New Product Announcement – Fanless P4 Computer
The strong silent type - Pentium 4 processing power without Fans!

Introducing the new Model LPC-401FL, a breakthrough in micro computing by providing a small form, noise free computer system using Intel P4 technology. The LPC-401FL features an Intel P4 Celeron processor clocked at 1.33GHz that provides for increased performance over the current P3 fanless models of LittlePCs. Designed without cooling fans the rugged extruded aluminium chassis acts as a heat sink to dissipate internal heat and provide noise free operation.

Stealth's latest LittlePC offers a multitude of built-in I/O connectivity such as; LAN, Serial, Parallel, USB 2.0, FireWire, VGA, PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard ports. The PC can operate from 12VDC making it an ideal choice for field and mobile applications.

The LPC-401FL has a built-in 2.5” high-shock hard drive with up to 80GB’s of storage space for archived data. For applications that require extra high shock/vibration an optional Solid State Hard Drive or Flash Drive is available. A slim CD-Rom comes standard with optional DVD and CD/RW drives available. Systems are compatible with WIN2000/XP, Linux etc and can be custom configured to meet the exact needs of the OEM or end user.

Thanks to the rugged design, compact dimensions (10" x 5.82" x 2.79"), and high functionality, the LPC-401FL is excellent for Embedded Control, Digital Signs, Interactive Kiosks, Thin-Clients, and Human/Machine Interface applications. It is one of the smallest full-featured personal computers available anywhere. The LittlePC products serve a demanding market where powerful solutions are being deployed in space-challenged applications around the world

For more information about our Fanless Little PC please contact us for more details.

With the growth of home theatre, video cameras and the consumer electronics market many of today’s computers and peripherals (especially LCDs) have multiple video input options available to them. Here is a clearer picture of what these signals represent.

Composite video, also referred to as baseband or RCA video, is the most common of all video signals.
A composite video signal consists of an analog waveform that conveys the image data in a conventional National Television Standards Committee (NTSC) television signal. Composite video contains chrominance (hue and saturation) and luminance (brightness) information, along with synchronization
and blanking pulses, all together in a single signal.

Composite video is the standard that connects almost all consumer video equipment through a phono-jack, also known as an RCA connector. In composite video, interference between the chrominance and luminance information is inevitable resulting in poor quality video when signals are weak. The cable has 3 jacks: yellow, white, and red. One jack sends the audio (left), the second the stereo (right), and the third the video, respectively. The picture quality is decent but pales in comparison to S-Video

S-Video (Super-Video, Super-VHS) and sometimes referred to as Y/C Video was introduced in the 1980s and solved some of the problems that were inherent with composite video. S-Video provides better color separation and a much cleaner signal by keeping the transmitted luminance and chrominance video signals separated.

Today, S-Video signals are generally connected using 4-pin mini-DIN connectors using a 75 ohm termination impedance. S-Video provides for a high quality method of delivering a clean crisp video signal.

Component video improves the picture quality even more than S-Video. Component refers to video transmitted as three separate signals (subsignals if you prefer) to represent all colors. The first component video was RGB since the three signals represented pure red, pure green, and pure blue content respectively. Today, most video experts use the term "component video" as short for "analog component video" consisting of the three signals Y (luminance), Pr or R-Y, and Pb or B-Y. For NTSC or PAL (interlaced video formats) the Y signal is the same as that used to construct composite video or that found in S-Video.

The most common connection from DVD players is three RCA-type jacks.

(For a very technical explanation of color television and component video, see Tektronix's Web site.)
 

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