LGS commonly uses Dell PC systems, but LGS has also used a variety of industrial and panel PCs from Siemens, Advantech, and other manufacturers. Rarely, a customer may elect to use a custom PC for specific purposes.
Processor
Intel i7 processor, 4th generation or better (Haswell, Broadwell, Skylake, Kaby Lake). The model number may have a format like i7-47xx, i7-5xxx, i7-6xxx, or i7-7xxx.
Memory
8 GB or more of RAM
Hard Drive
500 GB or more of hard drive space. Solid State drives may be used, but we caution customers about the high rate of overwriting files locations for the Light Guide database and log files possibly leading to corrupted sectors. In some cases, we will turn off this logging functionality so that this is not an issue and to get maximum performance by not using processor or memory bandwidth to perform storage operations.
Graphics Cards
We almost always require one or more graphics card. The exception is when using a panel PC with a built-in touchscreen display where the motherboard HDMI/DVI/VGA port can be used for a single projector. Our standard graphics card is the NVidia Quadro P620 and the NVidia NVS 310/510/810 series. We choose this card because they can be set up to ignore projectors turning on and off with Nvidia EDID. Other models will require specialized EDID devices to ensure that Windows does not mix up the displays.
Operating System
We recommend Windows 10 Professional or Enterprise.
Typical System Overview
Hardware configuration is designed to fit the needs of the application.
The hardware requirement depends on Customer specifications eg.:
- Size of the work area to be projected on.
- Connection to PLC, MES systems, Tools?
- Which inspections are needed?
- What is the size of the product?
- Is only guidance required or also vision confirmation?
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