Arestech PPC-N197P-1A1 19″ PCAP Industrial Panel PC with Intel Core i5-7200U and Front IP66 Aluminium Bezel

Operators at a machine or kiosk expect a touch screen to respond to a light tap, while the front of the unit has to take splashes and cleaning. The PPC-N197P-1A1 is the projected capacitive configuration on the Intel Core i5-7200U in the Arestech PPC-N197 series: a 19 inch fanless industrial panel PC with an aluminium front cover sealed to IP66.

The Intel Core i5-7200U is a dual-core processor running at up to 3.1 GHz, with two DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM sockets for up to 32 GB, plus an M.2 2280 socket with PCIe x4 or SATA and an internal 2.5-inch bay, with RAID 0 and 1 as an option. That suits SCADA clients, MES terminals and HMI software with several windows open, with operating system support for Windows 10 IoT or Professional and Linux. The display is a 350 nit SXGA LCD at 1280 x 1024 with a 1000:1 contrast ratio and 170° horizontal and 160° vertical viewing angles. Projected capacitive touch responds to a light bare-finger press.

Connections include two GbE ports on Intel i219V and i211AT controllers, three RS-232 ports and one RS-232/422/485 port, four USB 3.0 ports, DisplayPort and HDMI outputs up to 4K for a second screen, line-out and mic-in and 8-bit digital I/O. A full-size Mini-PCIe socket with a SIM slot and an M.2 2230 E-key socket for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth take optional 4G and wireless modules. The PPC-N197R-1A1 is the same build with 5-wire resistive touch, and the PPC-N197P-2A1 offers the same touch on the Intel Core i3-7100U.

Power is 9 to 36 V DC on a two-pin Phoenix terminal block, at 16.5 W typical. The PPC-N197P-1A1 is fanless and operates from -20 °C to 60 °C at 5 to 95% humidity with extended-temperature memory and storage fitted. It is vibration-tested from 5 to 500 Hz at 2.16 Grms, shock-tested to 20 G under IEC 60068-2-27, carries CE and FCC Class A marks, measures 456 x 393 x 69 mm, weighs 5.73 kg and mounts in a 416 x 353 mm panel cut-out or on 75 x 75 and 100 x 100 mm VESA.