2430 Super VGA Video Card – 2
IMPORTANT!
Please read before installing your product.
Octagon's products are designed to be high in performance while
consuming very little power. In order to maintain this advantage,
CMOS circuitry is used.
CMOS chips have specific needs and some special requirements that
the user must be aware of. Read the following to help avoid damage
to your card from the use of CMOS chips.
Using CMOS Circuitry in Industrial Control
Industrial computers originally used LSTTL circuits. Because many
PC components are used in laptop computers, IC manufacturers are
exclusively using CMOS technology. Both TTL and CMOS have
failure mechanisms, but they are different. This section describes
some of the failures which are common to all manufacturers of
CMOS equipment. However, much of the information has been put
in the context of the Micro PC.
Octagon has developed a reliable database of customer-induced, field
failures. The average MTBF of Micro PC cards exceeds 11 years, yet
there are failures. Most failures have been identified as customer-
induced, but there is a small percentage that cannot be identified.
As expected, virtually all the failures occur when bringing up the
first system. On subsequent systems, the failure rate drops
dramatically.
