I need a rugged computational brick.
– 2GHz or so
– x86
– 256-512MB or so
– FireWire, Ethernet, rugged hard drive
– No display required
– No slots - as few connectors as possible
– Automotive temperature range
– Automotive vibration environment
– Not unreasonably expensive
– Runs QNX.
It’s easy to find computational bricks at
lower speeds, but it gets tough at this level
of compute power. Suggestions?
John Nagle
Animats
Did you look at Advantech (www.advantech.com) - we their industrial PC line
and they have CPU boards using Pentium 4 style processors.
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Jens
“John Nagle” <nagle@downside.com> wrote in message
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I need a rugged computational brick.
– 2GHz or so
– x86
– 256-512MB or so
– FireWire, Ethernet, rugged hard drive
– No display required
– No slots - as few connectors as possible
– Automotive temperature range
– Automotive vibration environment
– Not unreasonably expensive
– Runs QNX.It’s easy to find computational bricks at
lower speeds, but it gets tough at this level
of compute power. Suggestions?John Nagle
Animats
They have touch-panel machines, which I don’t need, and
rackmount machines with lots of slots, which are too vulnerable
to vibration for mobile use. Their product line seems intended
for stationary industrial use.
John Nagle
Animats
Jens H Jorgensen wrote:
Did you look at Advantech (> www.advantech.com> ) - we their industrial PC line
and they have CPU boards using Pentium 4 style processors.–
Jens
“John Nagle” <> nagle@downside.com> > wrote in message
news:b2prdp$1v0$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …I need a rugged computational brick.
– 2GHz or so
– x86
– 256-512MB or so
– FireWire, Ethernet, rugged hard drive
– No display required
– No slots - as few connectors as possible
– Automotive temperature range
– Automotive vibration environment
– Not unreasonably expensive
– Runs QNX.It’s easy to find computational bricks at
lower speeds, but it gets tough at this level
of compute power. Suggestions?John Nagle
Animats
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Not gonna get automotive environment rating with 2Ghz/x86 I am afraid. I
only know about PPC stuff that can work in such environment, but not nearly
2Ghz. AFAIK, state of the art PPC cores for automotive temp range can be as
fast as 200Mhz (and top speed is a reverse function of ambient temperature
anyway). Never heard of FireWire used there either - it is usually CAN bus.
The deal here is, it is very hard to build any kind of complicated board
(SBC or whatever) that would stand automotive temp and vibro abuse. So they
essentially have ‘system in chip’ design, where everything is built into
core. In that case the beast can be housed directly on an engine.
– igor
“John Nagle” <nagle@downside.com> wrote in message
news:b2prdp$1v0$1@inn.qnx.com…
I need a rugged computational brick.
– 2GHz or so
– x86
– 256-512MB or so
– FireWire, Ethernet, rugged hard drive
– No display required
– No slots - as few connectors as possible
– Automotive temperature range
– Automotive vibration environment
– Not unreasonably expensive
– Runs QNX.It’s easy to find computational bricks at
lower speeds, but it gets tough at this level
of compute power. Suggestions?John Nagle
Animats