The big problem with using the raspberry pi in industrial applications is the single source and short production lifespan gauruntee (6 years [1]) making maintai

The big problem with using the raspberry pi in industrial applications is the single source and short production lifespan gauruntee (6 years [1]) making maintainance or long term production difficult. Industrial machines (e.g. printing presses) will easily last decades, and you often hear of problems finding suitable replacement electronics for them, so basing your control system on a single sourced component is a bit dangerous. Other single board computers or system on module offer 10 year production lifetimes from introduction, e.g Variscite. This is possible as the manufacturer of the SoC (generally NXP or TI) also gauruntee to produce the silicon for 10 years, and as (unlike Broadcom) they will sell to anyone, alternative boards are available with the same processor should one board manufacturer go bust. They are a bit more expensive, but a trivial percent of the overall cost for an industrial application, and the difference isn't that much once you add a case, protection, industrial power supply etc. 1. https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=193995 https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=193995.