The EASY (Embedded Application SYstem) is a PC-compatible, industrial computer and machine vision implementation platform in a compact, aluminum-housed package.
It provides all of the core hardware components needed to cost-effectively develop and deploy vision systems, in particular, as well as other automation solutions that would benefit from unusually small, powerful, embedded PCs. Factory floor-tested, EASYs are delivered running Microsoft Windows XP, XP Embedded or Linux. They come in configurations ranging from lean Celeron-powered units to fully loaded Core Duo-based versions. A variety of expandable memory options are available, along with DVI or VGA video display, 4 to 8 USB2.0 ports, an optional 6 port GigE switch with intelligent Power Over Ethernet (POE) on all channels and an optional PLC with 16 opto-isolated, bi-directional, programmable digital I/O pin points. An embedded NxN DMA engine handles all incoming images as well as display-related tasks, enabling EASYs outfitted with this option to vastly outperform PCs with equivalent processors that must expend CPU resources on those demanding tasks, says the vendor. The Value Engineering Alliancewww.The-V-E-A.com617.492.1252
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