Kontron Micro Client IIA fanless/touch panel PC

Kontron’s fanless panel PC, the Micro Client IIA, is now available in five sizes up to 17″. The Atom-based touch panel PC enables the company to support the trend towards ever-increasing comfort in application management.

The resistive touch display has ample display area for complex visualisation applications including industrial automation, process control and facility management.

The PC, with its IP65 protected front panel, is conceived as an application-ready human machine interface enabling faster time and reduced development costs for applications like the operation and monitoring of equipment, machines and plants.

The small depth also allows easy deployment in existing applications that require a larger display. The device supports all current thin client software platforms from RDP (remote desktop protocol) for Windows-based servers to Linux-based open platforms with browser-based Java clients.

Operators benefit from such open source software options through the open and runtime licence-free access to both centralised and decentralised (web) server applications. The company’s latest panel PCs can also be used for several visualisation tasks without requiring any application-specific software to be installed on the client.

The Micro Clients feature not only SATA and CompactFlash boot functionality, but can also be remotely booted via ethernet.

The PCs also offer an interface selection: 2x 10/1000 ethernet, 2 external USB 2.0 ports (plus an additional USB port on the front for screen sizes from 10.4″ to 17.0″), 1 x RS232 with optional RS422/RS485 and CAN bus interface, as well as additional fieldbus interfaces as an option.

They also feature embedded graphics for intuitive GUIs, as well as touch-beep for multimedia-oriented operating and monitoring applications including acoustic feedback.

The front panel can be omitted, enabling the PC to be integrated into all custom-specific housings including vandal-protected systems for public use.