Industrial personal computer (IPC) is referred to as industrial computer, which has important computer attributes and characteristics, such as computer motherboard, CPU, hard disk, memory, peripherals and interfaces, and operating system, control network and protocol, computing power, friendly man-machine interface, etc.
So, can the industrial computer be used as an ordinary computer?
The answer is no, and here's why.
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Rigid hardware that can smash walnuts
There are five main categories of industrial computers: IPC (PC bus industrial computer), PLC (programmable control system), DCS (distributed control system), FCS (fieldbus system) and CNC (numerical control system), but no matter which one, the hardware of these products is usually a fixed design.
The appearance is "loyal and honest" type, all interfaces and styles are designed, and it is difficult to change; Compared with the flexible DIY of computers, industrial computers are particularly dull.
In addition, in order to achieve good dustproof, waterproof and moisture-proof performance, many industrial computers adopt a closed design, some use the internal fan for air circulation and heat dissipation, and some use the blade fanless heat dissipation design.
Compared with the "open" design of the computer, the "conservative" industrial computer is like a brick, strong and durable, and it is easy to smash walnuts.
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Single-minded to boring software system
Personal or office computers are generally installed with Windows operating system, have a mature software ecosystem, and have all kinds of audio-visual entertainment.
The industrial computer can choose to install the Windows operating system, but in many cases prefer open operating systems such as Linux and Unix.
Compared with the Windows system, Linux and Unix do not have a unified software ecosystem, but each enterprise sets up its own supporting facilities, so it is easy to form a closed system with strong system security: products between different enterprises are often not interconnected; What's more, the products of the same company at different times are also incompatible.
The closed ecology of the software system allows the industrial computer to concentrate on handling things, such as traffic light control, face recognition, data analysis, etc., and the things handled are monotonous and single-minded.
Even if the industrial computer is installed with the Windows operating system, because the equipment is designed to meet the special needs, the configuration of the hardware to meet the needs as the criterion, will not pursue high performance, the operating system may not be the latest platform, such an industrial computer does not have enough hardware resources to support additional applications, can not meet the redundant audio and video entertainment needs.
If you want to play on such an industrial computer that exists for work, it will be boring.
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Compared with perseverance, who has the industrial computer been afraid of?
In order to ensure the stability and reliability of the equipment and reduce the amount of maintenance, industrial computers are often designed to work 24 hours a day, 7 × a day, and the average trouble-free time can reach more than ten or twenty years.
If you treat such a device as a home or office computer, then congratulations, for a long time in the future, you don't need to replace the computer, maybe you have replaced N mobile phones, this "computer" is still as stable as ever, and it can indeed save a lot of costs for replacing the computer, provided that you can tolerate the unsatisfactory use experience.
In addition, the industrial computer was designed with a variety of dust, humidity and other harsh environments in mind, and with such a device as a computer, even if it is a sloppy king, there is no need to worry about downtime for the host to fall dusty.
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If you use a computer as an industrial computer......
So some people have to ask, can the computer be used as an industrial computer?
Again, no!
Some people used the PC computer host as an industrial computer and was responsible for image processing.
In actual use, because the PC cannot support ultra-long work, the device will be down during the partition time; The efficiency of video processing is far inferior to that of professional industrial computers, and there are unfavorable situations such as large latency, unstable stream coding, and large picture noise.
Of course, it is also possible to use a top-of-the-line computer instead of an industrial computer, but the cost is considerable.
Generally, in the absence of conditions, some engineers will borrow a PC to temporarily replace the industrial computer in the verification stage, and when it is really put into use, it is still necessary to use professional industrial control equipment.
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Write at the end
As the so-called technology industry has a specialization, the emergence of industrial computers is to solve professional problems, is the result of long-term practice verification, and is by no means easily replaced by civilian products.
With the diversification of applications, especially the emergence of new technologies and applications such as 5G, autonomous driving, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence, the use of industrial computers has become more professional.
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