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Pretty sure that class of equipment will not be using any kind of Arduino board (see also: certifications above).
by jiofih 7y ago
Pretty sure that class of equipment will not be using any kind of Arduino board (see also: certifications above).
- dekhn 7y agoI've been in a few 27/4 biotech labs that run all the environmental sensors, and some of the industrial controls, off arduinos. ALways fun to open a field box and find a DIN-mounted Uno.
- CamperBob2 7y agoHN commenters love to talk about how Raspberry Pi and Arduino boards aren't suitable for use in production hardware. I recently had a chance to wander around one of the bigger EMS factories in the Bay Area, rubbernecking at everybody else's products in various stages of assembly. It's safe to say not many naysaying HN'ers have done that recently, or they would be saying something very different.
- jiofih 7y agoThe comment I was replying to was talking about DEATHS being caused by failure, not environmental sensors. I have nothing against its use.
- CamperBob2 7y agoAgreed, and I'm not necessarily defending this practice, just saying that it is, in fact, being done. One of the RasPi-based devices I saw being assembled was actually some kind of medical device that will presumably have to be FDA-certified. It was going into a very nice enclosure, with top-grade plastics and other materials, and they were building a (literal) ton of them. In principle I'm sure that can be done successfully, but I have to wonder if it'll really save the company that much time or money.