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Highbright Touch LCD in Ford F150

"Pimp My Ride"

10.4" highbright touch LCD used by AutoEffects

Ford F-150 Harley Davidson Edition.

LCD Model: SED104E-HB

   
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Rugged Computer thermal research

Team McMaster

The McMaster Thermal Research Team meets to review results of recent testing and heat pipe modeling..

     
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Power of One Solar Car Project

Small PC used in Power of One Solar Car

XOF1's Solar Car team "gets ready to take on the greatest challenge on the planet for a solar car, the longest ice road in the world, from Inuvik to Tukoyaktuk, Northwest territories."

Marcelo da Luz, xof1's project leader says, "I want to thank Small PC for all support provided to the project...."

Check out "Power of One Solar Car Project" at www.xof1.com

     
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waterproof computer

New SC240ML waterproof computer upgrade supports dual hot swap removable drives.

The SC240ML supports a total of four 2.5" drives. The two SATA removable drives are sealed with a gasketed cover plate attached with thumb screws. A typical configuration would include an internal solid state flash drive supporting the operating system with a raid drive configuration set up on the removable drives. As an example, this configuration is ideal for digital security video streaming applications.

     
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Rugged PC test chamber

Rugged computer model SC240M cold boot and operational test to -40°C using its' in house temperature chamber.

The SC240M has a posted operating temperature of -20°C to 55°C. Using its' temperature chamber, Small PC has tested and confirmed extended operating temperature -20°C to 60°C of specific SC240M configurations.

   

 

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U of M Solar Car Project

University of Michigan's Solar Car Project

Small PC donates computer/LCD touch screen to U of M's Solar Car Project.

"The PC and touchscreen worked great, and gave us the coolest strategy vehicle of any team." Ethan Stark, Engineering Director, U of M's Solar Car Team.

     
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Thermal Image of rugged computer

 

Small PC partners with OCE and McMaster Univisity in Thermal Research.

The project leader, Dr. Chan Ching, is an expert in two-phase flow and heat transfer. Dr. Ching established the Thermal Management Research Laboratory at McMaster University. The results and data of this two year collaborative project have lead to several improvements to the design of the thermal management solution used in Small PC’s line of rugged sealed computers. More.......

     
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USB Boot imaging

USB Flash Drive OS Boot and Imaging

SmallPC has introduced a USB Operating System Boot/Imaging option for its SC240 series of rugged computers. USB imaging allows simple and convenient operating system support for embedded and OEM applications. More....