Design To Order Services for Portable Lottery POS
Introduction
Lottery operations continue to grow as the chance to win large sums of money with relatively small investments remains appealing to the masses. With demand growing in China, Russia, Brazil, India, and other parts of the world, lottery hardware and software continues to evolve with flexible solutions that meet various regional requirements.
Advantech's customer is a global leader in supplying integrated, licensed lottery systems. Ranking among the most advanced and flexible systems available worldwide, they are distinguished for their quality, reliability, adaptability, expandability, and security of operation.
Solution
The customer's products are the most advanced systems for creating, delivering, and displaying rich multimedia content at multiple lottery venues. In this case, the customer needed a flexible, custom mainboard that offered the latest in interactive multimedia technology, digital television, and data broadcasting technologies. It needed to be portable, to handle wireless situations, to support a touchscreen, and to be applicable to almost any solution in their field. Attributes included:
• Compact size
• High speed thermal printer
• 2D barcode scanner
• Smart card reader
• A variety of I/O ports and expansions
System
Advantech provided a custom-designed mainboard to meet customer requirements and uphold their standards. Expandability was crucial because the system had to be upgradeable and capable of having components such as wireless communication or a touchscreen added or removed according to specific application needs at the time. The customer took advantage of Advantech's Design To Order Services to acquire exactly the type of board that they wanted.
Benefits
• Fanless operation; ideal for quiet environments.
• Versatile, accurate, and dependable, but compact in size.
• Internal cables enable simple system assembly and safety verification.