A good suggestion. In order of decreasing importance my requirements are: RELIABLE, R*E*L*E*A*B*L*E!
Either the computer is sealed or it will fit into a small sealed box. It will be rather close to a mill using air blast for chip evacuation. Thus, no fan because the chips travel everywhere. All hardware is supported by a basic LinuxCNC installation Several USB ports for connection to touch screen, keyboard, coolant pointer, etc. The computer linked earlier would require using a USB hub. Two Ethernet ports for connection to 7i92 + for file transfer HDMI or DisplayPort interface to monitor Either current product or generic enough that replacements can be obtained for at least the next few years with no need to change the mounting arrangements. Low cost is good but paying a few hundred additional to achieve all of the above is not particularly important. > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2019 1:22 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Possible controller? > > Of course something like that would work. There are MANY of these small > form factor computers. But what is the goal? To save cubic inches in > the shop? to save money? to save electrical power? > > Until you have a stated goal you can't know what is "best". If what you > are looking for is "compute power per dollar in a compact space" the buy an > HP server in a 1U > > chassis that just came off lease. They will be about 4X more powerful and > 1/2 the price of these mini-PCs. But they take up more cubic inches of > space. > > It helps to actually write down the goals and then fill in a little table > with specs from various proposed solutions. Choose the "best" from data > you collected. > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 7:39 AM Ken Strauss <ken.stra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I got a popup advert for a product that might be useful as a machine > > controller: > > https://www.logicsupply.com/computers/industrial/fanless/cl200-series/ > > The CL210-G10 with a Mesa 7i92 seems an attractive choice. Has anyone > tried > > this? > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
