Low-Profile Box PC Boasts Multiple I/O, Antenna Inputs

Thanks to four PCI Express Mini Card slots (controlling up to eight SIM cards) and a GPS interface, the BL50W box PC can implement most wireless functions, including WLAN, UMTS, GPS, GSM, HSDPA, EDGE, and LTE.
Sept. 13, 2013

Thanks to four PCI Express Mini Card slots (controlling up to eight SIM cards) and a GPS interface, the BL50W box PC can implement most wireless functions, including WLAN, UMTS, GPS, GSM, HSDPA, EDGE, and LTE. User-specific I/O complements the nine antenna slots available on the conduction-cooled unit developed by MEN Micro Inc. It operates as a complete content server or hotspot server, which eliminates the headaches of frequent location or tariff-related provider changes. Furthermore, it can be used as a diagnostic interface or for fleet management, as well as to implement vehicle-to-control center communications or to achieve Internet access in a train or airplane. The box is based on the T48N AMD Embedded G-Series accelerated processing unit (APU) with a core frequency of 1.4 GHz. Two DisplayPorts with full HD resolution enhance graphics performance. Two Gigabit Ethernet channels are available on robust M12 connectors. In addition, there’s two USB 2.0 ports and five slots for serial I/O or CAN bus. Storage capacity includes 2 Gbytes of DDR3 SDRAM, and SD card, and an mSATA slot.

MEN MICRO INC.

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