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APLEX Introduces IP66/IP69K NuTAM-9E Touch Panel PC for Food, Chemical, and Pharma Automation

Chad Cox

December 11, 2025

APLEX Technology Inc. released its NuTAM series presenting the stainless-steel, fanless touch panel PC NuTAM-9E leveraging Intel Core Ultra 5/7 processors. Built on the Intel 4 compute tile technology, the Core Ultra features a hybrid architecture of Performance-cores (P-cores) and Efficient-cores (E-cores), integrated CPU, Intel Arc GPU, and NPU capabilities. The solution comes in three display sizes including 15”, 17”, and 21.5” TFT-LCD.

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Embedded Executive: The CSA Ushers in ZigBee 4.0 | CSA

December 10, 2025

There’s no moss gathering under the Connectivity Stands Alliance, as the group recently announced the latest rev of the ZigBee spec, version 4.0. This new version enhances the security efforts from the previous generation, and also takes a hard look at smart energy in the latest devices. 

One of the keys, as you’ll hear, is the backward compatibility that’s been maintained. Faisal Bhaiyat, the Co-Chair of ZigBee Working Group, Connectivity Standards Alliance, and also a Senior Software Architect with Silicon Labs, fills me in on the details on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.