Hi,
In my previous role, I built kiosk PC's to control an animated robot-
http://www.robothespian.co.uk/
The kiosk computer for this ran an AIR 2.5 application on Ubuntu Linux
Oneiric usinga Gigabyte H55N-USB3 mini-itx board:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3769/reviewed-gigabyte-h55nusb3-miniitx-done-the-gigabyte-way
We ran an Intel Core i3 Clarkdale with integrated graphics (sorry, can't
remember the CPU model, but think it was a 530) and 2GB of Ram with a
250GB 2.5" HDD.
This was the case we used:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6167/silverstone-sugo-sg05-the-miniitx-standard-bearer
This was more than capable of running the Flash appall day long.
The Intel boards don't playnice with dual-head GFX though. We had lots
of fun trying to do the Flash App on a touchscreen and play video on a
huge display - we used separate NVidia GFX card for that and iirc, that
had a different motherboard, but can't remember the type.
We also ran the Kinect with software and some Python "AI" stuff on a
core i5 which gave us a lot of grunt -think it was a Clarkdale processor
too.
We had previously run Shuttle XPC's with AMD Athlons (3200?), NVidia GFX
cards & 1-2MB of RAM which were also capable of supporting the Flash
App, but running to end-of-life and with very unreliable PSU's.
The touchscreens were a bit difficult to get hold of - we had a big
problem getting 3M ones toto run under Linux for a long time, but
eventually we got the OS drivers working under Ubuntu.
The main thing is to make the case fairly bomb-proof. I reckon anything
with moveable parts on will get trashed if the kiosk is unsupervised and
ideally you want the kids to be able to play unsupervised.
CPU Usage would spike with Drag & Drop activities on screens with lots
of symbols - we never managed to trace thiscompletely, but it only
seemed to happen running under AIR rather than purely Flash(We built an
AIR shell loader so we could run the App in browser etc).
The components for this setup are probably nearing 2years old now, but I
reckon the PC would cost <£500, then the screen and kiosk need to be
accounted for on top of that.
HTH
Glen
On 30/11/2012 22:45, Paul A. wrote:
Following on from the tablet question earlier, I've been asked to
quote on a kiosk app and suggest some hardware.
What kinds of hardware are people using for kiosks these day?
It'll be used by kids and in use all day.
A tablet may be a bit on the small side and a full-blown PC might be a
bit too big.
I've been wondering if anyone has tried this with a laptop with a
swivel touch screen?
Any thoughts?
Paul
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