Briefly analyze the key points of industrial motherboard customization selection

The industrial motherboard is the core component of the industrial computer. The industrial computer organically combines various devices such as CPU and external equipment through the industrial motherboard to form a complete system. Therefore, the overall running speed and stability of the industrial computer depends to a considerable extent on the performance of the industrial motherboard. Industrial motherboards have a wide range of applications and complex use environments, so users have higher requirements for their functions, compatibility and reliability. The main points of industrial motherboard customization are as follows:

1. Dimensions

Advantech IPC industrial motherboards are available in various sizes, including 3.5-inch, 5.25-inch, ATX, Micro-ATX, half-length cards, full-length cards, etc. Advantech IPCs are classified by chip type: X86 architecture, ARM architecture, etc. It can meet the requirements of various use environments and operating performance.

2. Components

Industrial motherboard components are different from commercial materials, and need to consider the needs of industrial occasions such as high temperature resistance and moisture resistance. The selection of materials for industrial motherboards requires a long time and high requirements to verify components to ensure high reliability requirements of products under complex conditions.

3. Interface design

When designing the interface of the industrial motherboard, it is required to customize or stack the standard interface according to the use occasion to adapt to the external equipment. Common interfaces include COM port, USB port, VGA port, HDMI port, LPT port, etc. In addition to supporting PCI slots, it can also support PCIE, Mini PCIE, MSATA and other slots. Advantech IPCs are embedded with GPIO bus, which can realize GPI and GPO functions. The industrial half-length card and full-length card can cooperate with the backplane to support multiple PCI, PCIE, Mini PCIE expansion, and have more scalability. In addition, due to the complex use of industrial motherboards, designs such as anti-surge and anti-static are required.

5. Life cycle

Advantech's industrial use of IPCs is based on the premise of stability, and requires industrial motherboard manufacturers to have a long-term stable supply cycle to ensure the stability of the overall equipment or system.

6. Protection function

Advantech industrial computer motherboards are specially designed to automatically restart the watchdog when encountering abnormal conditions such as downtime, and achieve high system stability requirements in harsh environments.

The main points of industrial motherboard selection are as follows:

1. Manufacturing process

When purchasing an industrial motherboard, the first thing to observe is the manufacturing process of the industrial motherboard. Check the manufacturing process of the industrial motherboard to see whether the motherboard is fine, such as whether the number of layers of the circuit board is a multi-layer board (preferably more than 6 layers), whether the joints of the solder joints and the wave solder joints are neat and concise, and whether the wiring is simple Clear; secondly, look at the components of the motherboard; thirdly, whether the design structure meets the needs of future upgrades and installations, whether the structure layout is reasonable, and whether it is conducive to the installation of other accessories and heat dissipation devices; fourthly, whether the motherboard has passed the corresponding safety standard test; secondly, look at the motherboard products Whether the packaging and related accessories are complete, and whether its various connecting cables, drive disks, and warranty cards are complete.

2. Quality inspection

Advantech's industrial motherboard quality inspection methods include: motherboard battery, observe whether the battery is rusted or leaking; the production date of the chip, the speed of the motherboard depends not only on the speed of the CPU, but also on the performance of the motherboard chipset. Software speed measurement, you can use it to understand the performance of industrial motherboards. Better speed measurement software includes speed measurement software of SPEED series and SST series.

3. Upgrade and expansion

When purchasing industrial motherboards, it is necessary to consider the ability of industrial computers and motherboards to upgrade and expand in the future, such as the ability to expand memory, add expansion cards, and upgrade CPU. The more slots on the motherboard, the better the expansion capability and the more expensive it is.

Advantech IPC is the core of the IPC. The stability, reliability and quality of the industrial motherboard are related to the success of the entire project. Choosing a suitable industrial motherboard solution is a very important consideration.