AAEON News - Sep. 17 2012

TKS-E21-HD07 Slim and Fanless Box Computer with Superb Graphics AAEON, a leading industrial computing manufacturer, today released the latest slim and fanless box computer, the EmBox TKS-E21-HD07, measuring just under 1U in height, and powered by the AMD® G-Series T56N/T40N Dual core APU and the AMD® A55E controller hub. The graphics performance/watt through advanced graphics and hardware acceleration delivers superb graphic performances, with additional boost capability enabled by AMD® Turbo Core technology without additional power draw.  The TKS-E21-HD07 supports Full DirectX® 11, OpenGL 4.0 and OpenCL™ 1.1, giving you awesome graphics performance, stunning 3D visual effects and dynamic interactivity, making the unit ideal for high quality video monitoring or display in harsh environments as those of Industrial Automation, Power Management, Utility, Building Automation, Factory Automation and Energy applications.

The TKS-E21-HD07 supports one DDR3 1333 SDRAM SODIMM up to 4GB of memory, one Mini card slot, one mSATA slot, one 2.5” SATA HDD bay, one VGA, two Gigabit Ethernet, six USB2.0, three COM (RS-232 x 2 and RS-232/4222/485 x 1), one Mic in/Line out, and is designed for optional wireless expansions with two external antennas.  Low power consumption under 20W for green computing, excellent anti-shock and anti-vibration design, weighing under 1.8Kg with HDD, with VESA 75/100 mounting kit (optional), the TKS-E21-HD07 can be easily mounted or placed in harsh environments that need to bear the wear and tear of 24/7 operation. “Aside from the great graphic features, the 4-piece chassis and 6 screw design of the TKS-E21-HD07 give system integrators the ease to re-configure and assemble the unit for differing requirements.  A front and rear bezel can also be modified for different I/O arrangements e.g. DVI, DIO and more COM ports.” said Joe Lin, Product Manager of AAEON’s Embedded Computer Division. “Top and bottom aluminum heatsink chassis design provides excellent cooling of the unit,” he added.

Main Features:

- Dual Core AMD G-series T56N/T40N Processor

- Excellent Graphic Performance

- DDR3 1066/1333MHz Up to 4GB

- Realtek Gigabit Ethernet x 2, Mini Card x 1, mSATA x 1

- Low Profile 1U Height and The Weight Less Than 1.7Kg

- Easy Reconfiguration System

- Fanless With Excellent Thermal Solution

- Anti-Vibration Up to 3.5G (mSATA)

If Microsoft® Windows® platform is used, customers can easily create their own user interface without additional coding simply by downloading the AAEON-developed Hi-Safe™ program.  AAEON supports all common operating systems such as Windows® XP, Windows® 7 and Linux Fedora.  For more product and service information, please contact an AAEON regional sales representative or visit www.aaeon.com.

About Hi-Safe™

Hi-Safe™ is an AAEON-developed program geared toward SDKs for UIs with Microsoft® Windows® platforms.  The AAEON Hi-Safe™ program provides an easy way to develop the customer’s software, including watchdog, system monitoring, Super I/O, fan, temperature and voltage data, DIO information, SMBus address detection, Backlight controller and UPS data. Since it is based on the user interface SDK, there are no additional coding efforts necessary. By downloading this free coding, customers are able to create their own user interfaces effortlessly.

About AAEON

AAEON Technology, Inc is a leading manufacturer of advanced industrial and embedded computing platforms. Committed to innovative engineering, AAEON provides integrated solutions, hardware and services for premier OEM/ODMs and system integrators worldwide. Reliable and high quality computing platforms include industrial motherboards and systems, industrial displays, rugged tablets, PC/104, PICMG and COM modules, embedded SBCs, embedded controllers and related accessories. AAEON also offers customized end-to-end services from initial product conceptualization and product development on through to volume manufacturing and after-sales service programs.