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Delivering A Custom Order of Rack PCs in Under 3 Weeks

When implementing industrial computing solutions, time and precision are everything. We recently worked with a customer who had been struggling to obtain a specific rack PC configuration that met their requirements. We quickly stepped in, providing clear communication and efficient service to deliv...

The Perfect Blend of Compact Size with Powerful Performance

Last week, we had the opportunity to build a set of compact industrial computers for a customer who needed a small yet powerful machine for AI applications. The goal was to create a system that maximised performance without taking up too much space. A combination of Ampere architecture and the GPU�...

How Repeatable Processes Fortify the VELA Rack

After enjoying the Early May Bank Holiday last week, our engineers were back bright and early to build more of our embedded computers and industrial devices. The first task they faced? Building 16 identical VELA Rack PCs for a machine builder in the medical industry. Powered by Advantech, the VELA...

Crafting a Custom VELA Rack PC for Industrial Computing

Our Senior Production Technician, Andy Shaw, recently built a VELA Rack PC that was designed to meet the rigorous demands of industrial environments. Our Workshop team builds these powerful bespoke computers to exacting specifications for a fully robust computer that can easily integrate into any pr...

Celebrating 30 Years of Growth and Achievement

Impulse Embedded was founded in 1993 by Graham Whitehouse with just four members of staff, the original vision for Impulse Embedded arose from the desire to connect UK companies with global technology and support our customers’ unique projects. We have achieved this from the beginning by being...

2.5” Single Board Computer from Advantech enabled for Edge AI applications.

Octa-core ARM Cortex CPU with dual-core Artificial Intelligence Processing Unit. Three 4-lane MIPI camera interfaces supporting vision processing at the edge. Modular expansion system for tailoring the platform to your application needs. The RSB-3810 2.5” single board computer from Advan...

VELA RACK series Powered by Advantech

About 18 months ago, Impulse announced the launch of our VELA range of customisable rack and tower PCs. The VELA RACK and VELA TOWER systems are ‘Powered by Advantech’ and have become a huge favourite with our customers looking for cost-effective, ultra-reliable and repeatable ...

Top 5 Industrial Computing and IoT Products of 2021

It’s been a tough year for industrial computing manufacturers. The global IC shortage has impacted lead times for established product lines and has caused significant challenges for new product development. Nevertheless our manufacturing partners have been busy releasing a steady flow of innov...

UNO-148 Scalable Tiger Lake DIN-Rail Control PC

Features low-power yet high-performance 11th Gen Tiger Lake Intel Core processors 2kV isolated I/O and wide input voltage ideal for industrial control applications 2.5GigE LAN supports Intel Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) for real-time, low latency communications The UNO-148 joins Advant...

UNO-137 Integrated IoT Edge PC for Industry 4.0 Applications

Compact ruggedised industrial computer with front-facing I/O for space-limited applications Super fast connectivity with support for 5G cellular expansion modules Modular expansion design allows I/O and comms customisation for specific applications Aimed at factory automation, Advantech's&...

VELA Rack - Powered By Advantech

Not only are VELA Rack PCs built and configured in Impulse’s 35,000 sq ft facility in Staffordshire, but owing to their close partnership with Advantech, a leading global industrial and embedded computing manufacturer, UK stock of all components allow for build, configuration and delivery with...

Solve any IoT problem at the edge with Advantech’s ultra-versatile ICR-3231 cellular router.

When coming up for a concept for this article, it soon became clear that there was no one solution the ICR-3231 was good for. The term “feature-rich” doesn’t quite cut it with Advantech’s ICR-3231 cellular router, and its flexibility means nothing is out of reach for it in th...

Top 5 industrial computing and IoT products of 2020

With the sheer number of products being distributed through our device supply service, along with industrial computers and embedded systems custom-built and configured in our dedicated ESD-protected workshop, our Design Engineers and Network Specialists get to experience a myriad of technologies and...

UNO-247 Fanless Edge PC for Demanding IIoT Applications

Advantech’s UNO-247 is a fanless entry-level Internet of Things (IoT) Edge computer. Equipped with an Intel Celeron J3455 processor, plentiful I/O ports with VGA, and HDMI display interfaces, the UNO-247 is designed to deliver substantial Edge computing power and connectivity at a competitive ...

Ultra-fast AI computing made easy with the SKY-6420 GPU server

Increase performance with the SKY-6420 19” 4U rack-mount system from Impulse Embedded. This scalable dual Intel Xeon based GPU computing platform server for cloud based AI inference allows you to conduct ultra-fast computing for data demanding industrial applications using GPU computing cards ...

UNO-420 PoE powered Data Sensing Gateway for the Edge

The UNO-420 from Advantech is a compact fanless data sensing gateway built around a low power Intel processor and with a comprehensive I/O interface including three programmable serial ports and eight programmable GPIO, facilitating connectivity of legacy equipment to new faster and more robust mesh...

Enabling IoT Edge Intelligence with WISE-PaaS 3.0

WISE-PaaS industrial IoT cloud architecture provides Edge to Cloud software and services to help you integrate and manage IoT powered business models across multiple vertical markets.

What is Node-RED?

Node-RED is an open-source programming tool, for connecting hardware devices, APIs and online services creatively and easily. Primarily, it is a visual tool designed for the Internet of Things, but can also be used for other applications to very quickly assemble flows of various services.

Advantech's LoRa sensors aid cold chain management solutions

An international hypermarket chain in Taiwan required a solution that would help ensure the quality of their frozen and refrigerated foods in order to meet the key objective for the store to remain compliant with the county administrators food supply chain requirements to ‘protect from the ris...

Increase server scalability with Advantech’s ASMB server boards

As we experience a shift towards cloud computing, network bandwidth and computing power have to be adequate enough to enable significant exchanges of big data between edge computers and cloud servers.

WebAccess IIoT software platform by Advantech enables gateway-to-cloud connectivity

Selecting the right software is critical for successfully managing multiple applications in IIoT projects. With Advantech's WebAccess platform, the implementation of edge computing can be made easier.  

Intelligent sensing devices for Industrial IoT big data applications

As wireless applications become an industrial preference, previous protocol to facilitate the delivery of IIoT projects was not suitable for wide area application. The Advantech WISE Wireless Sensory Nodes allow seamless communication over a low-power, wide-area network for remote sites to provide a...