Aware Electronics Explained

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]

It produces the RM series of radiation monitors, which include the RM-60, RM-70, RM-80 and the RM-G90^[1] 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^[2] A 1996 review of its RM-60 appeared in the June 1995 edition of Computer Life^[3]

It also produces the LCD-90 MicroController - Data Logger for use in conjunction with its radiation monitors^[4]

On 11 May 2020, AWare Electronics website appears blanked and after that points to a Japanese Company インターネットエレクトロニクス (Internet Electronics).

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 was a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer. It was established in 2006^[5] with the guidance and assistance of the Institute for Information Industry.

It produced the A-BOOK series, which includes the A-View^[6] and AW-300 models^[7] (2008). The earlier model AW-150^[8] was sold in the US as the MiTYBOOK.^[5]

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

• CPU: Aday5F 300 MHz X86
• Memory:
  • 128/256 MB DDR2 SDRAM
  • 4 MB Flash ROM
  • 1 GB/2 GB NAND FLASH
• Display: 800x480 7” TFT LCD
• Network interface:
  • Ethernet 10/100 Mbit/s
  • Wi-Fi 802.11b/g (optional)
  • Bluetooth (optional)
• Webcam 2.0M pixels (optional)
• USB 2.0/1.1 port X 2
• Audio jack: 3.5 mm in/out
• Battery: 3 cells, 2200mAH/cell
• Weight: 950g (with keyboard)
• Dimension(WxLxH) 230 mm x 146 mm x 33 mm(with keyboard)

^[6]

AW-300

A sub-notebook similar to the A-View. The Operating system is a proprietary LINOS 2.4.25.^[9] 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.^[9]

Hardware

• CPU: Aday5F 300 MHz X86
• Memory:
  • 128 MB DDR2 SDRAM
  • 4 MB Flash ROM
  • 1 GB NAND Flash
• Display: 800x480 7" TFT LCD monitor
• Network:
  • 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet
  • Wi-Fi 802.11g(optional)
  • bluetooth (optional)
• USB 2.0 ports x 6
• Audio Jack: 3.5 mm audio jack
• Volume control: volume knob
• Input： Keyboard, mouse
• Storage： USB diskdrive, Card reader

^[7]

AW-150

A sub-notebook similar to, and probably the basis for, the MiTYBOOK.^{[5] [10]}

Hardware

• CPU: 150 MHz X86 (possibly Aday5E)
• Memory:
  • 64 MB SDRAM
  • 4 MB Flash ROM
  • 1 GB NAND Flash
• Display: 800x480 7inches TFT LCD monitor
• Network: 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet
• USB 2.0 port x 6
• Audio Jack: 3.5 mm audio jack
• Volume control: volume knob
• Input：Keyboard, mouse
• Storage：USB diskdrive, Card reader

^[8]

References

1. Web site: AWARE Electronics . www.aw-el.com. Aware Electronics Corp.. Wilmington. 20 March 2023 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20050331091233/http://www.aw-el.com/. 31 March 2005 .
2. Web site: The November 1989 PC Magazine article about Aware's original RM-60. www.aw-el.com. Aware Electronics Corp.. Wilmington. 20 March 2023. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200226094647/http://www.aw-el.com/pcmag.htm. 26 February 2020 .
3. http://banilsson.blogspot.com/2012/11/is-your-house-radioactive.html Computer Life: Is Your House Radioactive?
4. Web site: Aware Electronics New LCD-90 Pro Micro-Controller Data-Logger. www.aw-el.com. Aware Electronics Corp.. Wilmington. 20 March 2023. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200226063133/http://www.aw-el.com/lcd_90g.htm. 26 February 2020 .
5. Web site: Aware Electronics Inc. Ltd history . 8 March 2008 . 2019-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080308042206/http://www.aware.com.tw/about.php . 8 March 2008.
6. http://www.aware.com.tw/products_detail.php?productsID=22 The A-View
7. http://www.aware.com.tw/products_detail.php?productsID=20 AW-300 A-Bag product detail
8. http://www.aware.com.tw/products_detail.php?productsID=19 AW-150 A-bag product detail
9. http://www.ocworkbench.com/2007/aware/A-Book-AW-300/g1.htm Aware A-Book AW-300 review
10. Web site: MiTYBOOK . 2008-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080727014734/http://www.icpowerhouse.com/PRODUCTS/MITYBOOK/MityBook%20SPEC.htm . 2008-07-27 . dead .