FAQ

A discrete graphics card is a separate processing unit inside your computer and a standalone unit that is either connected to a special port on your motherboard or is itself part of the motherboard.

The Intel® Movidius™ Myriad™ X VPU is programmable with the Intel® Distribution of the OpenVINO™ toolkit for porting neural network to the edge, and via the Myriad Development Kit (MDK) which includes all necessary development tools, frameworks and APIs to implement custom vision, imaging and deep neural network workloads on the chip.

As the hype around AI has accelerated, vendors have been scrambling to promote how their products and services use AI. They often refer to AI as one component of AI, such as machine learning. AI requires a foundation of specialized hardware and software for writing and training machine learning algorithms. No one programming language is synonymous with AI, but a few, including Python, R and Java, are popular.

Artificial intelligence is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. Specific applications of AI include expert systems, natural language processing, speech recognition and machine vision.

If you refer to the displays datasheets you will notice an impact protection rating, abbreviated with an IK Code. The IK Code consists of the letters IK, followed by two digits. The two digits following the letters IK define the level of protection the display has to offer. Two international standards, IEC 62262 and IEC 60068-2-75, classify the level of protection provided by enclosures for electrical equipment against external mechanical impacts, measured in joules.

COM Express is an embedded computing specification. It is a sub-type of Small Form Factor (SFF) computers and Computer on Module (COM) devices. COM devices are modular computers, printed on a single printed circuit board as a complete computer, including RAM and microprocessor. They are a type of System on a Chip (SOC) and are standalone devices. COM Express entered the market in 2005 and have been progressing since to meet the expanding uses of COM Express technology.

Within the embedded systems sector, the term ‘industrial grade’ is used to describe products used for industrial applications.

But is that what ‘industrial’ truly means?

Well, to some extent it does. When we talk about industrial computers, the embedded systems we describe are instantly more recognisable as industrial. They are constructed using durable metal chassis’ which clearly look more rugged than their pedestrian cousins we have sitting on our desks and are often described as having fanless operation and SSD storage, to reduce the amount of moving parts (thus increasing reliability).

Industrial SSDs are the best choice for your embedded computer as an upgrade or add-on because of their remarkable performance. They are many times faster than traditional HDDs and produce much less noise. For particular applications, for example, where in-vehicle computers are required, SSDs are an especially good choice due to their high shock resistance and low energy consumption.

Explosions can cause significant damage, along with severe injury or worse loss of life. To prevent explosions from happening in harsh environments whereby flammable gases or combustible dust is present directives and guidelines are put in place to protect the public, workforce, and environment.

Industrial computers and displays are rated/certified in terms of their level of protection against damage from water, dust and other foreign objects, in terms of IP  and NEMA ratings.

IP and NEMA ratings specify the standard of protection against the ingress of liquid and solid objects, primarily dust.