2008/06/17                “GlobalSource” recommends NORCO industrial PPC in serving global clients

PPC is the preview of the next-generation mobile business PC. If we see from the concept of PPC, this device will be a complete PC without clamshell, without keyboard, and small enough to be put in a lady’s handbag. Comparing to the laptop, it(PPC) can support handwriting input or voice input besides all the functions that a laptop had. It is big in mobility and portability.

Aimed at the high demands of PC’s portability and performance from commercial figures, many traditional PC manufacturers have their PPC offerings on the market. Regardless of the demands from commercial figures, the main applications of PPC are still limited in industrial areas currently. Due to the special requirements of industrial sites, the industrial PPC is still working as a simple flat PC with external keyboard connected. It integrates the host computer and the LCD, and it is also incorporated with the handwriting input as the main input method. It emphasis the mobility in working environment, and it can be connected with the keyboard or mouse through USB port, IR port, and other ports.

In industrial automation, the PPC belongs to the HMI family. The industrial PPC is the hardware of HMI device. HMI（Human Machine Interface） is a set of control products or system solution integrated with hardware and software. The system includes embedded hardware platform, embedded OS and Embedded software. If we understand from its plaint words, the human interface is the interface of information communication, transmission and receiving between the user and machine.
On functionalities, the HMI can be connected to the PLC, transducer, DC timing, instrument and other industrial control apparatus. It adopts the LCD as output display, and facilitate the parameter entry or command input by data entry devices (such as: touchscreen, keyboard and mouse etc).

Along with the level enhancement of domestic automation applications, industrial PPC’s applications and demands increased. As a well-known hardware manufacturer with integrated R&D, manufacturing, marketing and service team, NORCO has abundant series of PPC to meet such increasing demands. From AMD to Intel architecture, from 6.4 inch standardized products to 17 inch large LCD control terminal, NORCO PPCs are playing an increasing important roll in telecom, electric, multimedia, industrial automation and manufacturing etc. NORCO PPCs are enjoying a great popularity in the communication and control terminal applications of HMI, ThinClient, PLC and POS etc.

Features/ Model No.	Display	Chipset	Mother Board	I/O Interface
PPC-3264	6.4″TFT LCD+Touchscreen	AMD LX700+CS5536	EMB-3680	1COM/2LAN/2 USB/1VGA
PPC-3284	8.4″TFT LCD+Touchscreen	AMD  LX700+CS5536	EMB-3680	2COM/2LAN/2USB/1VGA
PPC-3210	10.4″TFT LCD+Touchscreen	AMD LX700+CS5536	EMB-3680	2COM/2LAN/2USB
PPC-3112	12.1″TFT LCD+Touchscreen	AMD  GX3 + CS5536	MITX-6682	1COM/1LAN/2USB
PPC-3212	12.1″TFT LCD+Touchscreen	Intel 82945GM（E） + ICH7M	MITX-6850	1COM/1LAN/2USB
PPC-3115	15″TFT LCD+Touchscreen	Intel 852GM +INTEL ICH4	EMB-5730	2LAN /1VGA/1LVDS/1TV-OUT
PPC-3117	17″TFT LCD+Touchscreen	AMD  GX3 + CS5536	MITX-6682	1COM/1LAN/2USB
PPC-3217	17″TFT LCD+Touchscreen	Intel915GM(910GMLE) + ICH6M	MITX-6830	1COM/1LAN/2USB

NORCO industrial PPC Selection Table

The hardware of NORCO’s PPC has met the minimum hardware requirements of popular embedded OS system. Nevertheless, the different versions of OS will be featured by different applications. The following table is the features of popular embedded OS system, and customers are recommended to configure the OS according to the different applications.

OS Items	Windows XP 2000/XP Pro	Windows XP Embedded	Windows CE.NET	linux
System Installation	Simple, and direct installation	Complicate, additional development will be needed	Complicate, additional development will be needed	Complicate, additional development will be needed
Environment Adaptability	Low, HDD is needed	High, CF is needed	High, CF is needed	High, CF is needed
Stability of operation	High, qualified for long term running	High, qualified for long term running	Low, for short term running	Low, for short term running
System Functionalities	Strong, Standard WINDOWS	Strong, Standard WINDOWS	Weak, Only basic functionalities	Weak, Only basic functionalities
Application Development	Simple, Standard WINDOWS	Simple, Standard WINDOWS	Complicate, specialized development kits and language	Complicate, specialized development kits and language
License Price	High	Medium	Low	Low
Boot Up Speed	Slow	Slow	Fast	Fast
Power Fail adaptability	Low, system maybe crashed	High, no impact	High, no impact	High, no impact
Software Adaptability	Strong, Standardized WINDOWS	Strong, Standardized WINDOWS	Weak, not compatible	Weak, not compatible

The comparison of the features of popular embedded OS systems

NORCO has great ownership of strong R&D and innovation ability, and maintains good relationship with popular chip vendors. We not only can guarantee the supply of products in life circle, but also we have unique advantage to obtain the latest technical information to maintain and update the products in time.