x86 Based

256MB RAM

64MB Compact Flash

PC/104 or PCI

Fanless

Portable

 

• Rugged, high-performance industrial PC
  ‧ Fanless, low-power consumption design (22W typical)
  ‧ Support for all standard PC peripherals, includes external floppy
  ‧ Sturdy, compact size
  
• I/O-expandability, equipped with AD/DA, Encoder, CAN, Counter (PWM) and DI/O modules.
  
• Two suite offerings
  ‧ Micro-Box 1000 (PC/104 interface)
  ‧ Micro-Box 3000 (PCI interface)
  
• Onboard Celeron® M 1GHz/256 MB DDR RAM, 64MB compact flash RAM (expandable to 1GB)
  
• Stand-alone operation with xPC Target Embedded OptionTM. Users can write the Simulink® model onto a CF card without an Internet connection.
  

Micro-Box is an affordable and robust platform for rapid control prototyping applications. Developed by TeraSoft Inc, a leading professional engineering solutions provider based in Taipei, Taiwan, Micro-Box works seamlessly with the MathWorks® family of products including MATLAB®, Simulink®, xPC Target™ and Real-Time Workshop (RTW)®, enabling engineers to model physical systems and execute them in real-time under harsh environmental conditions.

Micro-Box for Rapid Prototying

When configured as part of a rapid prototyping system, Micro-Box is attached to a host computer running the standard MathWorks tools such as MATLAB, Simulink, xPC Target and Stateflow® (optional), operating under the Microsoft® Windows® operating system in non real-time mode. Micro-Box acts as a target PC where the user’s application runs on a real-time operating system provided by xPC Target.

Applications are built on the host PC using Simulink, with xPC Target providing blocks to connect to I/O hardware. Real-Time Workshop generates and compiles C-code modules and links them to a Dynamic Linked Library (DLL). xPC Target transforms this DLL to a real-time application and downloads it onto the Micro-Box target PC.

Micro-Box can be configured for use in functional rapid prototyping, on-target rapid prototyping, or hardware-in-the-loop testing.