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June/July 1998 Vol.7
 

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New Super Multimedia POS Has Fast Ethernet and LVDS

Advantech's New POS-562 Super Multimedia POS BoardAdvantech is proud to introduce its most powerful POS control board, the POS-562. It will be offered together with the older POS-560, with the POS-560 acting as the Pentium® entry level board for POS and the POS-562 aimed at high-end multimedia markets.

High End Multimedia Market

With today's advancements in software and hardware, many new point-of-information (POI), kiosk and POS stations are adopting higher resolution displays (XGA) and quality sound for more powerful presentations. Since many new multimedia applications require the ability to send and receive high volumes of data through an LAN, high bandwidth/speed networking capabilities are also increasingly popular. This is the target market for the POS-562.

Enhanced Multimedia POS Board

To start with, the POS-562 can accept processors up to Pentium®MMX 233 MHz. It's 100Base-T Ethernet allows for fast communication and its 16-bit Sound Blaster Pro compatible audio enables one to include high quality sound in one's applications. Using the new C&T 65555 chipset, this POS board supports up to 36-bit XGA high video resolution quality. The POS-562 comes with 2 MB of video DRAM on-board, or an optional 4 MB. Lastly, this POS supports LVDS for Long Distance LCD Support. This is a hot new standard that allows the user to extend the distance between the computer system and the actual display.

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Like its predecessor (the POS-560), the POS-562 also includes such standard on-board features as 4 serial ports with power, 2 parallel ports, 1 DIMM and 2 SIMM sockets, 2 USB ports and a socket for a DOC® 2000 Flash disk (up to 72 MB). The POS-562 uses the same LPX form factor as the POS-560, meaning that about 50% of the I/O ports are ready to be connected from the rear. This greatly simplifies the process of system integration for OEMs. Also, since all three of our POS boards (POS-460, POS-560 and POS-562) have the same mounting dimensions, they can all easily fit into Advantech's new LPX chassis, the POS-810 (see the following the article for more information). Other chassis options include the POS-808 and the POS-815.

Now Accepting Orders

Some of our OEMs have already begun evaluating pilot run samples. Now, though, since the POS-562 is officially available, Advantech is ready to start formally accepting orders. To order, or to inquire about more information about the POS-562, please consult your Advantech sales representative.


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