How to choose the right industrial computer for you?

The full name of industrial computer is industrial control computer. It is a computer specially designed for industrial control. It is used to monitor and control the machinery and equipment, production process, data parameters, etc. used in the production of industrial computers.

Industrial personal computers often run in harsh environments and have higher requirements for data security. Therefore, industrial personal computers are usually specially designed for reinforcement, dust-proof, moisture-proof, corrosion-proof, and radiation-proof.

Industrial personal computers also have very high requirements for scalability, and the interface design needs to meet specific external devices. Therefore, in most cases, industrial personal computers need to be individually customized to meet the needs.

How to choose an industrial computer, you must first figure out the following points: what equipment is the industrial computer used in; whether the communication interface of the industrial computer is rich and sufficient; whether the quality of the product meets the standard.

Today, I mainly share with you the purchasing guide of industrial computer:

1. Choose according to the space size of the industrial computer. The industrial computer usually needs to be installed on a rack or other small space, so the installation size constitutes his primary limitation. The height of the industrial computer varies from 1U to 7U according to the installation size (1U=4.45 cm). At the same time, in the past ten years, a smaller fanless embedded industrial computer has been developed, which is only more than ten centimeters long, and also has more complex functions. Therefore, first of all, the product specifications should be selected according to the size of the site installation.

2. According to the feasible installation methods on site, it can be divided into wall-mounted, rack-mounted, desktop, and embedded. At the same time, the outlet method should also be considered to avoid wiring difficulties, such as front outlet, rear outlet, etc.

3. Environmental requirements, the reason why the industrial computer is different from ordinary civilian computers is that it can be used in harsh environments, such as ultra-high or ultra-low temperature, high dust, high vibration and other occasions. Therefore, when choosing an industrial computer, carefully check whether its parameters can meet the needs of your application environment. Such as operating temperature, storage temperature, etc.

4. Technical parameters, just like choosing a personal computer, you should also look at the configuration when buying an industrial computer: processor (processing speed), storage, memory, software, etc. The configuration of each industrial computer is based on the comprehensive consideration of the equipment used on site. It is also a waste if the configuration is too high and cannot fully utilize the efficiency of the industrial computer. The function will be discounted, and the production efficiency will also be reduced.

5. Expansion, consider what types of interfaces of the industrial computer are required, whether there are RS-232/485, CPCI, USB, Profinet and other types of interfaces, if the purchase is not a complete industrial computer but an assembled machine, pay attention to the selection board Consider the interface problem when installing the card.