology and contexts.”

To help drive collaboration and technology innovation, Raspberry Pi distributor element14, master modder Ben Heck, and Raspberry Pi co-founder Upton will lead several activities during Maker Faire:

• “How a $35 Computer Will Give Students an Appetite for (STEM)” Panel Discussion: Prominent computing minds and educational leaders, including Ben Heck, Eben Upton and Make’s Matt Richardson will team up on May 19 at 1p.m. on the Make Center Stage to discuss the new credit-card sized Raspberry Pi computer and its potential to transform (STEM) – Science, Technology, Engineering and Math – in the classroom and foster a new generation of savvy programmers.

• “Raspberry Pi Founder Offers Tips for Programming Super Computer” Demo: Upton will showcase how simple it is to program the affordable computer on May 20 from 11 – 11:20 a.m. on the Make Demo Stage. Attendees to gain valuable insight into the development of the board and its influence on the future of technological innovation.
• “Ben Heck Talks Modding with Makers” Demo: Heck will appear on the Make Demo Stage on May 20 at 5 p.m. to give makers a first-hand look at the art of modding by deconstructing a new version of a 3D printer build featured on element14’s “The Ben Heck Show.” Audience participation and collaboration ideas are encouraged and attendees and fans can also register at element14 to win one of Ben’s builds.

• Join the Discussion: Enthusiasts and technology advocates worldwide can also follow element14 on Twitter for live updates from Maker Faire.
“As a committed supporter of the maker movement and the STEM initiative, we’re pleased to partner with Ben and Eben to bring their expertise and love of innovation to Maker Faire,” said Dianne Kibbey, global head of community, element14.

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The Kontron PC/104-Plus™ single board computer (SBC) MICROSPACE® MSM-eO offers OEMs the most powerful embedded graphics currently available for PC/104-based SBCs. With long-term availability, this SBC is based on the accelerated processing units of the AMD Embedded G-Series, which, along with a 64-bit CPU, also integrates a programmable graphics unit and a DDR3 memory controller.

The Kontron PC/104-Plus™ SBC MICROSPACE® MSM-eO integrates the single-core AMD T44R processor with 1.2 GHz together with an AMD Radeon HD6250 graphics unit. It supports the latest 3D graphics libraries such as OpenGL 3.2 and DirectX11. It is also ideally suited as an upgrade for existing PC/104-Plus designs that need more graphics performance with low power consumption.

Additionally, the integrated unified video encoder takes the load off the processor when displaying high-resolution videos (1080i/p) making the MICROSPACE® MSM-eO ideal for extremely compact multimedia applications.

With the support of DirectCompute and OpenCL 1.1, OEMs can also implement GPGPU applications with the MICROSPACE® MSM-eO in the low-power segment, using the computing power of the graphics unit for parallel data processing. For more information contact Texim Europe

Features
• Most powerful graphics for long-term available PC/104-Plus™
• AMD™ T44R 1.2GHz single core CPU
• AMD™ FCH A55E chipset
• Up to 4GB DDR3 SO-DIMM RAM
• AMD Radeon™ HD6250 graphics
• 3D performance: 10x D510 (3DMark06)
• CRT: up to 1920×1200 30bpp LCD: up to 1920×1200 24bpp
• Operating temperature: 0°C to +60°C (standard), -40°C to +80°C (optional)

Applications
• Mobile infotainment systems
• Vending machines
• Mobile battery-operated systems

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element14 has announced that it has now received over 100,000 confirmed orders for the Raspberry Pi computer since the product was launched at the end of February.

With delivery of the credit card sized computer now underway element14 wants to reassure customers that everything that can be done is being done to get their Raspberry Pi’s to them as soon as possible.

Mike Buffham, Director of Product and EDE at element14 said: “We have over 100,000 confirmed orders for the Raspberry Pi and can confirm that all of those who ordered before 18th April will definitely receive their Raspberry Pi before the end of June 2012. We appreciate customers are desperate to get their hands on a Raspberry Pi and want to reassure them that we are working on this as quickly as we can. As soon as we have the precise information our customers want about their individual delivery date they will be the first to know.”

So far, following the first delivery of Raspberry Pi computers to element14’s global distribution centres late last week, customers in 30 countries have received their Pi, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France Germany, Greece, Hungary, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA and Vietnam have taken delivery of the “must have” gadget of the year.

The next shipment of Raspberry Pi’s are expected to arrive early in the first week of May and will be sent out to customers worldwide as quickly as possible using element14’s well established global supply chain network. These will be distributed strictly in the order that commitments were received within each region.

Any customer ordering a Raspberry Pi after 18th April can expect a delivery date of July 2012 onwards.

Additionally, element14 have announced they may revert to collecting registrations of interest from time to time on new orders whilst they await updated delivery information from their manufacturers. This is to avoid further confusion and ensure new customers placing orders are given accurate delivery information.

Since the global distribution deal was announced on Feb 29 the element14 Community has been supporting conversations, debate and sharing of knowledge and information from the flood of enthusiastic developers and first-time programmers keen to get the most from their Raspberry Pi. Last week element14 held a Raspberry Pi Masterclass with Eben Upton, co-founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, for 15 school children from Leeds.

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element14 has today announced the arrival of its first batch of Raspberry Pi computers. To celebrate this, Raspberry Pi’s founder Eben Upton held a one-to-one masterclass with a group of teenage students to showcase how the ground-breaking credit card sized computer works.

The company have today started sending out the computers to the first UK-based customers with more being sent out early next week.

Eben Upton, co-founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, commented: “This is a really exciting time as we get ready to start to send out the first batch of Raspberry Pi’s. I am really pleased today to have taken these youngsters through how simple it is to use the Raspberry Pi and I can only hope that they will get hooked on it and become the programmers of tomorrow. With all the advice and support available on the element14 Community they should not be shy of trying new things, making mistakes and looking for help.”

Chris Haworth, President of CPC, a Premier Farnell company, which provided the equipment for today’s masterclass said: “The amount of interest and buzz the Raspberry Pi has generated all over the world is immense. We are delighted that the first batch has arrived today and delivered to us by none other than Eben himself. The most important thing now is to get the Raspberry Pi out to customers and we have started doing that this afternoon.”

There has been huge anticipation of the arrival of the Raspberry Pi and the youngsters will have a chance to see how simple it is to program with the mini computer. The possibilities of what can be done on a Raspberry Pi are only limited by the imagination. Eben talked through the simple set up procedure, running the boot up script, use the script editor and begin to create applications using the Python scripts that are pre-supplied with the software download.
All the youngsters who attended today’s exclusive event were given a Raspberry Pi by Eben Upton and CPC provided a pack of a screen, cables and connections needed to get up and running as soon as they get home.

Since the global distribution deal that was announced on Feb 29, the element14 Community has been supporting conversations, debate and sharing of knowledge and information from the flood of enthusiastic developers and first-time programmers keen to get the most from their Raspberry Pi.

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RS Components and Allied Electronics are commencing shipments of Raspberry Pi, the credit-card sized computer board designed to seed a new generation of programmers. The shipments are being sent to the first group of customers from around the world, all of whom registered for a Raspberry Pi from RS and Allied.

Invitations to place an order on the new RS and Allied Raspberry Pi online store have been sent out to customers on a first-come, first-served basis in line with registrations of interest placed on the companies’ websites and to match the number of boards available from RS and Allied in the first production run. This process will be repeated once the next batch of boards becomes available. RS and Allied have implemented this procedure to ensure that all orders for Raspberry Pi are fulfilled with a confirmed delivery date. Due to the exceedingly high demand for the product, and limited quantities available from the manufacturer at this time, orders are currently restricted to one board per customer.

When ordering Raspberry Pi from the dedicated online store, customers can click through to the associated parts and accessories required for activation of the board. These include USB A-B cables, HDMI cables, power supplies and SD memory cards from a range of leading suppliers, all available to purchase from stock. By ordering these cables and other accessories from RS and Allied at the same time as the Raspberry Pi board, customers can make a saving on the delivery cost, as the same total shipping charge is applicable.

“There has been a huge wave of anticipation and extraordinary levels of demand for Raspberry Pi since it was launched, so we are delighted to be delivering the first boards to initial customers,” said Glenn Jarrett, Head of Electronics Marketing at RS Components. “We are working very closely with the manufacturer to bring subsequent batches of boards into stock so that we can fulfil every customer order for Raspberry Pi as quickly as possible.”

Eben Upton, Raspberry Pi founder and trustee, commented, “This is an exciting and momentous phase for Raspberry Pi as the boards start heading out to customers from our distributors. We know from the incredible amount of interest in Raspberry Pi that there is a huge impetus among enthusiasts and educators for a product that brings computer programming to the masses, and we encourage these new programmers to share their experiences and results with us.”

RS and Allied are currently developing a variety of tools and initiatives to support Raspberry Pi users and the companies’ DesignSpark electronics design community is seeing many people discussing ideas and thoughts on Raspberry Pi. Recent additions to the site include a series of Pi Perspectives, where leading UK academics and scientists share their views on Raspberry Pi, and information on a Raspberry Pi experimenter’s kit now being developed. Various tutorials covering everything from initial set-up to a guide to the different Linux flavours, including a Fedora Mix start-up guide, are also available.

For developers, there is the free schematic capture and PCB layout tool from RS and Allied, DesignSpark PCB. It has already won awards from across the globe, and the company is seeing more developers adopt it with some already creating prototyping boards to use with Raspberry Pi.

The Raspberry Pi boards from RS and Allied are priced at £21.60 plus a shipping charge of £4.95 to any destination worldwide, plus VAT and import duty as applicable.

The Raspberry Pi board was created by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a charity based in Cambridge, UK, and was conceived to encourage and enable children to learn and apply computer programming.

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AAEON introduces a new 3.5″ Subcompact Board GENE-LN05 Rev. B, a cutting-edge single board computer that provides high performance and low power consumption. GENE-LN05 Rev. B adopts the Intel® Atom™ N455/D525 Processors with Intel® ICH8M chipset. Its system memory supports up to 2 GB of DDR3 667/800 memory (N455 CPU) and up to 4 GB of DDR3 667/800 SODIMM (D525 CPU) in one 204-pin SODIMM socket. In addition, the Intel® 82567V & 82583V chipset supports two 10/100/100Base-TX that allows high speed Ethernet communications.

The GENE-LN05 Rev. B offers a rich variety of I/O’s such as seven USB 2.0 ports, six COM ports, one parallel port, one Type 2 CompactFlash™ socket and an 8-bit digital I/O interface. In addition, this model equips optional onboard TPM to provide high-level security capability for applications that demand locked down systems.

The on-board touch screen device supports a 4/5/8-wire resistive touch screen and can handle simultaneous or independent displays via the CRT and 18/24-bit single channel LVDS interfaces. The inclusion of two-channel HD Audio makes the GENE-LN05 perfect for multi-media applications. To request datasheets or samples and find out more on price and delivery contact Texim Europe .

Features
• Intel® Atom™ N455/D525 processors
• Intel® ICH8M
• DDR3 667/800 SODIMM, max. 4 GB (Intel® Atom™ D525)
• DDR3 667/800 SODIMM, max. 2 GB (Intel® Atom™ N455)
• 2 Gigabit Ethernet
• CRT, 18/24-bit single channel LVDS LCD
• 2CH HD audio
• 2 SATA 3.0Gb/s (RAID 0 & 1 optional), CompactFlash
• 7 USB2.0, 6x COM, parallel, 8-bit digital I/O
• Onboard 4/5/8-wire resistive touch screen controller
• Mini Card
• Supply voltage +12V or +5V (optional, only for N455 version)
• Onboard Trusted Platform Module (optional)

Applications
• Industrial automation
• Transportation
• POS/POI
• Gaming
• Medical
• Digital signage

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Anglia Embedded today announced that it has been appointed as UK and Ireland embedded channel distribution partner for Advantech, a world leader in single board computers (SBC), with effect from 31 March 2012. The agreement greatly strengthens the embedded distributor’s range for industrial automation, digital signage, kiosk and other embedded computing applications.

“Advantech completes Anglia Embedded’s full house of technologies from the world leading brands,” said Steve Rawlins, CEO at Anglia. “Anglia Embedded can now offer its customers a full portfolio of system components sourced from the world’s top brands, spanning displays, communications and SBCs.”

“We are pleased to welcome Anglia to the Advantech family of resellers,” said Bart de Vreese, European Channel Sales Director at Advantech. He continued, “The experience and knowledge of Anglia’s staff is what truly sets them apart. Adding the Advantech Embedded Core range to its display and connectivity product lines will enable Anglia to offer a full solution to its customers, enhancing its commitment to understand, apply and deliver.”

According to David Pearson, Technical Director at Anglia, the agreement with Advantech is hugely significant because it is a world leader in industrial PCs, panel PCs, rack mount PCs and standalone PC and ARM core based embedded boards. “Advantech has been building top quality, high performance computing platforms since 1983. Anglia Embedded is proud to add this key line to its portfolio.” he said.

Paul Senior, Divisional Marketing Manager for Anglia Embedded added, “Embedded computing technologies from Advantech package the popular PC architecture in a range of formats to support the growing diversity of embedded computing applications that are enabling an intelligent planet. Their products are enabling companies to use less energy in their premises, optimise their manufacturing processes, communicate with their customers through inspiring interactive digital signage, and improve their security.”

In addition to Advantech, the Anglia Embedded line-up of quality embedded products also includes Hitachi displays and Cinterion, connectBlue, Fastrax and Telegesis wireless technologies.

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Farnell element14, the leading multi-channel electronics distributor announced today that it is to stock new profiles of its Multicomp Terminal Blocks. The six full ranges will be offered in all commonly used pitches and circuit sizes from two-way to 12-way, and will significantly increase the number of low cost options now available to electronic designers and maintenance engineers.

The new terminal blocks provide a choice formats including single pole screw clamp, screwless terminals, screw terminals, modular screw terminals, and pluggable terminal blocks. Multicomp terminal blocks offer the added reassurance of UL, VDE and CE approvals.

Typical uses for Farnell element14 Multicomp Terminal Blocks include automation and industrial power and signal applications.

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element14 today announced a global distribution deal with the Raspberry Pi Foundation to offer its ground-breaking credit card sized computer. The element14 Community will support the conversations, debate and sharing of knowledge and information from the anticipated flood of enthusiastic developers and first-time programmers keen to get the most from their Raspberry Pi.

Harriet Green, CEO of Premier Farnell, the company behind element14, said: “This partnership brings together the world’s biggest online design engineer community with one of the most exciting electronic/embedded computing products to be launched for decades. We believe it will provide the catalyst for a programming revolution. The opportunity to engage a new generation of engineers and computer experts is very much in our sweet spot as a company. Through our element14 Community we will encourage everyone from developers, modders, coders and programmers to discuss, share and develop their ideas and fully utilise the game-changing potential of the Raspberry Pi computer.”

There has been real excitement in the marketplace around the launch of the Raspberry Pi computer, a device that takes its lead from a history of iconic educational-targeted computers that influenced the adoption of automation in industry, science and research from the late 1970s. Today design engineers and would-be coders across the world are clamouring to get their hands on the device to see how it can be modified and what innovative programs can be created to run on it.

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charity formed and supported by some influential computing minds and businesses. It believes in the need for more developers to understand what truly goes on ‘under the hood’ of a computing device and is convinced there is a need to rely less on development tools and power hungry layers of code. The element14 Community has been supporting design engineers for over two years and offers organic support, expert advice and information to all members and a platform to share ideas and examples freely.

Eben Upton, co-founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, commented: “The decline in core computing skills is something we really want to address with Raspberry Pi and the way the element14 Community supports developers of all skill levels makes it a really strong partner in tackling this issue. Overcoming the students’ fear of programming for the first time is a critical step in unlocking the full potential of the smartest people in any industry. I have no doubt that having the support of a community of like-minded developers will be a catalyst for success.”

Robert Mullins, co-founder of Raspberry Pi Foundation, and Harriet Green, CEO of Premier Farnell, talk exclusively on video about why the computer was created, how element14 can support and why this is such a game changer in computing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gky68aE578

The distribution agreement, which will see Premier Farnell distribute in all its territories under the brands of Newark element14 in North America, Farnell element14 in Europe and element14 in Asia Pacific, offers the education-aimed computer available for just £22 or $35. Units are available for pre-order from 29 February on a first come first served basis and bundles of essential ancillary products such as cabling and power supplies have been added to the line-card to simplify users purchasing needs. See one of the first unboxing to “hello world” videos here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BbufUp_HNs

Initially the Raspberry Pi will be sold in one uncased configuration – the Model B – which has two USB slots, 256MB of RAM, HDMI slot, SD memory card slot and an Ethernet port. This will be followed later in 2012 by the Model A which has 256MB RAM, one USB port. Raspberry Pi breaks new ground with a selling price of just $35 for the ‘Model B’, and $25 for the ‘Model A’. As a result the market opportunities in all areas of the world are huge as well as providing access to a wealth of literature and software, as well as a unique opportunity to start to learn coding and programming which has been created on a Fedora OS.

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