US: 1·800·36·PC104
Worldwide: 1·650·810·2500
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Industry-Standard Architecture |
PC/104 is based on the industry-standard ISA and PCI buses and x86 processor architecture. This means hardware vendors can choose from a wide array of processors, peripheral chips, and other circuits to create a variety of hardware platforms for you to use as the basis for your product. PC/104 was intended to provide a simple means of adding peripherals to embedded systems. PC/104 boards can be used as macro-components on larger boards, or they can be used together to form a rigid "stack" that includes the CPU and all peripherals.
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Rugged Design |
The use of self-stacking pin and socket bus connectors, the elimination of a backplane, and the use of mounting hardware in the board corners results in a high degree of rigidity and immunity to shock and vibration. In addition extended temperature components are widely used in product designs. These features make PC/104 systems especially well suited for harsh environments and vehicle applications.
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Compact Size |
PC/104 boards measure 3.55" x 3.775", for a total board area of 13.4 square inches. PC/104 is the smallest industry-standard board form factor that is self-sufficient and does not require a larger carrier board.
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Large Vendor Base |
Because of its desirable attributes, PC/104 has attracted over 150 companies who provide hardware, software, packaging, and accessories. This wide array of suppliers makes it easy to create a complete embedded system with little or no custom development. Also the ability to swap out one manufacturer's board for another's provides the customer with increased protection against the potential risks of product obsolescence or vendor reliability issues.
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Software |
The use of industry-standard architecture means that a huge base of operating systems and development tools is available for application development. Your software development team can use their existing knowledge and skills to develop applications on PC/104.
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Long Life Cycle |
The very nature of the target markets serve by PC/104 causes suppliers to plan for long life cycles in their designs, by using industry standard components with multiple sources, selecting components at the beginning of their life cycles, and providing migration paths in their new product introductions. This protects the PC/104 user from costly system redesign during the product's lifetime.
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