COLUMBIA, Md., Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Eurotech, a leading
supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, today
announces they have been selected to supply embedded computers to a
medical original equipment manufacturer (OEM) that specializes in
diagnostics solutions. The value of the six-month contract is
about 1.5M USD.
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The Eurotech Sphere II will allow the customer to meet market
demand and extend the lifecycle of chemistry analyzers using ARM
technology. Used to test for diseases in just minutes, these
products connect to a laboratory information management system that
collects all results into an electronic medical record.
The Sphere II is a full-featured single board computer with
robust I/O, storage, and versatility features. Based on the Cirrus®
EP9315™ ARM9 RISC-based processor, Sphere II provides the forum for
a powerful system with low power consumption. It features rich
graphics to XGA with comprehensive on-board I/O including three
serial ports, Ethernet 10/100baseT, USB host and an AC97 stereo
codec, all in a small form factor that can operate without fans or
heatsinks.
"Medical OEMS can extend their product lifecycle by taking
advantage of our state-of-art platforms," said Greg Nicoloso, Chief Executive Officer of
Eurotech Inc. "Eurotech offers embedded computers pre-installed
with software layers that makes them application-ready platforms,
allowing customers to reduce time-to-market."
ABOUT EUROTECH
Eurotech (ETH.MI) is a global company that integrates hardware,
software, services, and expertise to deliver embedded computing
platforms and sub-systems to leading OEMs, system integrators and
enterprise customers for successful and efficient deployment of
their products and services. Drawing on concepts of minimalist
computing, Eurotech lowers power draw, minimizes physical size and
reduces coding complexity to bring sensors, embedded platforms,
sub-systems, ready-to-use devices and high performance computers to
market, specializing in defense, security, transportation,
industrial and healthcare segments. By combining domain expertise
in wireless connectivity as well as communications protocols,
Eurotech architects integrated solutions that simplify data
capture, processing and transfer over unified communications
networks. Our customers rely on us to simplify their access to
state-of-art embedded technologies so they can focus on their core
competencies. Learn more about Eurotech at www.eurotech.com.
SOURCE Eurotech