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Industrial Keyboards for Nasty Environments
July 4th, 2009

iKey Industrial KeyboardOrbit Micro today announced that it will start carrying NEMA-rated industrial keyboards, pointing devices, and flat panel monitors from iKey Industrial Peripherals.  Ikey’s line of sealed and rugged products are ideal for harsh environments.  Their NEMA 4, 4X, and IP 65 ratings, make them resistant to dust, dirt, water, and corrosive liquids.  They are compatible with all hospital-approved cleaning agents, and are built to withstand an extreme temperature range.

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Intel’s Smallest Processor
July 1st, 2009

Newly designed from the ground up, 45nm Intel® Atom™ processors pack an astounding 47 million transistors on a single chip measuring less than 26mm, making them Intel’s smallest and lowest power processors. All this while delivering the power and performance you need for full Internet capabilities.

  • Get a new range of power-efficient devices with excellent performance enabled by all new hafnium-infused 45nm high-k silicon technology
  • Increase energy efficiency in smaller more compact designs with a thermal design power specification ranging from less than 1W to 2.5 watts for mobile devices
  • Extend battery life in select devices with an incredibly low idle and average power allowing the device to stay powered on while also conserving energy

Based on an entirely new microarchitecture, the Intel® Atom™ processor was developed specifically for targeted performance and low power while maintaining full Intel® Core™ microarchitecture instruction set compatibility. Intel® Atom™ processors also feature multiple threads for better performance and increased system responsiveness.

Products Featuring the Intel Atom Processor

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Motherboards with Intel Atom Processors

SBCs with Intel Atom Processors

Zotac Ion-based IONITX-A-U Is the hottest thing since slice bread
June 30th, 2009

The Zotac GeForce 9300 chipset and the Intel Atom Processor.

Buy the Zotac IONITX-A-U  Online.

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Low Cost Intel Atom 330 System from Orbit Micro
June 27th, 2009

The AOpen BB10 is a low cost all aluminum Dual-Core Atom 330 small form factor system. The BB10 was designed for use as a nettop or for focused applications such as digital signage, kiosks, thin clients, or industrial control applications. It can be VESA mounted or mounted using the AOpen Titan 800 display mount.

AOpen BB10 Presentation

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Next-Generation Digital Engine from AOpen featuring the Intel GM45 Chipset
June 24th, 2009

The DE45-HG is the latest addition to AOpen’s highly successful line of Digital Engine systems.  It is built on the Intel Montevina Centrino 2 platform that uses the Intel GM45 chipset, which features the Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD.  This system is equipped with an HDMI port, two VGA ports, four USB 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, one serial port, watchdog timer and even a Kensington lock hole to keep your new toy safe from jealous friends and co-workers.

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Orbit Micro’s Rugged Portable i7 System
June 23rd, 2009

Rhino i19Orbit Micro today announced the Rhino i19, an aluminum rugged portable system with a 20″ LCD, Intel Core i7 processor and up to 7 expansion slots. For military and commercial customers that want the latest in CPU technology in a portable configuration. Orbit Micro’s line of rugged portable workstations combine the most advanced processors, amazing graphics capability, and diverse I/O into rugged portable housings.

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Orbit Micro’s Battery Powered Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Slim Portable System
June 22nd, 2009

Rhino M20

Orbit Micro today announced the Rhino M20, a battery powered slim rugged portable System with a 15″ LCD, Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile processor and 2 expansion slots.  The Rhino M20 was built for military and industrial customers that want the portability of a laptop, but the expansion of a desktop.

The Rhino M20 features the Core 2 Duo Mobile processor, codename Merom.  The Merom has mostly the same features as its desktop brethren, Conroe, but with more emphasis on low power consumption to enhance battery life. The Merom based Core 2 Duo processor is also the first Intel mobile processor to feature Intel 64 architecture.

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Orbit Micro’s Rugged Portable Dual Intel Xeon Nehalem EP System with three monitors
June 20th, 2009

Rhino X30 Rugged Portable Dual Intel Xeon Nehalem EP System with three monitors
Orbit Micro today announced the Rhino X30, an aluminum rugged portable system with three 17″ LCDs, Intel Dual Quad-Core Xeon 5500 series processors and up to 5 expansion slots. For military and commercial customers that want a portable command center with the latest in CPU technology. Orbit Micro’s line of rugged portable workstations combine the most advanced processors, amazing graphics capability, multiple monitors, and diverse I/O into rugged portable housings.

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What are NEMA ratings?
June 19th, 2009

The National Electrical Manufacturer Association or NEMA developed what is known as NEMA ratings.  Which are standards that define the types of environments in which an electrical enclosure can be used.  NEMA ratings classify the degrees of protection from external ice, corrosive materials, oil immersion, dust, water, etc.  Please refer to the table below for specific NEMA type designations.
Please note that while it is possible to compare NEMA ratings and IP ratings, any such comparison is only related to the protection provided against dust and moisture.

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Fanless Systems by Orbit Micro
June 16th, 2009

Fanless SystemFanless SystemOrbit Micro fanless systems are small and compact, completely fanless, reliable, and silent. Using the latest in heatpipe technology and specially designed cases, our systems are able to operate at peak performance without the use of any active cooling.  They are ideal for environments that are prone to dust, applications that require silent reliable operation.

Orbit Micro fanless systems feature your choice of Intel Atom, Core 2 Duo, Pentium M or VIA processors.  For the ultimate in reliabilty, all systems are capable of supporting solid state drives.

Beyond the standard systems that are available from Orbit Micro.  We can develop a completely custom fanless system from scratch.  Just let us know what your requirements are and we will make it happen!

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Read about our fanless, low power systems, that can run Windows XP with less than 10 Watts

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What are IP (Ingress Protection) ratings?
June 14th, 2009

An IP Rating also known as the International Protection Rating or sometimes interpreted as the Ingress Protection Rating, is a 2-digit numerical rating.  This rating classifies the degrees of protection against dust, water, and impact that electrical equipment and enclosures can afford.

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64-Bit PCI Bus Definition
June 14th, 2009

The conventional 32-bit PCI bus is ideal for slower speed peripherals such as sound cards, modems, and Fast Ethernet cards, but for an enterprise application needing Ultra 320 SCSI, Fibre Channel, and Gigabit Ethernet cards, a 64-bit PCI bus is the way to go. A 64-bit PCI bus provides higher overall throughput for high-performance adapters and better system efficiency by providing the same data in fewer PCI clock cycles. A 66-MHz PCI bus doubles the data throughput over the same amount of time. The benefits of both 64-bit and 66-MHz PCI implementations are better PCI bus utilization, better overall PCI bus efficiency, and a substantial increase in PCI bus performance.

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