Product Description

The 4PP420.1043-B5 is a 4PP series power panel from the Power Panel 400 product line manufactured by the B & R Automation engineering firm. It is equipped with an Automation Runtime boot loader. The product has a power supply with a rated current of 0.71 A and a typical power consumption of 17 watts. The device features a metal housing and weighs 4.2 kilograms without any attached aPCI modules. It is designed for ideal operation within ambient temperatures ranging from 0 to 50 degrees Celsius.

The 4PP420.1043-B5 power panel uses the Geode LX800 processor. The 32-bit chip supports the 3D Now and MMX technology expanded command set and has 128 kB of L1 and L2 cache. The chip is cooled passively by a heat sink. The device has 2 MB of flash memory for firmware and 128 MB of DDR SDRAM as main memory. There is also 512 kB of SRAM on the unit and it is battery-buffered. The real-time clock is also battery-buffered and is rated to have an accuracy of 30 ppm at 25 degrees Celsius. The unit uses a Renata 950 milliamp hour battery that is replaceable.

The 4PP420.1043-B5 uses an analog touch screen display. The color TFT screen is 10.4 inches in diagonal length and has a VGA resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. The backlit screen has a brightness rating of 450 cd/m2 and a half-brightness time of 55,000 hours. The unit has 2 aPCI slots, 2 USB type A interfaces, and one RS232, modem-capable serial Interface. The device also has an ethernet port and a CompactFlash interface. There are no physical keys on the unit. It features a power button, a reset button, and several LED indicators.