HiDAN PC104 Modular Milled Aluminum Packaging System Description

"The Best Hardware for the Worst Places"

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Watertight HiDAN™ system
with cylindrical mil connectors
and EMI environmental o-ring gaskets
between the module housings

HiDAN™ is the latest in Industrial PC computing power and control capability in a sealed modular housing. The HiDAN™ system is a machined aluminum modular enclosure acting as a heatsink that envelopes your sensitive data acquisition system and delivers performance from –40 to +85°C without a fan. An EMI environmental gasket is integrated into a RTD proprietary technology, tongue and groove configuration around the perimeter of each section offering 80dB of isolation to 1 GHz and rated at withstanding 30 PSID. Military style circular connectors offer easy connection while maintaining the environmental seal integrity built into this enclosure. The small footprint, 178mm x 158mm x 178mm, allows this unit to fit anywhere. Maximum computing performance is achieved using a Intel® 1.4 GHz Pentium® M running at 1.4 GHz, up to 1024 MB DDR SDRAM, and an OnBoard Flash DiskChip with up to 4GB of storage. I/O includes USB 2.0, Fast Ethernet, AC97 Audio support, software selectable RS-232/422/485, SVGA with resolution up to 2048 x 1536 pixels with 32K colors, and multiPort with Floppy/Parallel & Advanced Digital I/O (aDIO). An EIDE hard drive controller supports an optional internal hard drive module gives you Gigabytes of storage with connectors for an external floppy drive and CD-Rom drive. Extensive data acquisition and control capability is achieved with a variety of analog inputs, analog outputs & digital I/O modules. Communication between two HiDAN™ systems or your main network is accomplished using a standard Serial, Ethernet, CAN Bus or Wireless connection.

Power requirements are less than 20-Watts and are handled using an internal 83-Watt Power Supply module with an 8-32VDC input. Other configurations available allow for power supply isolation with up to 70VDC input.

These systems were designed not only for their functionality but also with the end user in mind. The modular stack-through design of the PC/104 Architecture allows you to add additional modules or upgrade existing modules as technology or requirements change. The goal set forth was to design a line of "High Reliability" industrial computer systems not available from most computer manufacturers. HiDAN™ will run the major operating systems including DOS™, Windows™, Windows CE™, NT™ and NT Embedded™, QNX, Linux™, VXWorks, RTCX, and Phar-Lap. RTD Embedded Technologies, Inc. manufactures both the boards and the systems giving the end-user a single point of contact for both system configuration and support after the sale. For more information contact sales@rtd.com or call (814)-234-8087.