Product category: Embedded Computing and Control
News Release from: Kontron UK | Subject: JRex-Ibox
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 23 February 2006
Compact embedded controller goes fanless
The JRex-Ibox features Intel Pentium M processors up to 1.8GHz, has many interesting features, and is also now available as a fanless unit.
No larger than a car radio, tough enough for industry, and with a choice of processing power - the JRex-Ibox, now with Intel Pentium M processors up to 1.8GHz, has many interesting features But one thing has been missing up to now: it was not available in a fanless version
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 30 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Thus, the MTBF is increased by a factor of five, and, at the same time, access is gained to markets where "fanless" is an absolute necessity: pharmaceuticals, clean rooms, foodstuffs, medical, sleep laboratories, and environments where the air has a high concentration of particulates are just some of the potential areas of use.
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