Subj : Re: Raspberry Pi in commercial products
To   : tenser
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Dec 11 2023 09:36:42

  Re: Re: Raspberry Pi in commercial products
  By: tenser to Nightfox on Tue Dec 12 2023 05:35 am

 Ni>> Another software project I worked on was working on a Windows program to
 Ni>> interface with a medical cart (to manage drawers and user access).  It
 Ni>> interfaced with the cart via a serial port.

 te> Honestly, any "Pi-like" ARM SBC would likely be too unreliable for
 te> something like that.  I don't see why you couldn't run Linux on an
 te> inexpensive x86 (or workstation-class ARM) machine and reap many of the
 te> same benefits, though.  Again, it's about the TCO over the lifetime of the
 te> device, not just the initial capital cost; for both of these applications,
 te> I imagine that the cost of the computer is a fraction over the overall
 te> cost, anyway.

That's true, there are inexpensive x86 systems that could provide the same benefit.  And true about overall cost too.

Nightfox
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