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Please recommend a Linux SBC with Industrial stability while it is made in ABC?

HKPhysicist

Hello Engineers,

  • I have even tried the BeaglePlay SBC which is out-sourced to China SeeedStudio`s production line in Vietnam.  It's TI WL card dies after 6 months of purchase and after 70 days of stability test while it did nothing. Rage

  • I personally also like Raspberry Pi4 because it is stable while running under a chip fan.  Also, it is made in Wales, UK!  Quality is the top in the industry!  Heart eyes  However, it is not within the industrial electronic requirement (-40C/-20C to 85C).

  • So could any expert introduce a Linux SBC (working as a border router with LTE dialup) with at least 2GB RAM, 16GB eMMC, average video without graphical acceleration, a wireless lan, an Ethernet, and the last but not the least, not made in China.  The cost of electronic made in China is actually very high!!! Rage
  • Is Snapdrogon 410 board within the industrial stability standard?

Thanks for your opinions.

Nerd

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    Border router has a special meaning, I doubt that's what you actually want (if you are, then a typical SBC is going to be very inadequate).

    There are ready-made, packaged, small edge compute devices, some of which are intended for industrial deployments. You'd be better off using one of those, even tearing them apart and repackaging them if necessary (some industrial users tend to do that), since they usually run Linux under the hood, and many of the modern ones will allow you to run either a container or perhaps a full virtual machine with your software.

    Otherwise, another option is to get a custom SBC made to your specs. Raspberry Pi and/or Avnet offer this service. An example is a Hilscher product called netPi, it's an industrial device with custom Pi in it, although it was discontinued last year. However, they offer an alternative product called netFIELD: https://www.hilscher.com/products/edge-gateways-with-container-management/edge-gateways/nfx8m-d2-n32-010

    You can run your own software on it, since it supports containers. I don't know if it has an LTE interface (or if it could be added as a plug-in module) but there are other ready-made devices out there with LTE.

  • 0 in reply to shabaz

    Thanks for your valuable opinions.

    Yes, you are correct because I still need a Wi-SUN border router board to connect to my Linux SBC.  So I need an industrial grade Linux SBC to work with a separate Wi-SUN border router.

  • 0 in reply to HKPhysicist

    I think that netFIELD has a good chance to be suitable. There are serial, and USB and Ethernet interfaces to connect additional hardware. The manufacturer rates it to +60 degrees C, but if you talk to them, they will tell you what the limiting factor is (and if it can be modified). For example, they may state that better cooling is needed to operate at +85 degrees C.

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    I think that netFIELD has a good chance to be suitable. There are serial, and USB and Ethernet interfaces to connect additional hardware. The manufacturer rates it to +60 degrees C, but if you talk to them, they will tell you what the limiting factor is (and if it can be modified). For example, they may state that better cooling is needed to operate at +85 degrees C.

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