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ePC Transition to iPC Continuous Improvement at Work
May 2013
Continuous Improvement
“Making it better!”
Without Continuous Improvement . . . Nothing Improves!
• Sometimes we hear the comment, “Sounds like you’re bashing the older
products…”
- If you don’t capitalize on “lessons learned,” then stay with the status quo and . . .
“Nothing Improves”.
• If Chevrolet can talk about improvements to their 2014 Corvette 7th Generation,
then Nematron can surely explain the reasons for our improvements in an
industrial computer. (Click here for video)
• It is worth spending a few minutes to show why Nematron is here to stay and
that we are committed to the future quality of our industrial computer products.
• The ePC-Series has been a great series, but we want better!
- ePC-Series has shipped nearly 4,000 units in the last 5+ years
- Launched in early 2008
- ePC-Series overall has demonstrated a less than 3% warranty failure rate
- Fanless and SSD figured separately, less then 2%
How we are going to improve!
• Number ONE issue in Industrial PCs . . . the Rotating Hard Drive.
- Nematron eliminated this and decided to standardize on the Intel 40
GB Solid State Drives nearly 2 years ago
- After shipping nearly 2,000 Solid State Drives, we can count total
number of failures on one hand
- We are NOT using the cheapest Taiwanese offering
- Fully UL/cUL certified
• Solid State Drives are Faster, Cooler, & more Reliable!
Solid
State
Rules!
Brighter, More Reliable Backlighting
• LCD Displays and Inverters changed to LED-backlit LCDs
- LED backlights eliminate the high voltage CCFL Backlights and Inverters
- Better EMI/RFI performance
- Generally brighter:
• ePC1200 @ 400 NIT => iPC1200 @ 450 NIT
• ePC1500 @ 300 NIT => iPC1500 @ 400 NIT
LCD
Inverter
Boards
- Less connections and components resulting in higher reliability
- Being transitioned into the M-Series & ePC-Plus, and WILL be included in
all new products
ePC1200 with Inverter
iPC1200 with NO Inverter
More Reliable Power Supply
• Over 5+ years, Nematron experienced some failures with the 100 Watt AC
power supply used in the ePC-Series
– Occasionally burned components on bottom side (less than 1%)
– Not good enough!
– After several discussions with vendor with no resolution, we designed it out
– Replaced with an Emerson (Aztec) 150 Watt power supply
• More margin and de-rating due to higher wattage capability
• Conformal coating on bottom side
– Similar Emerson power supply utilized in M-Series without issue for many years
Old 100 Watt
Emerson 150 Watt
Better Touchscreen Solution
• Puckering and wrinkling Touchscreens in high humidity conditions
- Larger the screen size the more apparent this became
- Multiple attempts working with vendor to resolve - over 5 years - to no avail
- Switched to a vendor with a more stable and “flat” solution
- Switched controller to eGalax version
• To prevent issues, not allowed to use controller without the T/S
- Much better overall performance and appearance
• Higher Temperature & Humidity Specifications
• Better Linearity & Accuracy
- ePC-Lite and M2200W already use this solution, and all new products will utilize!
The list goes on!
• Secondary insulation on power cables to prevent nicking
No Insultation On Power Cables
Secondary Insultation On Power Cables
• More robust Molded SATA and drive power connection
Old
SATA
&
Power
Connector
New
Molded
SATA
&
Power
Connector
The list goes on!
• New better fan/sink with much more robust and consistent attachment
Old
Fan/Sink
New
Fan/Sink
• Locking connectors to assure the new ANSI/ISA 12.12.01, Class I division 2
compliance
No Lock
on old
Connectors
New
Locking
Connectors
The list goes on!
• New I/O board that prevents flexing and intermittent connections
- Improved during ePC-Series by adding a standoff
Old I/O Board
New I/O Board
(2-layer construction)
(4-layer construction, better EMI/RFI performance)
• Cosmetic enhancements
New brighter chrome logo
nameplates
New plating process producing
nicer looking rear chassis
The list goes on!
• 64-bit Operating System support
• More DRAM
• Dual video options on rear
- HDMI and Analog VGA ports, either can be use with internal LCD
- nPC-Series now available with dual Video!
VGA Port HDMI Port
And Best of All . . .
• No price increase!
$ (ePC1500T-T2500-2GB-40SS-XP) = $ (iPC1500T-i5-2GB-40SS-W7)
• And better yet a Huge Performance Increase:
Passmark Score
New iPC-Series
Intel i7 620M
New iPC-Series
Intel i5 520M
ePC-Plus
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500
New iPC-Series
Intel Celeron P4500
ePC-Series
Intel Core Duo T2500
ePC-Plus
Mobile Celeron 550
ePC-Series
Intel Cleron M 440
ePC-Series (fanless)
Intel ATOM N270
2819
2387
1253
1243
942
547
438
304
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
Note: Base level iPC-Series units with Intel Celeron P4500 actually outperform the
upgraded ePC-Series units with T2500 for even less cost . . . and have
nearly as high a performance as the upgraded T7500 in the ePC-Plus units