In recent years, emerging industries such as AI intelligence, machine vision, and industrial Internet of Things new retail have emerged, and the demand for industrial automation at home and abroad has continued to increase. The industrial PCs required in these industries serve as the central control brain. In the 30 years of the New Year, foreign industrial PCs are in a state of monopoly. In the past two years, the domestically produced industrial computer has been continuously upgraded and transformed, and it has been in line with the international advanced level. There are even some special industrial computers that are superior to foreign countries in terms of production technology. Since 2017, many industrial computers required by Southeast Asian countries have been purchased from mainland China.
At present, the main features of the localized 4U industrial computer and wall-mounted industrial computer include:
1. All-steel chassis, micro-positive pressure air supply for heat dissipation, dust-proof filter, with high anti-magnetic, dust-proof and impact-proof capabilities.
2. The industrial motherboard is used, and the signals on the board are isolated by multi-layer ground wires, and capacitors are evenly distributed to enhance its anti-electromagnetic interference ability.
3. It adopts highly reliable industrial switching power supply and has strong anti-interference ability.
4. Increase the number of slots and develop a complete range of industrial I/O boards to provide the system with more flexible combination configuration capabilities.
5. Ability to work uninterruptedly for a long time.
At the same time, the localized traditional industrial computer also has its own limitations, such as large size, difficult to disassemble the chassis, inconvenient maintenance, and inconvenient operation. It cannot fully meet the requirements of the embedded environment, so its application scope is still greatly restricted. . As a result, the embedded fanless industrial computer came into being.
The main features of the embedded windless industrial computer include:
1. The scientific and reasonable alloy chassis design can not only prevent dust, moisture, vibration, enhance the ability of anti-electromagnetic interference, but also realize wide temperature operation.
2. No fan and no cable design, which greatly reduces the maintenance requirements of the system.
Embedded industrial PCs are small in size and limited in heat dissipation, and fanless design has become an inevitable choice. The embedded industrial computer uses heat sinks distributed on the surface of the chassis to dissipate heat, which effectively solves the problem of high temperature inside the chassis and prone to failure of the cooling fan when working for a long time, and improves the stability and reliability of the long-term operation of the industrial computer in the field. At the same time, the fanless operation avoids the requirement of air convection, thereby effectively preventing dust from entering the inside of the industrial computer.
Cable-free design, all circuits are firmly fixed inside the industrial computer by means of circuit boards, so that stable and reliable operation can be maintained in extremely harsh environments such as high temperature, high frequency vibration, and high dust.
3. With self-diagnostic function, when the machine is down due to failure, it can be reset automatically without manual intervention, which can carry out long-term and low-redundant work.
4. The embedded industrial computer is compact in size, small in size, light in weight, small in space, simple and flexible in installation and maintenance, and convenient in operation. It can be used with almost any terminal, equipment or control cabinet.
5. Easy to upgrade the system. With the continuous improvement of microprocessor performance, the processing capability, communication capability and interface friendliness of embedded industrial computers have reached a very high level, which is sufficient to meet the requirements of various complex control strategies of industrial control systems.
6. The hardware of the embedded industrial computer, such as CPU, has many grades, and the user can choose an industrial computer with a suitable price-performance ratio according to actual needs.
With the gradual progress of industrial computer technology and the maturity of the industrial chain, the role of embedded fanless industrial computers has become more diversified, and the application fields have continued to expand. At present, industrial computer has been widely used in industrial automation, medical equipment, intelligent communication and other fields, and is gradually extending to financial services, network security and other scenarios.
The emergence of emerging industries such as AI intelligence, machine vision, and new retail of the industrial Internet of Things has given new releases to the market demand for industrial computers. As a key support for the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, industrial computers are playing an increasingly important role in many fields, and are becoming more individualized and customized according to market changes and customer needs.
All in all, industrial computer is no longer limited to its previous role, its application potential is continuously tapped, and quality upgrades and technological innovation are also actively promoted. Next, under the overall trend of accelerating the temperature of the industrial computer market, industrial chain companies such as industrial computer complete machines, data acquisition cards, and embedded motherboards will usher in rare development opportunities.
