Packaging & Interconnects: Rack Drawer Has Fold-Down Flat-Panel Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse

Sept. 20, 2004
The SMK-590R 19-in. 1U 16-port console drawer and keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) switch includes a fold-down 17-in. LCD flat-panel monitor (1280 by 1024 pixels), a 105-key keyboard, and a touchpad for mouse controls. Each SMK-590R can handle up to 16...

The SMK-590R 19-in. 1U 16-port console drawer and keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) switch includes a fold-down 17-in. LCD flat-panel monitor (1280 by 1024 pixels), a 105-key keyboard, and a touchpad for mouse controls. Each SMK-590R can handle up to 16 computers, servers, and devices. Users can monitor up to 64 devices simultaneously by daisy-chaining three additional KVM switches. The SMK-590R's unique design lets users maintain and repair the LCD display without powering down the KVM switches. The drawer easily extends 35.4 in. to better angle the monitor for viewing. Available now, the SMK-590R costs $1900.

Acme Portable Machines Inc.www.acmeportable.com(626) 610-1888
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Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.

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