What are the development space and advantages of embedded industrial tablet computers? Embedded systems are undoubtedly one of the most popular and promising information technology applications. Its application fields are getting closer and closer to people, especially with the intelligentization of household appliances, embedded systems become more important. For example, mobile phones, set-top boxes, high-definition televisions, game consoles, switches, routers, numerical control equipment or instruments, automotive electronics, home appliance control systems, medical instruments, aerospace equipment, etc. are all typical embedded systems. With the development of embedded technology, industrial computer products based on embedded systems have become a major development trend in the industrial control industry in recent years. The advantages of miniaturization, low power consumption, fanless, wide temperature design, and adaptability to harsh working environments have made it quickly favored by emerging markets, while the original market structure of traditional rack-mounted industrial panel computers is undergoing earth-shaking changes. The main advantages are:
Ultra-low power consumption fanless design is the mainstream. Due to the limited heat dissipation capacity of embedded systems after equipment miniaturization, high requirements (mean time between failures), especially in unattended applications, ultra-low power consumption and fanless design are necessary.
The product has good functional adaptability, almost completely matches the function of the controlled object under test, and has a certain degree of scalability, but it does not take expansion as the main purpose, so the product is cost-effective;
The miniaturization of equipment is one of the main manifestations, which is reflected in the compact design. There is no reference standard for structural design, and the rational use of external interfaces and installation space needs to be fully considered;
The reliability requirements are very high. On the basis that the electrical function meets the reliability design, the reliability design content such as heat dissipation design, electromagnetic compatibility design, dust-proof and waterproof design and vibration-proof design should be carefully considered;
At present, the number of applications of embedded industrial tablet computers far exceeds that of various traditional industrial computers, as well as industrial manufacturing, process control, networking, communications, instrumentation, automobiles, ships, aviation, aerospace, military equipment, etc. Both are the application areas of embedded industrial tablet computers. With the rapid development of embedded industrial tablet computers, it has replaced traditional industrial computer products in many fields. However, industry experts believe that embedded industrial panel computers cannot completely replace traditional industrial computers. First of all, the position of the embedded industrial panel computer in the entire measurement and control system is often at the front end, and the uplink connection of the embedded industrial panel computer is often a traditional industrial computer, which exceeds the embedded industry in terms of computing power, software resources and database support. The range of capabilities of tablet computers; secondly, in the construction of large-scale systems, the system expansion capabilities and network communication capabilities of traditional industrial computers are also difficult to be replaced by embedded industrial tablet computers; in addition, in visual design, process monitoring, data statistics, and science Computing, prototype simulation design, in-loop simulation and other fields. Traditional industrial computers have inherent advantages. In general, the future market development prospects of embedded industrial tablet PCs are very optimistic. In the era of big data, the market potential of embedded industrial panel computers is huge. The data collection work done by the embedded industrial tablet computer is the front-end application of the Internet of Things. However, most users currently only apply this information to small-scale monitoring without expanding its wider application. Today, with the help of powerful basic platforms such as the Internet, this information can be provided to a wider range of applications after manipulation and optimization. This is an important role that industrial computer products can play in the Internet of Things and cloud computing applications.
