Popular Industrial use cases for Raspberry Pi Computers

Popular Industrial use cases for Raspberry Pi Computers

The Raspberry Pi has become increasingly popular in industrial applications, with more and more companies turning to this affordable yet powerful single-board computer for a wide range of tasks. In this article, we will take a closer look at real-world industrial use cases for Raspberry Pi computers, and explore why they are becoming such a popular choice for industrial applications.

 

Automation and Control: The Raspberry Pi board comes with 26 x GPIO, 1 x UART, 1 x I2C, and 1 x SPI, allowing you to connect with most common industrial IOs such as sensors, switches, relays, and tower lights. With that, you are able to program it to control your automation system. You can also connect with a camera via the CSI port to do visual inspection. 

 

IoT Gateways: With dual-band WiFi (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.0, and Bluetooth BLE, Raspberry Pi can be used as a gateway for IoT devices, collecting data from sensors and sending it to the cloud for analysis. It can also be used to control devices remotely.

 

Data Logging: The Raspberry Pi is a single-board computer running on Raspberry Pi OS (a Linux-based OS), so basically, you can install any common programs or apps on it to perform tasks you usually do with your PC. One of them is data logging. You are able to record environmental conditions, machine operation parameters, and energy consumption at a csv file or any spreadsheet file you like. 

 

Security Systems: We can perform image filtering, feature detection, object recognition, camera calibration, and more using open-source image processing libraries such as OpenCV, SimpleCV, and Computer Vision Framework. Most of them are compatible with Raspberry Pi OS, making Pi solutions more popular in security systems.

 

Digital Signage: Whether it's the advertisement signage, touch screen panel mounted on a kiosk, or the target board hanging at the production floor, Raspberry Pi is capturing more market share in the digital signage market due to three simple reasons: the compact size, it's cheap, and it's pretty reliable.

 

Basically, it's a powerful, compact yet low-cost computer that can perform almost every task we used to do with a normal PC but at a price that's only 20-50% of what it used to be. Not to mention, it is an open-source friendly platform which provides flexibility to use its accessories and software. In most cases, you are free to choose any third-party cables, power supply, or software, unlike the conventional proprietary platform that sells luxury accessories and software

 

As more companies look to build smart factories and adopt Industry 4.0 technologies, the Raspberry Pi is becoming an increasingly attractive option for building industrial systems. With its open-source software and large community of developers, the Raspberry Pi is poised to play a key role in the future of industrial automation and control.

 

Nevertheless, there are still some stoppers if we want to develop an industrial system using a Raspberry Pi computer from scratch. In the next article, we will be sharing what these stoppers are and our solutions to make your life easier. Please comment below to share with us what obstacles you are facing right now with Raspberry Pi.

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