Recommended fanless industrial computer solution for dusty manufacturing workshops

Due to the special production environment, a certain machinery manufacturing company needs to deploy industrial computer equipment in a large factory. There is a lot of dust in the on-site environment, and the equipment needs to operate stably for a long time, which puts strict requirements on the dustproof performance, interface configuration and system compatibility of the industrial computer.

1.Customer requirements

(1). Core hardware: fanless industrial computer design, 3 RJ45 network ports, 4 serial ports, Windows 10 system;

(2). Expansion requirements: with 23-inch monitor, wireless keyboard, support AC 220V power supply

2.Selection ideas

(I) Analysis of core requirements

SINSMART TECH sales engineers first locked in rigid indicators:

The factory dust environment requires that the industrial computer must adopt a passive cooling solution; it must support the Windows operating system

(II) Recommendation of multiple solutions

The customer prefers Advantech's solution, so we recommended AFE-R770, which is equipped with Intel's 12th-14th generation processors, supports DDR5 memory and 4 2.5G network ports, has strong scalability, but the cost is high and is not within the customer's budget.

SINSMART TECH sales engineers quickly responded to the adjustment plan and recommended the fanless industrial computer SIN-3065-H110 to the customer. It is based on the Intel H110 chipset and provides 5 Gigabit network ports, 4 COM ports and PCIe expansion slots, with outstanding cost performance.

(III) Environmental adaptability verification

In response to dust prevention needs, both products adopt a fanless design, which can adapt to dusty application scenarios in industrial sites.

3.Analysis of Solution Advantages

(I) Hardware configuration accurately covers the needs

1.Interface scalability: 5 Gigabit network ports and 4 RS232 ports, perfectly adapting to the networking and serial communication needs of multiple devices in the factory;

2.Storage and memory: Supports 32GB memory (customer demand is 16GB) and dual SATA 3.0 hard drives, leaving space for future expansion;

3.System compatibility: natively supports Windows 10 and is compatible with Linux systems to meet customers' long-term technology iteration needs.

(II) Industrial design ensures stability

1.Fanless design: This fanless industrial computer uses an aluminum body for heat dissipation to avoid failures caused by dust intrusion;

2.Anti-interference ability: built-in 4 USB 3.0 interfaces and isolated COM ports to ensure signal stability in electromagnetic interference environments;

3.Wide-voltage power supply support: compatible with AC 220V power supply, adapting to common power fluctuations in factories.

(III) Cost-effective solution

This embedded industrial computer has redundant network ports and expansion slots (PCIe×16, mini PCIe), which improves the life cycle value of the equipment and reduces the investment in subsequent upgrades.