| Single board computers are small circuit boards that | | | | various industrial factors such as shocks, vibrations, |
| have all the components necessary to function as a | | | | humidity, electromagnetic interference, radio |
| complete digital computer. We do not see them | | | | frequency interference, dust, flash and mist. |
| often and when we do, we have a hard time | | | | Looking at the history, most industrial single board |
| recognizing them. However, most of us must have | | | | computers were initially manufactured in-house or by |
| used a single board computer in one form or another. | | | | companies that use them. There are several reasons |
| These components are often embedded in cell | | | | for this. First, industrial single board computers are |
| phones, fax machines, GPS receivers and other | | | | often used for company-specific applications, so |
| electronic products that make use of computer | | | | companies find it more practical to hire engineers to |
| technology. | | | | manufacture their own single board computers m |
| Electronic products are not the largest market for | | | | rather than let another company manufacture single |
| single board computers. They find wider use in | | | | board computers for them. |
| industrial applications. Such computers are called | | | | Another reason is the lack of standards for single |
| industrial single board computers, or simply industrial | | | | board computers, so the development in a particular |
| computers. They are used for a variety of industrial | | | | single board computer does not necessarily affect |
| functions. Most of these computers are embedded in | | | | other single board computers. Everything changed, |
| industrial machines that perform complex tasks, while | | | | however, when PCs began conquering the computer |
| others are arranged in a rack-mount format and are | | | | world. Shortly after the PC dominated the computer |
| used for data acquisition and processing, as well as in | | | | scene, standards for single board computers started |
| product research and development. | | | | to appear. These standards gave rise to the creation |
| Industrial single board computers are different than | | | | of off-the-shelf single board computers that conform |
| your regular home or office desktop computers. | | | | to particular standards and can be programmed to |
| They are even quite different from other single | | | | perform specific tasks. |
| board computers embedded in electronic products. | | | | Because these single board computers cost less and |
| These differences are dictated by their industrial | | | | are usually updated with new technologies, many |
| functions. Industrial single board computers are usually | | | | companies have opted to use them rather than |
| designed to perform a solitary task, unlike desktop | | | | develop their own industrial single board computers. |
| computers that are for multitasking. Because they | | | | Some companies still opt for custom single board |
| are used in industrial processes, industrial single board | | | | computers and purchase them from manufacturers |
| computers are specifically designed to withstand | | | | rather than develop them in-house. |