First question: What's the most popular open standard board type used in open standards-based systems? Answer: the personal computer, both in desktop and laptop sizes. But if we narrow the question to "rugged, deployed and industrial systems," you'd primarily find PC/104 and its ilk, Computer-On-Module (COM), EPIC, and a bunch of other small form factors too numerous to mention. For the past 15 years or so, PC/104 and its brethren have dominated rugged, deployed systems.A new SIG in town
Resource Guide 2008
With an eye toward PC-based, low-cost, modular, industrial and military systems, the brand-new Small Form Factor Special Interest Group (SFF-SIG) is getting ready to go public with their plans.
| By |
|
First question: What's the most popular open standard board type used in open standards-based systems? Answer: the personal computer, both in desktop and laptop sizes. But if we narrow the question to "rugged, deployed and industrial systems," you'd primarily find PC/104 and its ilk, Computer-On-Module (COM), EPIC, and a bunch of other small form factors too numerous to mention. For the past 15 years or so, PC/104 and its brethren have dominated rugged, deployed systems.
Download PDF
