WinSystems

WinSystems is an employee owned embedded systems manufacturer specializing in rugged industrial computer products. The company was founded by Jerry Winfield in 1982 and is headquartered in Arlington, Texas.

WinSystems' History

Founded in 1982 (as WinTech), WinSystems manufactures and distributes embedded computers for use in industrial applications. Products include embedded x86-compatible single-board computers, analog boards, digital input/output (I/O) boards, industrial CompactFlash and many other items that are useful in industrial embedded systems. On September 19, 2007 - Jerry Winfield, President of WinSystems, announced that the company instituted an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and joined a growing list of companies whose employees are stockholders.( Employee ownership ) This corporate structure offers stability and longevity for the WinSystems Corporation insuring long-term availability of products for its customers. This is very important for industrial OEMs using embedded PC technology to support their ongoing and future applications.

Supported Buses

SUMIT

SUMIT is an acronym, pronounced "Sum it", which stands for Stackable Unified Module Interconnect Technology, and refers to a specification of the connector used to enable communication between expansion buses independent of motherboard form factor. Boards featuring SUMIT connectors are usually used in "stacks" where one board sits on top of another.

Signals carried within the SUMIT Connectors two identical headers are specified by the SUMIT standard. Commonly referred to as SUMIT A & SUMIT B; designers have the option of designing with either both SUMIT A&B, or just SUMIT A. The signals carried within each connector is as follows:

• SUMIT A:

   One PCI-Express x1 lane
   Four USB 2.0
   ExpressCard
   LPC
   SPI/uWire
   SMBus/I2C Bus

• SUMIT B:

   One PCI-Express x1 lane
   One PCI-Express x4 or four more PCI-Express x1 lanes

Sumit is promoted as the up and coming stackable bus standard for embedded systems.

PC/104

The PC/104 standard defines a compact / modular form-factor bus for embedding ISA Bus system functions within embedded microcomputer applications. The PC/104 modules' small size (3.6" x 3.8") and low power requirements make them ideally suited to embedded control applications.

PC/104-Plus

The PC/104-PLUS standard defines additional PCI functionality that is usually paired with a PC/104 connector to give an embedded system complete ISA and PCI expansion. Like PC/104 modules', PC/104-PLUS modules are small (3.6" x 3.8") and have low power requirements.

STD Bus

STD Bus is popular worldwide and is an approved standard under IEEE-961. The STD Bus has a number of advantages over other bus architectures used in industrial applications such as the PC bus and Multibus. Its simple interface, smaller card size (4.5" x 6.5"); solid, nearly square peripheral cards, and strong card mounts, tolerate shock and vibrations making the STD Bus ideal for rugged industrial environments.

FLASH Storage

100% of WinSystems CompactFlash media is manufactured in the United States.

Manufacturing

The majority of WinSystems manufacturing is done in Arlington Texas. WinSystems currently has two hi-speed Juki Surface-mount lines in operation. In-house instrumentation and specialty equipment includes XRF, X-Ray and AOI equipment.

Engineering

WinSystems maintains a full Embedded PC engineering staff with expertise in x86 processor design and I/O card design.

Location

Headquarters

715 Stadium Drive, Arlington, Texas 76011 USA Telephone: 817.274.7553; Facsimile: 817.548.1358 URL: http://www.winsystems.com