Aware Electronics

Aware Electronics Corp.

Aware Electronics Corp. is a United States of America designer and manufacturer of radiation monitors and Geiger Counters. It is located in Wilmington, Delaware and was incorporated in 1986[1]

Aware's RM-80 detector with thin mica window pancake detector plugged into the LCD-90 microcontroller data-logger with Class 1 Bluetooth adapter sending radiation levels to a PC using radio signals

It produces the RM series of radiation monitors, which include the RM-60, RM-70, RM-80 and the RM-G90[2]

Aware Electronics Corp. is notable in that it was the first company to design, manufacture and market a Geiger Counter and software specifically designed to operate with personal computers. A review of its original product, the RM-60, appeared in the November 1989 edition of PC Magazine[3] A 1996 review of its RM-60 appeared in the June 1995 edition of Computer Life[4]

It also produces the LCD-90 MicroController - Data Logger for use in conjunction with its radiation monitors[5]

The remainder of this article concerns itself with Aware Electronics Inc., Ltd, a Taiwanese company, now defunct, which has no relationship what-so-ever with Aware Electronics Corp.

Aware Electronics Inc.,Ltd

Aware Electronics Inc.,Ltd is a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer. It was established in 2006[6] with the guidance and assistance of the Institute for Information Industry.

It produces the A-BOOK series, which includes the A-View[7] and AW-300 models[8] (2008). The earlier model AW-150[9] was sold in the USA as the MiTYBOOK.[6]

A-View

is described by Aware as An advanced digital photo frame with the features of a standard PC.

A sub-notebook similar to and probably the basis for the Elonex ONE. It seems to be a development of the similar AW-300 sub-notebook.

Hardware[7]

AW-300

A sub-notebook similar to the A-View. The Operating system is a proprietary LINOS 2.4.25.[10] It includes educational software, GQView, Sylpheed (email), Beaver (a text based editor), VNC and Tux Typing and games such as Xblock out, Xbomb, Xdigger, Xgalaga, Xscavenger.[10]

Hardware[8]

AW-150

A sub-notebook similar to, and probably the basis for, the MiTYBOOK.[6][11]

Hardware[9]

References

  1. Aware Electronics Corp. history
  2. Aware Electronics Corp. Radiation Monitors
  3. Aware Electronics Corp. First review of RM-60
  4. Computer Life: Is Your House Radioactive?
  5. Aware Electronics Corp. LCD-90
  6. 1 2 3 Aware Electronics Inc. Ltd history
  7. 1 2 The A-View
  8. 1 2 AW-300 A-Bag product detail
  9. 1 2 AW-150 A-bag product detail
  10. 1 2 Aware A-Book AW-300 review
  11. MiTYBOOK
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