Product Information

Certification Attained for New Half-size Biscuit PCs

Advantech's new set of half-size biscuit PCs, PCM-4823/L 486 SBC with VGA/LCD and Ethernet, and PCM-4825/L 486 SBC with VGA/LCD and Audio, have now officially attained both CE and FCC Class A certification for their Revision A102 or later. These palm-size SBCs are ideal for highly compact applications, especially those using either Ethernet (PCM-4823/L) or audio (PCM-4825/L) features.

Phase-out Notice for Older PC/104 Modules and Half-size Biscuit PCs

This is a notice that Advantech's PCM-3920 (PC/104 Carrier Module), PCM-3920V (PC/104 Carrier Module with VGA), PCM-4820 (486 SBC), PCM-4822 (486 SBC with VGA/LCD Interface) and PCM-4824 (486 SBC with Ethernet Interface) are being phased out. Last orders must be placed before July 31, 1998 (last shipments before Nov.30, 1998). Two of these half-size biscuit boards, though, will be replaced with similar, yet more powerful ones: the PCM-4823L 486 SBC with Ethernet (replaces the PCM-4824), and PCM-4825L 486 SBC with VGA/LCD (replaces the PCM-4822). Instead of these 'light' replacements, one can also choose to have extra VGA/LCD (PCM-4823) or audio (PCM-4825).

Additional Benefits of Replacement Boards

Besides having additional functions, these four replacement boards have built-in PC/104 connectors (the PCM-4822/24 boards needed an additional carrier module). An extra parallel port and floppy drive port are also on board. Lastly, an embedded CPU is also included on-board (AMD DX5-133).

Capacitors Are Now Both Greener and Safer

All Advantech products have recently replaced one type of capacitor. Now, multilayer capacitors have replaced all tantalum capacitors (used previously). These new capacitors are "greener" (safer for the environment) and safer (older ones would burn on rare occasions). This further demonstrates Advantech's commitment to both its customers and the environment.