Dean Roddey
16-08-2004, 09:38 AM
This is CQC running on a HushPC, with a Planar 15" touch screen LCD on it.
http://www.charmedquark.com/www2/Downloads/Sample1_580_Med.jpg
This is a hardware platform that we are thinking of delivering as our initial non-software-only type product. The first scenario will be pretty straightforward, just stripped down XP and with a hard drive. But we think we can deliver a diskless system in this same enclosure as well, for a 'no moving parts' type system.
The HushPC is fanless and as long as it's not hitting the hard drive, and it would hardly ever do so in most CQC operations, it makes no noise at all. You can see the elaborate heat sinks on the side, which actually look pretty cool as well. It's also available in a silver finish for those folks who want it to be a visual element in and of itself.
The planar is a 15" with USB based touch screen. It works just fine with the finger, and has a few mounting options. This one shows the standard desktop top mount. In my own use, I'll put the HushPC on the shelf under the table top but I wanted to put it on top for this picture so that you could see it, and just sit the planar on the table top.
But you can also wall mount it and run the cables to it through the wall. And it has a moveable arm type mount so that you can flip it out in front of you and then push it away when you are done with it.
It has 4 serial ports built in, and 4 USB ports, so many folks wouldn't need any outboard serial or USB ports. You can see a USB UIRT there just under the touch screen, which is being used for IR receiving in this case. The IR blasting is done via a GC-100 over ethernet, and there's a USB based multi-port serial box over in the rack. So in my case I didn't need the serial ports, though I might end up using them at some point.
But with the placement options available (with ethernet, USB based outboard ports, or long video/serial (touch screen) runs, you could go either way. I.e. you could do it like me, or put the HushPC in the rack and do a video/serial run over to the touch screen mounted near the couch, and use the onboard USB/serial ports of the HushPC for device control.
Anyway, comments are welcome.
http://www.charmedquark.com/www2/Downloads/Sample1_580_Med.jpg
This is a hardware platform that we are thinking of delivering as our initial non-software-only type product. The first scenario will be pretty straightforward, just stripped down XP and with a hard drive. But we think we can deliver a diskless system in this same enclosure as well, for a 'no moving parts' type system.
The HushPC is fanless and as long as it's not hitting the hard drive, and it would hardly ever do so in most CQC operations, it makes no noise at all. You can see the elaborate heat sinks on the side, which actually look pretty cool as well. It's also available in a silver finish for those folks who want it to be a visual element in and of itself.
The planar is a 15" with USB based touch screen. It works just fine with the finger, and has a few mounting options. This one shows the standard desktop top mount. In my own use, I'll put the HushPC on the shelf under the table top but I wanted to put it on top for this picture so that you could see it, and just sit the planar on the table top.
But you can also wall mount it and run the cables to it through the wall. And it has a moveable arm type mount so that you can flip it out in front of you and then push it away when you are done with it.
It has 4 serial ports built in, and 4 USB ports, so many folks wouldn't need any outboard serial or USB ports. You can see a USB UIRT there just under the touch screen, which is being used for IR receiving in this case. The IR blasting is done via a GC-100 over ethernet, and there's a USB based multi-port serial box over in the rack. So in my case I didn't need the serial ports, though I might end up using them at some point.
But with the placement options available (with ethernet, USB based outboard ports, or long video/serial (touch screen) runs, you could go either way. I.e. you could do it like me, or put the HushPC in the rack and do a video/serial run over to the touch screen mounted near the couch, and use the onboard USB/serial ports of the HushPC for device control.
Anyway, comments are welcome.