Smart Panel = independent computing power + internet access
Smart panel is a system on display providing internet access through wired or wireless connectivity with computing power on a display unit. Like a system on chip (SOC), the Smart Panel's many benefits increase the speed of electronic device development. ADLINK's Smart Panel is the first display module combining independent computer power and internet access. Its highly integrated design makes it easy to implement in fully customized systems.
Smart Panel=LCD panel, CPU board, and touch-screen combined in a single compact unit
The Smart Panel is the foundation of a high quality design with minimal resources for devices such as medical instruments, POS systems, test instruments, automation devices, tabletop ordering systems, and banking systems, etc.
The Smart Panel is a building block design for fast implementation of embedded internet, making it easy for engineers to implement a user interface into either stationary or mobile applications. ADLINK provides a reference design kit for system integrators, so solution providers can build solutions with shorter design cycle and fewer design risks.
Transportation
Automation
Service
Healthcare
Key Features
Maximum Integration
Highly-integrated design makes Smart hardware design easy to adapt, for optimal design integration.
Slim profile
Slender dimensions ensure your end product will meet the most stringent thin-profile requirements.
Flexibility
Fully customizable appearance, I/O connectors, & I/O function, low NRE fee for complete customization, optional battery pack for mobile applications.
Broad operating temperature range
Optional expanded operating temperature ranges are offered, supporting temperatures from -20° to +70°C
High brightness & optical bonding
Optional support for high brightness & contrast ratios, for improved performance in direct sunlight; optical bonding can be applied to reduce reflection & improve mechanical strength
Key Benefits
Companies with products for vertical markets are always seeking to improve their product portfolio, in order to serve their market and oppose competitors. New technologies create new market windows requiring a quick response.
Smart Panels are a valuable solution for product management and product ownership, as they are already integrated with a computing platform display module and cables for interconnection. You only need to design your chassis and I/O board to fit your system application design, reducing the number of design tasks and shortening the development cycle.
Reduced design burden: faster response to new market opportunities
Flexible feature expansio: more design-win opportunities
Shorter time to market: faster/higher ROI
Minimized design risks: reduce impact of failed projects
Fewer BOM items: less operational complexity, reduced burden and cost
Application Story
Business Access Control System ADLINK's Smart Panel- The Smart Choice; Your Reliable Partner
Limitations of traditional access control systems Traditional access control systems have long been highly segregated; components such as the door access, attendance system, security ofifice, and scheduled patrols, are typically independent of each other. The entire security control system cannot operate within a single integrated structure, wasting money and resources.
Benefits of integrated products Integrated products offer significant cost reductions, while effectively enhancing security control capabilities. Employees, classes, and departments can be directly added through a web browser, and used in conjunction with punch card records and attendance reports. The system can be integrated with HR salary management for comprehensive reports, and access control systems can be combined with surveillance systems or linked via triggers to record real-time images of security events, and email notification to security personnel.
ADLINK's Smart Panel solution ADLINK's newly released Smart Panel uses a high speed Intel CPU as the core of its integrated platform, combined with a single display module with a touch screen panel, providing users with an embedded HMI breaking away from traditional "open gate", "close gate" control equipment. >> Read More
Smart Panel v.s. conventional Panel PC
Conventional solutions, such as panel PCs, suffer from a range of limitations.
Off the shelf build: compromises features, dimensions, I/O Purchase
custom build: minimum 6 month design and testing, high NRE, high risk
In-house build with key parts: heavy resource investment, too many BOM items to manage
The Smart Panel avoids all of these limitations.
Simplicity: Smart Panels only require simple passive circuit design for I/O connectors
Concurrent engineering: Software engineers can use the Smart Panel starter kit for program development while hardware engineers design the chassis & I/O board
Integration assistance: ADLINK provides reference circuits to help customers design their I/O boards with minimal effort and low risk
Panel PC
Open frame
Smart Panel
Thickness
Thick
Thick
Slim
I/O connectors
Fixed
Fixed or require cable assembly
Easy to customize
I/O functions
Limited to expansion slot
Limited
Easy to customize
Appearance
Fixed
Can be customized
Can be customized
NRE fee for full customization
Extremely high
Lower than panel PC
Low (only needed for ID, ME, System Certificate and tooling)
