Hardware

Industrial Edge Computers

Fanless, ruggedised systems for factories, energy and transport

Industrial edge computers package edge AI compute in enclosures designed for vibration, wide temperature ranges, dust and long product lifecycles, with industrial I/O such as digital inputs, serial ports and Power over Ethernet.

Solutions in this category

Representative platforms with the details engineering and procurement teams shortlist on.

Fanless industrial edge computer mounted inside a metal control cabinet
Advantech

Advantech MIC-770 V3

Modular industrial edge system for 12th to 14th Gen Intel Core processors with 9–36 VDC input and wide-temperature operation.

Processor
Intel 12th/13th/14th Gen Core i, LGA1700 socket, R680E/H610E chipset
Operating temperature
-20 °C to 60 °C
Power input
9–36 VDC
Deployment
Factory floor, control cabinet or utility enclosure
Machine vision inspection
Line-side analytics
Infrastructure monitoring
Industrial camera inspecting components on a production line with blue lighting
ADLINK Technology

ADLINK DLAP-411-Orin

Fanless Jetson AGX Orin inference platform with four Power over Ethernet ports for up to eight cameras.

Compute
NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin module, up to 275 TOPS
Camera I/O
4× PoE and 4× USB 3.2 Gen2, up to 8 cameras
Operating temperature
-20 °C to 55 °C
Deployment
Inspection cell, roadside cabinet or unattended edge site
Multi-camera video analytics
Automated optical inspection
Traffic monitoring
Compact fanless edge AI computer with ruggedised connectors
Aetina

Aetina AIE-PX13 edge AI system

Fanless Jetson AGX Orin system with 10 gigabit Ethernet, wide 9–36 VDC input and -25 °C to 55 °C operation.

Compute
NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB or 64 GB, up to 275 TOPS
Networking
1× GbE and 1× 10GbE
Expansion
1× M.2 B-key, 1× M.2 E-key, 1× M.2 M-key
Deployment
Machinery, vehicle or production cell
Mobile robotics
High-bandwidth machine vision
In-vehicle analytics
DIN-rail industrial PC installed in an automation cabinet
Siemens

Siemens SIMATIC IPC BX-39A

DIN-rail industrial PC and Industrial Edge device with Intel Xeon W processing and 24 VDC industrial power supply.

Processor
Intel Xeon W-11155MLE, 4 cores / 8 threads, 1.8–3.1 GHz (Celeron and Xeon W-11555MLE also offered)
Graphics
Onboard Intel UHD graphics
Memory and storage
16 GB RAM, 512 GB M.2 SSD in this configuration
Deployment
Control cabinet on the plant network
Plant analytics
Condition monitoring
Industrial Edge applications
Modular industrial computer with expansion cards visible
OnLogic

OnLogic HX520 (Helix 520)

Industrial edge computer built on Intel Core Ultra with expansion for Hailo accelerators or NVIDIA graphics cards.

Processor
Intel Core Ultra (Series 1 and Series 2) with integrated NPU
Accelerator options
Hailo AI accelerators or NVIDIA GPUs
Class
Scalable industrial edge computer
Deployment
Industrial cabinet, wall mount or back-office rack shelf
Industrial vision
Retail and kiosk analytics
Edge data collection

Specifications are summarised from publicly published manufacturer material and are provided for orientation only. Always confirm current figures directly with the manufacturer before purchasing or designing in.

Companies working in this category

Intel

Chip manufacturer

Supplies Core Ultra client processors that combine CPU, Arc graphics and an integrated NPU, and maintains the open-source OpenVINO toolkit for optimising inference on Intel CPUs, GPUs and NPUs.

Santa Clara, California, United States

Advantech

Hardware manufacturer

Industrial computing manufacturer supplying modular fanless edge systems such as the MIC-770 series and GPU-dense edge AI servers such as the AIR-520 for factory and infrastructure deployments.

Taipei, Taiwan

ADLINK Technology

Hardware manufacturer

Builds embedded computing modules and the DLAP family of deep learning acceleration platforms, including fanless Jetson-based inference systems with Power over Ethernet camera inputs.

Taoyuan, Taiwan

Aetina

Hardware manufacturer

Designs fanless edge AI systems and carrier boards around NVIDIA Jetson modules, including wide-input, wide-temperature platforms for machine vision and mobile robotics integrators.

New Taipei City, Taiwan

OnLogic

Hardware manufacturer

Builds configurable industrial computers, including fanless systems with Intel Core Ultra processors and expansion for Hailo accelerators or NVIDIA graphics cards.

South Burlington, Vermont, United States

Siemens

Industrial AI company

Industrial automation and software group whose SIMATIC IPC industrial PCs and Industrial Edge platform bring application and AI workloads alongside controllers and plant data.

Munich, Germany

Dell Technologies

Cloud & infrastructure provider

Supplies the PowerEdge XR range of short-depth, edge-focused servers for industrial automation, video analytics and inference at retail, telecom and factory sites.

Round Rock, Texas, United States

Lenovo

Hardware manufacturer

Manufactures ThinkEdge edge servers and ThinkStation workstations, including multi-GPU platforms for local model development and EPYC-based edge systems for distributed sites.

Beijing, China / Morrisville, United States

Industrial Edge Computers: common questions

What should I check before deploying an industrial edge computer?
Confirm the operating temperature range, ingress protection rating, power input range, mounting options, certifications required for your region and the vendor's stated availability lifecycle.