Contemporary MicroSystems adds lunch box style portable computer to its line of field service, testing, data acquisition computers.
The MPC-9000 is a self-contained, portable computer designed for field service, data acquisition, testing, and other mobile applications. It features a lunch box style system enclosure that supports an industry standard ATX, Micro-ATX form factor motherboard, four storage device bays for hard drives and optical drives, a fold-down keyboard, a choice of 15.4" or 17" LCD monitor, and a 400 watt power supply. The MPC-9000 provides a totally integrated portable computer system ready to be deployed in industrial environments such as telecom field service and test applications. And with its substantial expansion capabilities through on-board PCI-Express and PCI slots, integrated input/output capabilities, and four drive bays for storage devices, the MPC-9000 offers flexible configurations using commercial-off-the-shelf components.
The field-ready MPC-9000 is constructed of aluminum alloy for light weight and durability. Hard drive is mounted on shock aborbers. Expansion cards are securely held down in their slots with add-on card clamps. Rubber bumpers on all corners provide additional shock and vibration resistance. There is a durable, rubber-clad carrying handle on the top that makes carrying the system easy. A padded carrying case with wheels and telescopic handle is included for long-distance transportation of the system.
The MPC-9000 handles cooling and ventilation of the internal components through six intake and exhaust cooling fans. A unique design that incorporates two of the fans and an air duct over the motherboard CPU efficiently expells heat generated by the processor.
The MPC-9000 comes in base configurations with either Intel or AMD dual-core processors and 1 GB system memory. Integrated graphics controller, gigabit ethernet, USB 2.0, SATA hard drive inteface are standard. And if additional functionality or graphics processing power are required, there are PCI-Express x16, PCI-Express x1, and PCI slots to upgarde the system.
