Comfile intros rugged Windows CE-based touchscreen controller
By Donald Melanson 
posted May 29th 2008 12:15AM
posted May 29th 2008 12:15AM
It's definitely not for everyone, but if you fashion yourself an amateur MythBuster, you may do well to add Comfile's new rugged Windows CE-based CuWIN3500 touchscreen controller to your homebrew arsenal, which will let you control an array of sensors, motors or just about anything else you can plug into it. Up front and center on this one is a 7-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen, which gets backed up by a 32bit ARM9 266MHz processor, 64MB of SDRAM, 64MB NAND Flash, built-in Ethernet, and an SD card slot for further expansion. If that sounds like the piece of kit you've been waiting for, you can get your hands on one of these right now for $600.
[Via Zedomax]
[Via Zedomax]
Wince? Yuck. People are still using that?
I'll wait for an EEE-branded answer to this, thanks.
"the piece of kit"
iPhone killer = NOT = FAIL
It's not even a cell phone buddy. You = fail at fanboyage.
it's parody peshue. welcome to engadget, etc
I was looking to see if it worked with some form of digital or analog IO.
To use it as a simple monitoring and remote controlling system. That is supplied in their other products, but I can't quite see how to link their IO gadgets to this thing.
This isn't meant to be some casual computer geek toy. It has a specific industrial purpose.
since when are industrial machines not geek toys?
Since when did Hitler do his own fighting?
miniaturized Surface?
small-ass table!
That looks so sweat I want one now.
sweat? fail...
Oh, hi. Didn't expect to see this on Engadget...I work for Comfile. Max (of zedomax) used to work for us. Anyway, you're right, the Cuwin is intended as part of a system that requires some work to put together, especially since developing for it requires some Visual Studio ability (though a customer has actually managed to get Linux running on this...check the forums). However, it does have a mode that lets you control buttons and images and other elements over a serial interface. That's the same as the IntelliLCDs. We'll soon be releasing a device that looks like the Cuwin, but has an integrated IntelliLCD and industrial controller, so you actually can hook up switches, analog inputs, a K-type thermistor, I2C, even some AC loads with a few relays. There's also going to be a remote-IO device that give the Cuwin some options for I/O. So yeah, it's not a consumer gadget, but I'd actually like to see some more interesting industry gadgets. I used to work in factory automation and there's a lot of really interesting equipment making sure you have clothes to wear and food to eat.
I work for a company that makes RTUs, so it was interesting to browse your website and see how you do things. You provide Ladder Logic too. A weird little programming language.
I really hate these "[Wrong word/opposite opinion]=FAIL" comments. They aren't even funny.
They're less funny than the Doom comments, First comments, Overlord comments and Will it Blend? comments.
I know that somebody will reply saying "ALEX=FAIL", I don't care, I rest safe in the knowledge that I have a life.
ALEX = NOT FAIL
266MHz? Is that a misprint or what the hell? 400MHz is already yesteryears's standard. I guess it does indeed expect an addon with a CPU to do any kind of processing, but even then, the 266MHz would have to do the video and on a 800 pixel screen, and the wifi etcetera, and I expect that's a bit underpowered.
Yeah, way to underpowered for any audio work. I'll stick with my quad-core prodjpc.