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Tam Hanna used thousands of SBCs in an automotive application and lived to tell the tale.
Single-board computers are the bee’s knees. Having the power of a full S Unixoid operating system at hand makes many tasks much easier. For example, one of this author’s clients ran not only an advanced text-to-speech system, but also a complex offline navigation system on an automotive system by embedding a process computer into his application.
This, however, is but one of many possibilities. For example, cloud computing costs can be greatly reduced if a process computer is used instead – think of jobs such as the provisioning of network-accessible memory or an issue tracker. While the setup process of the single-board computer might cost a bit of additional time, the complete elimination of hosting fees tends to amortise the outlay in a relatively short period.
Finally, single-board computers can, of course, also be used as a general-purpose workstations for tasks that have few demands for the underlying hardware.
In short, single-board computers can greatly reduce total cost of ownership, not to mention offering various possibilities to play around with a fascinating bit of technology.
This Roundup is looking at alternatives to the venerable Raspberry Pi, which has just received an upgrade. The options can be superior not only in terms of availability, but also in terms of price or advanced features.
