Aware Electronics
Aware Electronics Corp.
Aware Electronics Corp. is a United States of America designer and manufacturer of radiation monitors and Geiger Counters. It is located in Wilmington, Delaware and was incorporated in 1986[1]
It produces the RM series of radiation monitors, which include the RM-60, RM-70, RM-80 and the RM-G90[2]
Aware Electronics Corp. is notable in that it was the first company to design, manufacture and market a Geiger Counter and software specifically designed to operate with personal computers. A review of its original product, the RM-60, appeared in the November 1989 edition of PC Magazine[3] A 1996 review of its RM-60 appeared in the June 1995 edition of Computer Life[4]
It also produces the LCD-90 MicroController - Data Logger for use in conjunction with its radiation monitors[5]
The remainder of this article concerns itself with Aware Electronics Inc., Ltd, a Taiwanese company, now defunct, which has no relationship what-so-ever with Aware Electronics Corp.
Aware Electronics Inc.,Ltd
Aware Electronics Inc.,Ltd is a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer. It was established in 2006[6] with the guidance and assistance of the Institute for Information Industry.
It produces the A-BOOK series, which includes the A-View[7] and AW-300 models[8] (2008). The earlier model AW-150[9] was sold in the USA as the MiTYBOOK.[6]
A-View
is described by Aware as An advanced digital photo frame with the features of a standard PC.
A sub-notebook similar to and probably the basis for the Elonex ONE. It seems to be a development of the similar AW-300 sub-notebook.
Hardware[7]
- CPU: Aday5F 300 MHz X86
- Memory:
- 128/256 MB DDR2 SDRAM
- 4 MB Flash ROM
- 1 GB/2GB NAND FLASH
- Display: 800x480 7” TFT LCD
- Network interface:
- Webcam 2.0M pixels (optional)
- USB 2.0/1.1 port X 2
- Audio jack: 3.5 mm in/out
- Battery: 3 cells, 2200mAH/cell
- Weight: 950g (with keyboard)
- Dimension(WxLxH) 230 mm x 146 mm x 33 mm(with keyboard)
AW-300
A sub-notebook similar to the A-View. The Operating system is a proprietary LINOS 2.4.25.[10] It includes educational software, GQView, Sylpheed (email), Beaver (a text based editor), VNC and Tux Typing and games such as Xblock out, Xbomb, Xdigger, Xgalaga, Xscavenger.[10]
Hardware[8]
- CPU: Aday5F 300 MHz X86
- Memory:
- 128MB DDR2 SDRAM
- 4MB Flash ROM
- 1 GB NAND Flash
- Display: 800x480 7" TFT LCD monitor
- Network:
- USB 2.0 ports x 6
- Audio Jack: 3.5 mm audio jack
- Volume control: volume knob
- Input: Keyboard, mouse
- Storage: USB diskdrive, Card reader
AW-150
A sub-notebook similar to, and probably the basis for, the MiTYBOOK.[6][11]
Hardware[9]
- CPU: 150 MHz X86 (possibly Aday5E)
- Memory:
- 64 MB SDRAM
- 4MB Flash ROM
- 1 GB NAND Flash
- Display: 800x480 7-inch (180 mm) TFT LCD monitor
- Network: 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet
- USB 2.0 port x 6
- Audio Jack: 3.5 mm audio jack
- Volume control: volume knob
- Input:Keyboard, mouse
- Storage:USB diskdrive, Card reader
References
- ↑ Aware Electronics Corp. history
- ↑ Aware Electronics Corp. Radiation Monitors
- ↑ Aware Electronics Corp. First review of RM-60
- ↑ Computer Life: Is Your House Radioactive?
- ↑ Aware Electronics Corp. LCD-90
- 1 2 3 Aware Electronics Inc. Ltd history
- 1 2 The A-View Archived February 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 AW-300 A-Bag product detail Archived March 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 AW-150 A-bag product detail Archived March 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 Aware A-Book AW-300 review
- ↑ MiTYBOOK