ParView Golf Cart Computer
ParView, a developer of golf course management systems, introduced an embedded management system running on the Eurotech StrongARM-based Graphics Client Plus with an active color 10.4" touchscreen LCD display.
ParView has integrated its golf course management software into the system, which gets installed in the front panels of golf carts. Using a built-in GPS receiver which provides specifics of the golf cart's position, the system shows golfers displays with graphical hole and green overviews, and precise distance to the pin. Other features include electronic scoring, a live tournament leader board, weather and safety messaging (real time updates of storm warnings), two-way radio communication, and food ordering capability from the cart. Golfers can order lunch synchronized for the 9th and 18th holes.
The golf cart features one of the largest active color LCD touchscreens on golf carts, with a 10.4" diagonal screen size.
ParView's application showcases Eurotech' utilization of the Intel® 206 MHz StrongARM SA1110 processor, along with its power management and flat panel drivers. One of the advantages of using the Intel® StrongARM and XScale processor is its power requirement capabilities. The golf cart application takes less than 2 Watts at full operation, and has an automatic idling feature that suspends power to the LCD when the cart is not in active use.
The system's three serial ports are allocated to GPS, radio connections, and one is a spare for future expansion. Other functions implemented on Eurotech' Graphics Client Plus single-board computer include PCMCIA, a Codec, digital I/O, and analog inputs.
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