Flat-panel industrial PC

Farmington Hills, Mich. —Pipanel is a computer and flat-panel display family for process visualization. This group of compact personal computers has open, graphic-capable information systems for commercial visualization software and the corresponding driver software for connected PLCs. Pipanel can be built out as a control PC and to function as a master in fieldbus concepts.

By Staff June 1, 1998

Farmington Hills, Mich. —Pipanel is a computer and flat-panel display family for process visualization. This group of compact personal computers has open, graphic-capable information systems for commercial visualization software and the corresponding driver software for connected PLCs. Pipanel can be built out as a control PC and to function as a master in fieldbus concepts. An Ethernet port is standard. Computers have either a 10.4- or 12.1-in. color display. Pipanel has a keyboard while Pipanel Touch has touchscreen without keyboard. Processors range from 100 to 200 MHz. Other standard equipment includes hard drive, floppy drive, two serial ports, and one parallel port.

Pilz Industrial Electronics L.P.