Some tips for selecting industrial control computers

Nov 05, 2024 Pageview：61

Usage environment: Most industrial computers are used in harsh environments with higher requirements for data security, so they are usually designed with special features such as reinforcement, dust prevention, moisture prevention, corrosion prevention, and radiation protection. In addition, most industrial control computers currently use embedded installation methods and require low power consumption without fans, such as our company's industrial control motherboard G-TN2600T. It is important to understand this before purchasing. 

So before selecting, we should pay attention to these points: what device is the industrial computer you want to use; Are there enough communication interfaces required for work; Can the quality of the machine pass the standard. 

Having understood these, let's start choosing the appropriate industrial computer. 

The industrial control motherboard is the heart and core part of an industrial control computer, and its quality directly affects the performance of the computer. Therefore, when choosing an industrial control computer, the first step is to choose a motherboard that is suitable for oneself. The following will introduce how to choose the brand of industrial control motherboard and how to check the design quality of the motherboard. 

We all know that the quality of industrial computer motherboards is mainly determined by three aspects: chipset (CHIPSET), design and layout of industrial computer motherboards, and the workmanship and materials used for industrial computer motherboards. There's no need to say much about the chipset here, as we have detailed explanations and introductions on our website. Let's talk about how the quality of industrial control motherboards is reflected from these two aspects: the design, layout, and workmanship and materials of industrial control motherboards.

1、 Layout and Design of Industrial Control Computer Motherboard 

The layout of an industrial control motherboard is mainly reflected in the arrangement of various components and the routing of circuits on the industrial control computer motherboard. In the eyes of experts, a good industrial control computer motherboard looks almost like a beautiful piece of art. When chip manufacturers ship to industrial control computer motherboard manufacturers, they will provide corresponding CHIPSET DESIGN GUIDE for the chip set, and there are usually standard based samples, which we call industrial control boards. European and American manufacturers often follow the design of standard boards, which are very in line with the specifications provided by official chipsets. This approach ensures performance, but the price is difficult to control. Taiwanese manufacturers often make efforts to balance costs by incorporating unique designs into the structural layout of industrial computer motherboards. 

1. The layout and structural arrangement of the entire layout 

(1) It should be noted that many manufacturers in the market today, in order to save costs, lower prices, and establish a firm foothold in the market, not only do they not use public design for board types and layers, but they also make corresponding adjustments to the materials and accessories of industrial control computer motherboards, only meeting the basic performance requirements of the chipset. This cost reduction approach is a test of the manufacturers' ability to design and layout industrial control computer motherboards. Placing the same number of expansion slots in a smaller space, while maintaining stability and limiting interference, makes the rationality of the industrial computer motherboard structure design particularly important. Even a slight design flaw can lead to crashes, and manufacturers with weaker capabilities are prone to make mistakes in these areas. Instability and poor performance of the motherboard are all caused by this. Therefore, Fangji Technology suggests that if there are no special requirements and insufficient technical and research and development capabilities, it is better to use a public version design industrial computer motherboard. How to distinguish whether it is a public version design? If you want to judge this, it will test your understanding of the chipset.

(2) In terms of interfaces, the positions of interface components on most industrial control motherboards are generally fixed and cannot be changed arbitrarily, such as expansion slots like PICMG and interfaces like keyboard, mouse, USB, etc. They must match the holes on the chassis to maintain relative positions. But sometimes a new chassis enclosure is provided to replace the enclosure that comes with the chassis, in order to achieve a new interface layout. This can be observed by paying attention to it. 

(3) The layout of the CPU and chipset, due to the importance of the circuit connected to the CPU and CHIPSETS, and the special design requirements of the chipset, as well as the clear requirements of chipset manufacturers for the design of the CPU, chipset, and surrounding areas, is almost always designed using the public version. 

(4) Except for the ones mentioned above, other components can be arranged in a more flexible position. For example, the ATX power interface socket should be designed to be far away from the CPU fan to achieve better heat dissipation inside the chassis. 

(5) Finally, there are some details to consider. Due to the reasonable layout requirements of industrial computer motherboards, some designs of industrial computer motherboards are not fully considered. Therefore, when selecting, attention should be paid to some details. For example, some common industrial computer motherboards have capacitors near the CPU interface that can affect the installation of fans. We can pay attention to these issues when choosing. 

In general, when we choose industrial control computers, our focus is entirely on the motherboard, including some major aspects and small details introduced above. Pruji Technology is committed to researching and innovating in this area, and is determined to do better in this field. More than a decade of talent accumulation and experience accumulation is destined to go higher and further. All of this requires customer support. If you have anything else you would like to know, you can browse on this website and communicate with us anytime. We are always at your service.