October 2010 Article Posts (7)

Panel PCs from Industrial PC, Inc.

Industrial PC has an extensive array of industrial Panel PCs and HMI systems. All of our units carry an IP64 rating at minimum; a select few are rated for IP67 conditions. Our Panel PC & HMI systems are are designed to provide reliable service even in the most demanding and harsh environments. With a wide array of LCD screen sizes and many choices of performance and configuration options, you… Continue

Added by Paul Benjamin on October 28, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

The Alternative Energy

The Alternative Energy - Alternative Energy and Taking Action.

Added by Mirza Rais on October 14, 2010 at 5:46pm — No Comments

Starting Business

Starting Business - How to Make money doing something you love.

Added by Mirza Rais on October 14, 2010 at 4:14pm — No Comments

ExpressBox9 Expansion - Extender from Datapath

This is an excellent expansion system solution from Datapath.

*It has 9 PCIExpress slots and 1 SBC slot.

*Switch Fabric with 192Gb/s

*Daisy chain multiple backplane to provide up to 25 slots.

An SBC computer with the capability of expanding its PCI Express slots by daisy-chaining one expansion to another.

By connecting One Express8 as s standard PC ( SBC installed) and One or multiple expansion chassis.

The host PC requires a PCIe x8 or x16 lane (physical)… Continue

Added by XpansionX on October 14, 2010 at 10:05am — No Comments

PCI Explorer (A.K.A PCI info viewer)

License: Freeware

Language: English

Release: 2005-12-27

By: http://www.summitsoftconsulting.com

It allows you to browse the available PCI devices in the system without having to use WinDbg or a similar kernel debugger. The PCI Explorer application enables you to graphically view all the PCI devices and the buses they reside on accordingly to the actual hierarchy of the various devices on the buses. The PCI Explorer… Continue

Added by XpansionX on October 11, 2010 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

PCI Express Hot Plug

PCI Express Hot Plug

The fundamental purpose of hot-plug functionality is to allow the orderly live insertion and extraction of boards or enclosures without adversely effecting system operations. This is typically done to repair or replace faulty devices, as it is often difficult, if not impossible, to schedule downtime on a server to replace or install peripheral cards. The ability to insert or replace I/O devices this way eliminates or at least minimizes system downtime.… Continue

Added by Magma on October 6, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Firmware Support for PCI Express Hot-Plug and Windows

ExpressCard is the standard for fully hot-pluggable PC modular expansion for desktop and mobile systems. ExpressModule is the standard for fully hot-pluggable server and workstation class computer systems.

To implement a PCI Express (PCIe) hot-plug solution for ExpressCard or ExpressModule on a computer system, the vendor must ensure that the appropriate ACPI firmware is provided for managing the hardware and also account for the different capabilities of Microsoft Windows operating… Continue

Added by Magma on October 5, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments