New PMS-5150 Industrial Panel PC

City of Industry, CA (April 14, 2005) – Broadax Systems Inc. today has announced a New Panel PC Series in their ever-expanding line of Industrial Panel PCs. The PMS-5150 is an industrial workstation, which provides space saving efficiency and reliability in just about any location. The PMS-5150 comes standard with a 15” TFT LCD Display and Touch Screen, which delivers 250/260 cd/m2 of brightness. Also this industrial Panel PC includes multiple-I/O design for interfacing with a wide array of PC peripherals. There is also a PCI Slot and a Compact Flash socket for added expandability. The chassis is constructed of Heavy-Duty Steel for strength and durability; the front bezel is made out of aluminum. The front panel is NEMA 4/12 compliant and is sealed against water and dust.

The PMS-5150 comes standard with a 15” TFT 1024 x 768 XGA LCD Display. There is a 17” version of this unit, which is the PMS-5170. Also this Industrial Panel PC is able to accommodate a maximum of 1.0GB of DDR Memory and an 80GB 3.5” Hard Drive, there is also an option for a second Hard Drive. The Display Controller is integrated on the motherboard, with a maximum of 64MB. Processing power comes from a Pentium-4 2.8 GHz 533 FSB CPU. To add greater flexibility, the PMS-5150 offers 3 x RS-232, 1x RS232/422/485, 2x USB Port, 1 half size PCI Slot for an extra controller cards This Panel PC also comes equipped with an NEC Slim-Type DVD+/-R/RW Drive (optional), Slim Floppy Drive, Built-in 10/100BT Ethernet, Built-in AC' 97 Stereo Sound and an AC Input 200W ATX PSU With PFC. The PMS-5150 is Panel Mount Ready and can handle Vibration: 5-17Hz, 1.5G acceleration peak to peak / Shock: 10G peak to peak.

Additional options and accessories for the PMS-5150 are a Water Resistant Keyboard and Logitech or Microsoft Mice. Different Operating Systems are available, ranging from Microsoft Windows 98 SE to Windows XP Professional. Third Party Software is also available. This unit, like all units from of Broadax Systems Inc. includes a comprehensive 1-year warranty plan.

Prices and Availability
The PMS-5150 starts as low as $2,685 with an Intel Pentium-4 2.8GHz Processor, 256MB DDR Memory, 64-bit Display Controller, 15" 1024x768 TFT W/Built-in Micro-Touch Resistive type Touch Screen, 40 Gigabyte Hard Drive, Integrated 10/100M Bit Ethernet LAN, Built-in AC97 Stereo Sound Controller, Slim 1.44MB FDD, Slim CD-ROM and a 200W Power Supply. Prices vary with additional drives and other options.

About Broadax
Focused on its primary mission to provide state-of-the-art computer systems for mobile and industrial computing needs, Broadax Systems Inc. (BSI) offers a broad range of high-end PC systems in rugged portable, notebook and industrial rack-mount designs for use in business, research, engineering, industrial, aerospace and military setting.

BSI was founded in 1986 and is a pioneer in the portable computer industry. Since its beginnings, BSI continues to improve on the design of the portable PC while retaining all the expansion and power capacities of a desktop computer. Customers include Raytheon, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, the Army National Guard and other business-to-business, consumers and government agencies.

For more information on BSI and the PMS-5150 or the PMS-5170 Rugged Panel PCs please contact sales at
BSI Computers
17539 E. Rowland Street
City Of Industry, CA 91748
Phone: 800.872.4547
Fax: 626.964.2665
email: sales@bsicomputer.com
Web at www.bsicomputer.com