B&R adds a new high-end PC for mobile automation portfolio

By OEM Update Editorial March 31, 2021 12:54 pm IST

The IP69K PC is powered by Intel Core i7 processor to work in harsh environments.

B&R has added a high-end PC to its mobile automation portfolio. The new PC offers significantly more processing power and memory, giving it plenty of resources to implement autonomous functions for agricultural and construction vehicles or self-driving transport systems.

The PC is specially designed to perform in harsh environments. The housing temperature can be between -40°C and +85°C. The PC is also highly resistant to shock and vibrations.

Inside the mobile PC’s IP69K housing, is a powerful Intel Core i7 processor with 16 GB RAM and 480 GB flash memory making it ideal for applications that are computationally intensive or involve large volumes of data. The new PC is ideal for resource and data-intensive applications.

Accurate path planning in autonomous agricultural vehicles requires increased computing power. Thus more efficient and precise vehicles deliver increased yields.

There is increased computing power required for tasks such as accurate path planning in autonomous agricultural vehicles. Thus more efficient and more precise vehicles deliver increased yield.

The PC’s high performance makes it optimally suited for smart machines that communicate with each other, process data and send it to the cloud. Tractors and other implements can optimise harvesting efficiency, for example, by exchanging information such as speed and load capacity. It helps the data flow from the field to the cloud with OPC UA or MQT, some well-established communication protocols.