AI solutions are increasingly popular in industrial applications. Automated Optical Inspection (AOI), quality control based on image analysis, optical machining progress control, belt sorter control, granting access to restricted areas based on facial recognition—all of these applications have one thing in common: they require a highly efficient and reliable hardware platform.
iEi’s latest RACK-500AI industrial PCs feature the highly efficient Intel® Xeon® E-2176G processors (primarily used in servers) and Intel® C246 chipsets.
The motherboard has pre-installed 16GB of fast DDR4 RAM that can be expanded to 64GB.
RACK-500AI comes in a Rack enclosure that facilitates installation in 19-inch racks. You can also install up to two CPU expansion cards (such as GPU-based accelerators used for image analysis and calculation algorithms) inside the enclosure. Communication with expansion cards is realised via a full-size PICMG slot using the latest and fastest standard: PCIe Express Gen. 3.0. ATX power supply (up to 350W) ensures reliable operation of the PC and meets all requirements of CPU expansion cards. What’s more, RACK-500AI is designed to dissipate large volumes of heat. Internal components of RACK-500AI’s enclosure are placed apart to account for the fact that most CPU expansion cards have large fans to dissipate heat. A backplane located inside the enclosure is used to connect expansion cards.
The PC is designed for 24/7 operation. Its industrial class is confirmed by:
The PC is designed to operate with Windows 10 or Linux. It supports two 4K monitors.
