Time is something no one has enough of. „Short time-to-market“ is a nightmare everybody suffers from. A<br>new concept promises a lot of advantages, but how to actually realize them in these short time frames?<br>Especially embedded boards are not always easy connectable, think of tangling cables or missing adapters.<br>Kontron recognized this problem and developed the ePanel, a platform for OEM and ODM. Its main benefit is<br>the high integration of mobile accessories and components in conjunction with mechanical fit and function.<br>To build a mobile computer, just add a battery, TFT display, inverter and housing and you are set. Now<br>system design and application development gets a great boost forward. Others still look for adapters while<br>your project already started.<br>In order to stay close to state-of-the-art computer technologies of the desktop PC market, the ECT business<br>(Embedded Computer Technology) demands adequate processor performance for many applications. There<br>are many standards for CPU boards with a lot of advantages or restrictions. Unfortunately none of these<br>products care about the increasing customer specialization. A board that suits all your requirements out of<br>the box is pretty much impossible to find, but the ePanel fits almost all mobile and space critical applications.<br>Only a customized module will fulfill all requirements. But away from standard products, a<br>customer has to tolerate long development cycles and costly problems when it comes to quick replacements<br>or easy upgrades. The solution to these obviously conflicting demands for a customized solution from
