Mobile and Industrial Computing Solutions

Helios POS terminal, fanless industrial computer with touch screen. It has an Intel Celeron J1900 processor. Sleek design with IP-65 front panel.

Sleek & Elegant Design

The completely newly designed Helios is an all-in-one POS computer with power and elegance demanded by hospitality and retail operators.

Using COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) hardware, the Helios takes the guesswork out of creating a point-of-sale hardware solution. And its small foot-print, quad-core processing power means it will meet the space and performance requirements of retailers of all sizes.

 

Helios C seires POS computer with quad-core processor for retail and hospitality operators

Touch Screen LCD with Tilt Stand

Helios comes with a 15" LCD, five-wire resistive touch screen. Its flush front bezel is liquid and dust resistant up to IP65 rating. And a flat surface, which is stylish for even the most high end settings, is also easier to clean.

The Helios comes standard with a tilt pedestal base. Tilt the monitor's panel forward or backward to set it to a comfortable eye level.

You can remove the LCD monitor from the pedestal base to install the monitor on a wall, a pole, a swing arm, or other mounting fixture. Helios LCD monitor supports the VESA industry standard 75 mm mounting holes.

Helios quad-core POS workstation with VFD and MSR.

Input/Output Ports

Helios supports a full range of standard connectivity ports. I/O ports are accessible by removing the snap-on plastic cover.

1. DC 12V input.
2. HDMI port.
3. PS/2 ports for keyboard and mouse.
4. Three COM ports.
5. VGA port.
6. USB 2.0 ports.
7. Two RJ-45 ethernet ports.
8. USB 3.0 ports.
9. Audio mic-in and line-out jacks.

Helios POS computer terminal with tilt stand and VESA mountable. Its flush front bezel is liquid and dust resistant up to IP65 rating.

Customer-installable Card Reader and Hard Drive

Helios lets you easily install peripherals and storage. Remove two backside covers exposes mounting points for

1. Card reader with USB interface cable, and
2. 2.5" SATA hard drive.

Helios all-in-one POS computer with power and elegance demanded by hospitality and retail operators. Intel Celeron quad-core processor, up to 8GB of RAM.

Add-ons—Card Reader and Customer Displays

Retailers can easily add card reader and customer display to the Helios POS terminal. The pedestal base also supports mounting a second LCD monitor.

1. 2-line, 20 characters-per-line VFD customer display.
2. USB interface card reader (3-track magnetic stripe reader).
3. Customer facing second 15" LCD monitor.

Metal system chassis.
Die-cast aluminum back cover for ruggedness and heat dissipation..
Flush front bezel is NEMA 4 (IP65) ingress protection rated.

Enclosure Construction

Screen Sizes and Features:
15" LCD: 1024 x 768 resolution (XGA), 250 nits.
24-bit color depth (16 million colors).
70 degrees up/down/left/right viewing angles (typical).
8ms response time (typical).

Flat Panel Display

Resistive Touch Screen

5-wire analog resistive touch screen.
RS-232 touch screen interface.
Input method: finger, gloved hand or touch stylus.
Optical transmittance: 83% ± 5%.
Touch activation force: Typically less than 125g.
Operating temperature: -10°C to 60°C, less than 90% RH.
Storage temperature: -40°C to 75°C, less than 90% RH.
High temperature and humidity operating: 60°C at 90% RH for 120 hours.
Surface durability: 3H or higher per ASTM-D3363
Touch Life:
Pen sliding: more than 500K times.
Pen hitting: more than 10M times.
Finger touch: more that 35M times.

Projected Capacitive Touch Screen

Projected capacitive multi-touch panel.
Output mode: USB.
Input method: multi-finger or touch stylus.
Touch point: max two points.
Transparency: ≧86%.
Haze: ≦2%.
Response rate: max 20ms.
Report rate:
single touch: Typ. 200 Hz
dual touch: Typ. 120 Hz
4 point touch: Typ. 60Hz
Resolution: 2048 x 2048.
Operating temperature: -30°C to 70°C, 20%~90% RH at max 50°C.
Storage temperature: -40°C ~ +80°C, 20%~90% RH at max 50°C.

Touch Screen

Helios C Series

Intel® Celeron™J1900 processor (2.0GHz/2MB cache)
Two 204-pin SO-DIMM sockets support up to 8GB DDR3L SDRAM.
Chipset integrated Intel Gen7 Graphics DX11,OGL3.2.
Dual Realtek RTL8111G-CG 10/100/1000 Base-T fast ethernet.
Integrated Realtek ALC662 HD audio codec.

Storage:
2x onboard SATA ports (300MB/s).
System enclosure supports one 2.5" SATA hard drive.

Expansion:
mini-PCIe slot (half size; used for PCI Express mini cards).
mini-SATA slot (full size, shared with the SATA2_2 port; used for mSATA cards).
PCIE x1 slot.

I/O Ports:
3xDB-9 (Com1,2,3). RS-232/422/485 selectable via BIOS setting (default RS-232). All COM ports are 5V and 12V selectable via jumper setting (default no power).
2 RJ-45 ethernet jacks.
2 PS2 keyboard mouse ports.
1 VGA, 1 HDMI for external monitor.
1 line-out, 1 mic-in audio jacks.

OS Support:
Windows Embedded Standard7
Windows Embedded Professional7
Windows Embedded POSReady7
Windows Embedded 8.1 Professional
Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry
Windows 7, 8.1

 

System Specs

Dimensions:
14.125"(H) x 14.25"(W) x 7.5"(D)
Weight:
POS terminal only weighs 12 lbs.

Physical Specs

Input: DC 12V (84 watt AC adapter).

Electrical and Power

Operating temperature: 0 ~ 40°C (32 ~ 104°F)
Storage temperature: -20 ~ 60°C
Humidity: 10% ~ 90%
Compliance: CE, FCC, RoHS.

Environmental and Safety

Display method: Vacuum Fluorescent Display (Blue-green).
Number of characters: 40 (20 columns x 2 lines).
Brightness: 350-700 nits.
Character font: 5x7 dot matrix, cursor.
Character type: 95 Alphanumeric, 32 international characters.
Buffer size: 20 KByte
Character size: 9.03 mm(H) x 5.25 mm(W).
Dot Size (X* Y): 0.86 mm x 1.2 mm.
Case color: Cool white or black.
Height:
4.70" (120 mm) with stand-alone base.
9.80" (250 mm) with base and 1 extension.
14.96" (380 mm) with base and 2 extension.
Panel Dimensions: 87(H) X 220(W) X 50(D) mm
Support Dimensions:
2 supports in package, per support length : 130mm.
130mm x 2 = 260(H) x 33 mm (dia).
Base Dimensions: 33(H) X 217(W) X 106(D) mm
Viewing Angle: max. 90 degrees.
Horizontal Rotation: 360 degrees.
Weight: 2.2 lbs.
Command Modes: LD220, EP501N POS D1 01, AEDEX, UTC/S, UTC/P, ADM788, DSP800, CD!i220, EMAX, LOGIC CONTROL
Interface: RS-232.
Connection (baud rate): Pass-through type/Direct connection (9600 or 19,000 bps).
Reliability (MTBF): 30,000 hours.
Power / power comsumption: 5-12 VDC / approx. 3W
Safety: FCC, CE marking.

Optional VFD Customer Display

Operating Life: 1,000,000 cycles minimum
Media Formats: ISO 7811, AAMVA, and other F2F formats.
Slot Width: 0.040 inches (1.37mm).
Swipe Speed: 3 to 60 inches per second, bi-directional.
Dimensions(L)x(W)x(H): 3.54 inches (90mm) x 1.34 inches (34mm) x 1.10 inches (28mm).
Indicators: Tri-colored LED, beeper (excluding on port-powered model).
Operating Temperature: 0°C to 55°C (32°F to 131°F).
Storage Temperature: -30°C to 65°C (-22°F to 149°F).
Humidity: Maximum 95% non-condensing, dry storage.

Optional Card Reader

Helios Base Model

  • LCD
  • 15" LCD.
    Resistive touch screen.
  • Processor
  • Intel® Celeron J1900 quad-core processor, 2.0GHz.
  • Main Memory
  • 4GB installed.
  • Graphics
  • Integrated graphics controller.
  • Installed Storage Devices
  • One 250GB 2.5" SATA hard drive.
  • Price as Configured: $1195

Accessories and Options

  • Main Memory
  • Up to 8GB.
  • Storage Devices
  • 500GB, 750GB SATA hard drive.
    120GB, 250GB SSD.
  • Touch Screen
  • Projected capacitive multi-touch.
  • Magnetic Stripe Reader
  • Customer Display (Vacumn Florencent Display)
  • VFD Liquid Crystal Display Module 20x2 PPC-125E available with 802.11 b/g/n wireless module.
  • Operating System
  • Microsoft® Windows® Embedded POSReady7.
    Microsoft® Windows® 7 Embedded.
    Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional.

 

Helios C series POS computer with 15 inch touch screen LCD
 
  • Helios POS terminal
  • Point of sales touch screen computer
    Magnetic stripe reader attached to Helios terminal.
  • POS workstation with quad-core CPU
    Magnetic stripe reader & VFD customer display attached to Helios terminal.
  • POS computer terminal
    Second 15" LCD monitor attached to the pedestal base.
  • POS workstation
    Customer displays: VFD and 15" LCD monitor.
  • POS computer
    Back side view showing I/O panel cable management, mounted hard drive and MSR mounting point.

Download Helios C series datasheet ↓.

Download Helios C series mechanical drawing ↓.

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Lead Time

This product usually ships within 15 business days after we receive your order.