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Industrial PC company rolls out new unit for public transit systems

Industrial PC manufacturer Arbor Solutions has announced the expansion of its ELIT series with the ELIT-2240, an industrial grade PC designed specifically for digital signage and for Passenger Information Systems.

November 10, 2015

Industrial PC manufacturer Arbor Solutions has announced the expansion of its ELIT series with the ELIT-2240, an industrial grade PC designed specifically for digital signage and for Passenger Information Systems. The unit is 19-inches long and is designed with dual DDR3 sockets fur up to 16 GB of RAM, according to the press release.

"PIS, a fast-growing segment of public transportation, require a reliable backbone to operate efficiently," said Brian Yurkiw, Arbor Solution vice president. "By adopting the ELIT-2240 as the core of its central control unit, users can control and transmit real-time information among the central control unit, the sub-station control units and the display terminals, providing passengers dynamic and real-time information. This includes notices for passengers, time of departure and arrival, station announcements and other multimedia information."

Some of the systems features include:

• A 19-inch chassis design;
• Intel Core i5/i3 with Celeron and Pentium processors;
• Integrated Intel HD graphics;
• Six USB 2.0 ports;
• 1 PCI Express expansion;
• Four gigabit ethernet ports and two serial ports; and
• Support for Windows Embedded 7, Windows 7 Professional, Windows CP Embedded and Windows XP Professional.

The unit is available now from resellers in the U.S. and Canada starting at $855.