Case Study

In order to encourage its citizens and visitors to use more energy efficient and non-polluting means of transport, Pingtung City in the south of Taiwan is planning to make available 450 publicly accessible bicycles at 20 Pingtung Bicycle (Pbike) stations around the city. The Pbike kiosks used to manage the bicycle rentals system will utilize Arestech’s BPC-5020 Embedded Box PC.

Requirements:

• Adapt to changes in the outdoor environment

• Storage and transmission of large volumes of data

The BPC-5020 has rich I/O connections and expansion via 3G module that enables wireless data transmission. The unit can also be used to collect user-specific information, such as the number of rides, charged fees and rental time.