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Seeking the 5 Most Interesting, Amazing or Exciting Industrial Single Board Computer Applications

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Single Board computers (SBC) are amazing little devices in their own right. They pack a lot of technology in an incredibly small footprint. They are used for all kinds of projects by students, hobbyists and professionals. They have been used gaming, telecom, and other automation applications. They are also used to inspire and teach programming in schools. Over the last few years, I have seen more and more attention paid to using SBCs in industrial applications. I've learned "industrial" in this context means different things to different people. Sometimes it just means a commercial product (e.g., media player, vending machine). I define industrial in a truer sense of the world: in a factory, in a machine, or in the field for control of actuators, etc.

 

I'm looking to get 5 interesting industrial applications of SBCs. Do you have any in mind? If you do, leave a comment and tell me more.

 

Thanks.

 

Randall

--element14 team

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  • The main one that springs to mind for me is this. Many of the homemade 3D printers use an Arduino Mega 2560 SBC and an accessory board called RAMPS, and more specifically people are using that low-cost system to control CNC machines...which are IMO a more industrial application (although could easily just be in someone's shed at home) providing a cheap way of upgrading their existing industry machinery. The 'CNC' unit could be a mill, UV PCB plotter, PCB engraver, board engraver or laser cutter.

     

    [I've a spare combination of Meg/RAMPS and one day I'm hoping to use it on an 'industrial' scale for a wood router control.]

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  • The main one that springs to mind for me is this. Many of the homemade 3D printers use an Arduino Mega 2560 SBC and an accessory board called RAMPS, and more specifically people are using that low-cost system to control CNC machines...which are IMO a more industrial application (although could easily just be in someone's shed at home) providing a cheap way of upgrading their existing industry machinery. The 'CNC' unit could be a mill, UV PCB plotter, PCB engraver, board engraver or laser cutter.

     

    [I've a spare combination of Meg/RAMPS and one day I'm hoping to use it on an 'industrial' scale for a wood router control.]

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