UEIPAC--a complete, Linux-powered, Programmable Automation Controller.

Please see the attached press release. The readers of LWN should be very
interested in UEI's announcement of UEIPAC-a complete, Linux-based,
Programmable Automation Controller. The UEIPAC can have up to 150 analog or
288 digital I/O points all in its rugged, 4" x 4" x 6" housing. Please read
the following release information for details

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

UEIPAC(TM) Series
Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs)

Canton, MA (February 1, 2007) — United Electronic Industries (UEI) is
pleased to announce the release of the UEIPAC series of Programmable
Automation Controllers (PACs). The UEIPAC offers a unique combination of
compact size, industrial ruggedness and flexibility. The new family is an
ideal solution is applications as varied as unmanned vehicle controllers (UAV
and ULV), environmental controllers, test stand controllers as well as
hardware-in-the-loop simulators.

The UEIPAC Cube is a complete, self contained controller and includes; An
embedded computer running standard Linux operating system, two Ethernet
ports, a serial port, an SD Card interface, an inter-PAC sync interface and
either three or six slots for I/O boards. The Cubes are very rugged, having
been tested from -40 °C to +85 °C, at 5g vibration, 50g shock and up to
70,000 feet.

Using the UEIPAC, applications written on your PC are deployed on the cube
and run fully standalone. This allows smaller, faster, more reliable and
higher performance systems than possible using an external host computer. It
also eliminates the cost of the dedicated host PC and guarantees long term
availability of the identical hardware. This is critical when certifying
products for military use, through the FDA etc.

The UEIPAC 300 allows the installation of up to 3 I/O boards. The UEIPAC 600
is slightly larger at 4" x 4.1" x 5.8" and allows the installation of up to 6
I/O boards (containing up to 150 analog inputs or 288 DIO). The I/O boards
installed are determined by the user's application. There are currently over
20 different I/O boards available including analog input, analog output,
digital I/O, counter/Timer, quadrature Encoder, serial I/O, CAN bus and
ARINC-429 interfaces.

"The UEIPAC is an excellent solution in a wide variety of industrial and
embedded control applications" according to UEI President Shaun Miller, "The
combination of small size, industrial ruggedness and wide variety of I/O
interfaces is unmatched in the industry. The UEIPAC is based on a standard
Linux operating system, ensuring long term viability, high performance,
excellent support and straightforward application development"

Pricing
UEIPAC 300	$1495	Available now
UEIPAC 600	$1795	Available now

For complete details on the UEIPAC series please visit: www.ueidaq.com/PAC

About Programmable Automation Controllers
PACs have become a popular alternative to Programmable Logic Controllers
(PLCs) in many control applications. The primary difference between a PLC and
a PAC is the way it is programmed. PLCs are typically programmed in "Ladder
Logic" diagrams, while PACs are programmed in "standard" programming
languages (e.g. C, or Visual Basic).

About UEI
Founded in 1990, UEI is a leader in the computer based data acquisition and
control industry. Serving customers world-wide, UEI products based upon PCI,
PXI, ISA and Ethernet interfaces offer unequaled performance as well as
flexibility. We are committed to providing the highest quality hardware,
software and services, enabling engineers and scientists to interface
data-acquisition and control hardware to the real world. Through our
state-of-the-art technologies we serve the needs of individual researchers
and developers as well as OEMs.

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