In-vehicle industrial computers empower campus driverless cars, SINSMART TECH's perfect solution

Today, as intelligent transportation and driverless technologies are accelerating their popularity, in-vehicle industrial computers, as the nerve center of intelligent vehicles, are deeply empowering driverless application innovation in various fields. Among them, SINSMART TECH's high-performance automotive computer have successfully helped a university's driverless car teaching project break through technical bottlenecks and provided stable and reliable hardware support for campus driverless research.

1.Customer needs

The university focuses on driverless research in the in-vehicle field and plans to develop a campus driverless car experimental platform. The core requirements of the project are concentrated in the following dimensions:

Hardware adaptation: The interior space of the unmanned vehicle is compact, and a fanless industrial computer is required

Environmental adaptability: The campus unmanned vehicle needs to operate outdoors, and the industrial computer is required to withstand a wide temperature environment

Software compatibility: It needs to support the Windows 10 system and match the school's self-developed unmanned driving test software

2. Precise matching of SINSMART TECH's vehicle-mounted industrial computer

In response to the above requirements, SINSMART TECH's SIN-3312-Q670E in-vehicle computer achieves full-dimensional fit from hardware performance, environmental adaptation to service guarantee:

(1) Fanless design

The embedded pc adopts a fanless cooling solution, abandoning the mechanical loss and noise problems of traditional fans, perfectly adapting to the closed and highly reliable operating environment of the unmanned vehicle, and ensuring that the equipment is stable and trouble-free during long-term experiments.

(2) Rich interfaces

Network interface: equipped with 1 2.5G network port + 1 Gigabit network port, supporting high-speed data transmission of depth camera; through PCIe expansion slot (1 PCIe×16, 2 PCIe×8), external time server module (supporting PTP network port, IPPS pulse signal and other functions) can be connected to meet the connection requirements of complex peripherals.

Storage and expansion: supports 2 SATA ports and 1 M.2 slot, taking into account storage capacity and read and write speed; 2 miniPCIe slots can expand WiFi and mobile network modules to enhance the networking capabilities of unmanned vehicles.

Interactive interface: 8 USB 3.2 Gen2 interfaces and 5 COM ports, covering full-process interactive scenarios such as debugging and control.

(3) Wide temperature operation

The body supports a wide temperature range of -25℃~60℃, which not only covers the temperature fluctuations outdoors on campus, but also reserves redundant space to cope with extreme weather, ensuring that unmanned vehicles can continue to operate in hot summer and cold winter.

(4) System compatibility and eco-friendly

Natively supports Windows 10/11 and other operating systems, and is seamlessly compatible with the school's test software; it can also be equipped with Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, leaving room for expansion for subsequent algorithm iterations.

3. Application value

In this project, SINSMART TECH's vehicle pc has achieved multiple value breakthroughs with its advantages of "performance, adaptation, and service":

Landing of teaching scenarios: fanless design and wide temperature capability allow unmanned vehicles to run stably in complex campus environments, supporting the full process of unmanned driving algorithm teaching and experimental verification;

Efficient integrated innovation: rich interfaces and expansion slots accelerate the integration and debugging of unmanned vehicle systems;

Conclusion

From campus unmanned vehicle teaching to the widespread application of intelligent transportation, in-vehicle industrial computers are becoming the core fulcrum for the implementation of unmanned driving technology. The embedded computer manufacturer SINSMART TECH SIN-3312-Q670E solution not only accurately meets the needs of the scenarios, but also injects lasting momentum into innovative applications in the automotive field through the collaboration of "hardware + service".