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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]

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Aware's RM-80 detector with thin mica window pancake detector plugged into the LCD-90 microcontroller data-logger with Class 1 Bluetooth adapter sending radiation levels to a PC using radio signals RM-80 GM with LCD-90 Micro Controller and Wireless Bluetooth.jpg
Aware's RM-80 detector with thin mica window pancake detector plugged into the LCD-90 microcontroller data-logger with Class 1 Bluetooth adapter sending radiation levels to a PC using radio signals

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

[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

[7]

AW-150

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

Hardware

[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "AWARE Electronics". www.aw-el.com. Wilmington: Aware Electronics Corp. Archived from the original on 31 March 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  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.
  3. ↑ Computer Life: Is Your House Radioactive?
  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.
  5. 1 2 3 "Aware Electronics Inc. Ltd history". 8 March 2008. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  6. 1 2 The A-View Archived February 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  7. 1 2 AW-300 A-Bag product detail Archived March 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. 1 2 AW-150 A-bag product detail Archived March 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  9. 1 2 Aware A-Book AW-300 review
  10. ↑ "MiTYBOOK". Archived from the original on 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
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