CLC needed a legacy solution for continued support of the thousands of laser systems currently in use across the globe. It seemed I had run into a brick wall and would have to spend thousands in material and engineering costs to offer retrofit solutions for these products.

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VadaTech is a world leader in the design and manufacture of embedded computing solutions. The products include configurable application-ready systems and their building blocks of boards, chassis and enabling software. Our focus is on providing customers with access to breakthrough technologies in a format they can develop, integrate and deploy with faster speed, lower cost and less risk. Based on a unique combination of electrical, mechanical, software, and system-level expertise, VadaTech delivers commercial and rugged computing solutions to meet the high-reliability requirements of a wide variety of industries including communications, energy, industrial automation, medical, military, aerospace, research/physics and transportation. Rapidly evolving technologies require VadaTech's customers to adopt open systems-based hardware platforms to meet the demands of markets that are often uncertain and unstable, and require a nimble response. With a focus on VITA and PICMG open standards, the company offers unmatched product selection and expertise, especially in the areas of data acquisition, signal processing, rugged systems, and other cutting edge embedded technologies.

Since 1982 WinSystems has designed and manufactured industrial Single Board Computers (SBCs) and I/O expansion boards that function as embedded PCs. Based on industrial standard form factors, which include PC/104, PC/104-Plus, EBX, EPIC, and STD Bus, these products can operate as standalone computers or they can be stacked together to create application specific systems. Our products are compact, rugged, and offer extended temperature operation. Additionally we offer quickstart kits for Linux, Windows CE and Windows XP Embedded to aid our customers with their system development.