Hi,

Interesting. I sell Computer Dynamics (a division of GE Fanuc) products in
my day job in industrial automation. I've sold their WinCE panel mount
computers. They are very nice. I'm not sure, but I don't think they'll
work for us in gliders. I've looked at panel mount WinCE devices in the
past and found that they have a few gotchas. They usually require 24V
power. It should be possible to work around that. They also require huge
amounts of current to power the backlight. I don't have a solution for
that. Hopefully screen technology will eventually produce a screen that
works in sunlight without a high-current backlight. Also, the WinCE
computers we sell are a bit too big for use in a glider. The bezel is
large.

Paul Remde

"Guy Byars" wrote in message
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http://www.cdynamics.com/choicetcembsys.html

Install one of those in your cockpit, with a LINUX based flight display
program... then you just might have something! This is a project I would
be quite interested in, but working in Starbucks or McDonalds is more
profitable than writing soaring software.

Guy Byars



"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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Do you have a link to one of these systems? I haven't seen one.

tango4 wrote:

We've just had a very swanky aircon system fitted to our offices. The
control panel is a WindowsCE device compatible with Winpilot, PalmNav,
Fly
with CE and a couple of others. ( Ask me, I installed a package 'out
of
hours' ) I'm wondering if anyone else has thought of permanently
mounting
this type of device in their panel. If I could get a minimum order
together
it might be worth it.

No mounts
No loose cables
Integrated power supply
Install your own software of choice with a laptop or PC
A lot more difficult to steal!

Ian



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