The VIA AMOS-5001 modular chassis wins an award

The PC/104 and Small Form Factors Magazine has given the VIA AMOS-5001 chassis an Editor's Choice award out of appreciation for how well the product makes development easier.

“VIA Technologies has made prototyping hardware and software designs easier with the VIA AMOS-5001 chassis kit,” says Chris A. Ciufo, OpenSystems Media, Group Editorial Director, Military and Aerospace Group. “This flexible kit measures up to be tough enough to withstand harsh conditions but is moldable to many different applications.”
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Small form factor Editor's Choice award

VIA's AMOS systems are customizable embedded chassis that are adaptable to a range of purposes, but as SmallFormFactors.com points out, it's also a great development kit.

"Getting started can be the hardest part of the design process. But VIA Technologies has made prototyping hardware and software designs easier with the VIA AMOS-5001 chassis kit. Whether or not the final design uses VIA’s x86 CPUs or the Em-ITX form factor, it’s still a useful platform to begin with and makes that whole getting started thing much more doable."

The VIA AMOS-5001 fits VIA Em-ITX form factor boards which have a modular design that lets you add new features as your development takes shape. For its adaptability and convenience, the VIA AMOS-5001 has earned an Editor's Choice award.

6th VIA AMOS system announced

When you create a new platform for embedded systems, part of the challenge is getting someone to manufacture cases or chassis that fit. VIA solved this a long time ago by designing and manufacturing chassis designed specifically for EPIA boards. This has included the VIA AMOS-1000 for Mini-ITX, the VIA AMOS-2000 for Nano-ITX and the VIA AMOS-3000 for Pico-ITX. With a couple of variations along the way, the VIA AMOS-5001 just announced by VIA is the sixth in the AMOS series (if I've counted correctly!).

This one is designed for use with the VIA Em-ITX form factor boards, specifically the EITX-3001 series. The complete system in the chassis is small and light enough to be mounted at the back of a screen. The design includes heatsinks on either side of the chassis, providing a cool but fanless design that's useful for various embedded computing uses.