Getac is bringing fully integrated LiFi technology to the rugged market for the first time. Customers across a wide range of sectors will soon be able to enjoy the benefits of fully rugged reliability and innovative LiFi connectivity in a single device, unlocking a host of powerful new applications and use cases.
This means users wishing to capitalise on the benefits of LiFi technology no longer have to rely on USB dongles that are prone to knocks and drops, making them a poor solution in sectors such as defence, public safety, automotive, energy and manufacturing.
The new UX10 fully rugged tablet will be the first Getac device to offer integrated LiFi capability, powered by pureLiFi.
Secure, high quality light-based connectivity
LiFi (Light Fidelity) technology uses light to transmit data rather than radio frequency, which is the case with traditional technologies such as WiFi, LTE, 4G, and 5G. This innovative approach has a number of benefits over RF-based technologies including:
-Improved privacy and security: Light can be more easily contained than radio waves, and secured in a physical space. As a result, it is much less vulnerable to hacking or hijacking, while giving greater control over network localisation, asset tracking and user authentication.
-Superior connection quality: LiFi offers a thousand times the data density of RF-based networks, resulting in enhanced reliability and interference-free communications. LiFi also doesn’t interfere with RF signals, meaning both networks can be run simultaneously in the same physical space.
-Extremely low latency: Light-based data connections have significantly lower latency than RF-based technology, which can radically enable innovation, automation and the use of advanced applications including augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR).
Unlocking new applications across a range of sectors
The combination of rugged reliability and LiFi connectivity unlocks a series of powerful new applications across a range of sectors. These include:
-Defence: Inherently secure, fully rugged communications solutions that can be rapidly deployed in the field, thanks to minimal cabling requirements.
-Public safety: Lightning fast on-scene data collection and transmission in emergency response scenarios, aided by high quality, low latency LiFi connectivity.
-Automotive: Fast, uninterrupted data downloads for upgrading vehicle firmware in highly physical factory or workshop environments.
–Manufacturing and energy: LiFi can help turn old infrastructure into IoT (internet of things) devices, aiding digital transformation in areas where there are concerns over RF-based equipment interfering with safety-critical operations.
“At Getac, we work with a huge range of customers across multiple sectors, many of whom have very specific technology requirements and challenges,” says Rick Hwang President of Rugged & Video Solutions Business Group at Getac.
“(This) announcement once again demonstrates our commitment to solving these challenges by combining powerful new technologies such as LiFi with our proven rugged devices, to create industry leading solutions that excel in even the most adverse operational environments.”
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