Blue Chip Technology are one of the UK's leading designers and producers of single board computer platforms and panel PCs. Blue Chip's single board computer solutions will bring the power of the processor to your business.

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Blue Chip Technology is one of the UK's leading designers and manufacturers of industrial computer platforms and panel PCs. With an outstanding portfolio Blue Chip Technology provide off-the-shelf products including COM boards, single board computers (SBCs), fanless embedded systems, rackmount computers, Panel PCs and digital signage hardware.

Blue Chip Technology have a track record of working with a range of industries including hospitals, assembly lines, rail networks and laboratories both in the UK and across the globe.

Single Board Computers and Panel PCs

Single board computers are entire computers built on a single circuit board. They are most commonly used for industrial purposes, often in situations where smaller, more power-efficient and reliable computers are needed.

A panel PC is a type of industrial computer. A display, usually an LCD (liquid crystal display) is integrated into the motherboard and electronics. Panel PCs range from lower cost types with no environmental sealing to the more expensive, heavy duty models which may be waterproof or even explosion proof. Panel PCs can also be custom designed and built to the requirements and budget of the customer.

The technical experts at Blue Chip Technology have designed and manufactured a wide range of display based solutions to suited to Human Machine Interface (HMI), SCADA, process control, factory automation, building control and home automation applications. The Alpha Panel PC range of 8.4 to 17 inch range of industrial all-in-one units - compact, highly integrated, network-ready devices with full I/O connectivity. The Alpha Panel PC range is IP65/NEMA4 rated and designed to be housed in a panel or enclosure creating a dust and waterproof barrier, an essential requirement for many industrial and commercial applications.

Custom Design

Blue Chip Technology also offer custom design products which are designed and manufactured in-house. As industry leading specialists Blue Chip Technology can either make minor changes to existing products to meet specific needs or can build the products from ground-up development.

Blue Chip excels in custom design – because design and manufacture are done in house they are flexible enough to accommodate a small adaptation or bottom up design project. What it doesn’t necessarily mean is ramping up extra costs – Blue Chip Technology regard many customisation services as integral to the product offering and are happy to provide free of charge.

For more information on the Blue Chip Technology products and services please call today to speak to one of our specialists – 01829 772 000.