Industrial PCs pay attention to performance stability. At present, our common industrial PCs use CPU Celeron, Pentium and Core Duo series, and some small industrial control opportunities use Atom CPU. When choosing a CPU, industrial computers generally choose processors with low power consumption within 5-20W. We have heard of J1900, 3865U, 1037U, N2930 and N2600, as well as i3/i5 processors. But is it rare to choose an industrial computer with an i7 processor?
We start from the basic characteristics of industrial computer. The industrial computer is mainly small and exquisite, and the overall design of the chassis is mainly small in size. Unlike commercial computers, industrial computers focus on performance stability. In terms of heat dissipation, industrial computers generally use fanless heat dissipation systems, relying on heat dissipation blocks and large-area aluminum fins for heat dissipation. This requires the power consumption of the industrial computer to be relatively low.
If we can understand from the power consumption performance of the CPU of the industrial computer, the general power consumption of J1900 is about 10W, the power consumption of N2900 is about 7.5W, the power consumption of i3 is about 17W, and the power consumption of i5 is about 20W. The i7's heat dissipation power consumption has reached more than 30W. Even the low-power i7 processors 3517U, 4510U, 7500U and other models, the power consumption of the CPU is relatively high.
Why do industrial personal computers rarely use i7 processors?
It does not mean that the industrial computer does not have an i7 industrial computer. Generally speaking, the industrial computer of this kind of processor is rarely used by customers, and it is also a difficult point in design. If the heat dissipation design is not done well, it is difficult for the i7 industrial computer to operate stably, especially in high temperature environments.
