Aware Electronics

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

CPU: Aday5F 300 MHz X86
Memory:
- 128/256 MB DDR2 SDRAM
- 4 MB Flash ROM
- 1 GB/2GB 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[edit]

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[edit]

CPU: Aday5F 300 MHz X86
Memory:
- 128MB DDR2 SDRAM
- 4MB 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[edit]

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

Hardware[edit]

CPU: 150 MHz X86 (possibly Aday5E)
Memory:
- 64 MB SDRAM
- 4MB Flash ROM
- 1 GB NAND Flash
Display: 800x480 7-inch (180 mm) 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[edit]

^ ^a ^b "AWARE Electronics". www.aw-el.com. Wilmington: Aware Electronics Corp. Archived from the original on 31 March 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
^ "The November 1989 PC Magazine article about Aware's original RM-60". www.aw-el.com. Wilmington: Aware Electronics Corp. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
^ Computer Life: Is Your House Radioactive?
^ "Aware Electronics New LCD-90 Pro Micro-Controller Data-Logger". www.aw-el.com. Wilmington: Aware Electronics Corp. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Aware Electronics Inc. Ltd history". 8 March 2008. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
^ ^a ^b The A-View Archived February 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b AW-300 A-Bag product detail Archived March 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b AW-150 A-bag product detail Archived March 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Aware A-Book AW-300 review
^ "MiTYBOOK". Archived from the original on 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2008-03-09.

[awarecorphistory-1] "AWARE Electronics". www.aw-el.com. Wilmington: Aware Electronics Corp. Archived from the original on 31 March 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

[awarepcmag-2] "The November 1989 PC Magazine article about Aware's original RM-60". www.aw-el.com. Wilmington: Aware Electronics Corp. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

[awarecomputerlife-3] Computer Life: Is Your House Radioactive?

[LCD-90-4] "Aware Electronics New LCD-90 Pro Micro-Controller Data-Logger". www.aw-el.com. Wilmington: Aware Electronics Corp. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

[awareinchistory-5] "Aware Electronics Inc. Ltd history". 8 March 2008. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 2019-11-12.

[AView-6] The A-View Archived February 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[AW300-7] AW-300 A-Bag product detail Archived March 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[AW150-8] AW-150 A-bag product detail Archived March 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[aw300review-9] Aware A-Book AW-300 review

[10] "MiTYBOOK". Archived from the original on 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2008-03-09.

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