Siemens Industry Inc: CE touchpanel

Siemens Energy & Automation (Alpharetta, GA) introduces the Simatic TP170A touch-panel display based on the the Microsoft Windows CE operating system, which offers “instant on” functionality and does not require a hard disk to operate.

May 31, 2000

It has a 6” screen in a robust IP65-rated panel design and is equipped with all basic functions for simple machine control applications. It is configured with Simatic ProTool, through which users can create push buttons, indicators, graphics, I/O fields as well as fixed tests and messages.

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