Industrial Electronics

Raspberry Pi Now for Industrial Use

22 August 2017

The ComfilePi touch panel PC. Source: Saelig The ComfilePi touch panel PC. Source: Saelig Saelig Company, Inc. has introduced an industrial Raspberry Pi-based touch-panel PC that is both flame retardant and water resistant.

The ComfilePi inherits the 1.2 Ghz 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor, a Broadcom VideoCore IV GPU and 1 GB of RAM. It comes with two display sizes—a 7-inch and 10.2-inch version—both at 24-bit color liquid crystal displays (LCDs) with a resistive touchscreen and the units provide 22 ESD-protected GPIO lines, three USB 2.0 host ports, one RJ-45 Ethernet port, one I2C port and two RS-232C ports.

The ComfilePi also features stereo audio output as well as a piezo buzzer and WiFi is possible using an external USB dongle. The touch-panel PC can be programmed in almost any language, including C, C++, Java, JavaFX, Javascript, python, C#, vb.net and emerging languages such as Rust, D and Nim. Through the built-in Broadcomm GPU, the device can render real-time 3D graphics.

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