Rugged industrial computers are designed to provide data collection in all kinds of weather and environments. When you think of the outdoor seasons and its weather, you’d come up with rain, snow, sleet, heat and bitter cold. Fixed or vehicle computers are required to take all that punishment. let’s look into each one;
- Rain, snow and sleet: The casing is sealed at various level of protection depending on its IP rating. That would include the display, keyboard and ports.
- Temperatures: Operating in the cold winters of Alaska, or a local freezer to the tropic outdoors of Puerto Rico, industrial computers can hold up to temperatures of -30 to +60 degrees centigrade.
- Thunder, hail, wind and other natural or man made noises can interfere in the operation of an vehicle mount computer. To compensate, ruggedized computer manufactures install high volume speakers.
- Sunlight is good for the garden but very difficult for outdoor PC operations. Fortunately, industrial hardware have display with anti-glare to enhance visibility.
Whatever the weather, rugged industrial computers meet the challenges of their environment.
photo credit: mehul.antani
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