What are the Advantages of an Industrial PC?
Industrial grade or embedded PC systems are designed for use in environments where consumer/commercial grade PC Systems are not suitable for the application at hand.
What are the Advantages of a Rugged Computer?
A rugged computer, or ruggedized PC is a computer specifically designed to operate reliably in harsh usage environments and conditions, such as extreme temperatures, strong vibrations and wet or dusty conditions.
Intel Elkhart Lake: Powering the Next Generation of IoT Edge Devices
To support the next generation of IoT edge devices, Intel has developed a new line of processors enhanced for IoT—The Intel Atom x6000E Series.
IP Rating: What is an IP Rating?
Anyone involved with industrial systems will have heard or used the term ‘IP rating’, we explain what the term means and how it affects selecting the right product.
BVM Media – Product News, Blog and FAQ
BVM shares the latest news on industrial and embedded products, including press releases, articles, insights into trends, and a knowledge base for frequently asked questions.
MXM: What are Mobile PCI Express “MXM” Modules?
A Mobile PCI Express Module (MXM) is an interconnect standard for GPUs in laptops and embedded computers using PCI Express.
Pico-ITX: What is a Pico-ITX Motherboard?
The Pico-ITX industrial computing platform provides a solution in a 100mm by 72mm foot print. This makes it ideally suited to space-limited applications were diverse I/O requirements are still a requirement.
PoE: What Are The Main Advantages of Power Over Ethernet (PoE)?
The main advantage of Power over Ethernet (PoE) is delivery of data AND power over one Cat5e/Cat6 Ethernet cable
What is an Embedded Computer?
Embedded Computers (sometimes known as ‘Embedded Systems) are purpose-built computing platforms designed for a specific task or fixed functionality – where at every re-boot, a fixed environment is activated. These are not your typical desktop or tower computers that we are used to using at home or in the office.
Why Use a Portable Pelicase Computer?
I have a laptop, why would I need a portable computer? We often see examples of field-based test or surveillance equipment based on a laptop computer. If the application is in a reasonably benign environment and there aren’t too many external real-world connections the laptop or tablet can be a good solution.
Kiosk Printers: What is a Kiosk Printer?
Kiosk printers can take many forms but they all have one thing in common; being are hidden away inside a machine. One reason there are so many different kiosk printers on the market is that the applications for them are so diverse.
Thermal Printers: What are they and where are they used?
Printed receipts and documents are all around us in our everyday lives. BVM provides all types of thermal printers, including printer mechanisms , Panel Printers and Kiosk Printers to build into your product, Receipt Printers for retail applications, Label Printers, and Battery Powered Portable and Vehicle-powered mobile printers for printing up to A4-width on the move.
Windows IoT: System locked down, but need to make changes?
For functional security and resilience to external attacks, it is essential that modern embedded systems are locked down in a way that only permits approved applications to run.
Panel Printers: What is a Panel Mount Printer?
If you make a product that needs to produce a printout, then integrating a “panel printer” could be a quick and easy way to do it.
IoT: So, What is The Internet of Things (IoT)?
What is IoT ? The term IoT (Internet of Things) is in common usage but its meaning and significance are not always fully realised by those outside the tech industries.