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Rugged Industrial Edge Computer

The Ketron Industrial Edge Computer is a compact, fanless, ruggedized computing platform engineered for mission-critical applications. Housed in a precision-machined aluminum enclosure that functions as a high-efficiency passive heatsink, the system delivers exceptional thermal performance, reliability, and durability without the need for moving parts.

Ketron rugged industrial edge computer

Designed for Industrial Environments

Unlike conventional commercial desktop computers, a rugged industrial computer is designed with the environmental and operational requirements of industrial applications in mind.

Ketron Technologies industrial computers are designed for applications requiring dependable computing in environments exposed to dust, vibration, temperature variations, and continuous operation.

Key Features

Fanless Cooling

  • The fanless architecture eliminates mechanical cooling fans, reducing moving parts and helping provide reliable operation with minimal maintenance.

High-Performance Processing

  • Designed to support demanding computing workloads including edge AI, video analytics, industrial automation, data processing, and other compute-intensive applications.

Rugged Construction

  • A robust enclosure and carefully selected components provide a durable platform for industrial and mobile applications.

Flexible I/O

  • Multiple connectivity options allow the computer to interface with industrial peripherals, displays, sensors, networking equipment, and other devices.

Industrial Networking​

  • Designed for applications requiring reliable wired network connectivity for data acquisition, remote monitoring, industrial communications, and edge computing.

Edge AI Ready

  • The platform can be configured for AI inference and data processing directly at the edge, reducing dependence on cloud computing and minimizing latency.

Long-Term Deployment​

  • Designed with industrial applications in mind, where stable hardware platforms and long operating lifecycles are important.

 

Applications

Industrial Automation
  • Industrial computing for machine control, monitoring, data acquisition and factory automation.

Mining & Heavy Equipment

  • Rugged edge computing for monitoring, data processing and mobile industrial equipment.

Edge AI

  • Local AI inference and data processing for applications where low latency and reduced cloud dependency are important.

Video Analytics

  • Local processing of video streams for security, monitoring, detection and analytics.

Autonomous Systems

  • Computing infrastructure for sensor processing, AI inference and autonomous equipment.

Industrial IoT

  • Local data collection, processing and communication between industrial equipment and connected systems.

Technical Specifications

Processor

  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 125H or Ultra 7 155H Processor

  • Integrated Intel® AI Boost (NPU)

  • Intel® Arc™ Graphics Architecture

  • Up to 16 CPU cores / 22 threads (Ultra 7)

Motherboard

  • Kontron - German engineering industrial grade

  • Designed for flexibility and scalability

  • Comprehensive feature and tool set

Memory

  • Up to 96 GB DDR5-5600

  • 2 × DDR5 SO-DIMM slots

AI & Graphics

  • Intel® Arc™ GPU

  • Integrated AI NPU (Intel AI Boost)

  • Supports AI inference at the edge

  • Up to 4× 4K60 displays or 2× 8K displays

Storage

  • 2 × M.2 Key-M (PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe SSD)

  • 2 × SATA III (6 Gb/s)

  • RAID 0/1 support

Expansion

  • 1 × PCIe Gen5 x8 (open x16 slot)

  • M.2 Key-B for 5G modem

  • Nano SIM slot

  • M.2 Key-E for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth

Networking

  • Dual Ethernet

    • 1 × Intel Gigabit Ethernet

    • 1 × Realtek 5 Gigabit Ethernet

  • Wake-on-LAN (WoL)

  • PXE Boot

  • Optional Intel vPro support (model dependent)

Connectivity

  • Industrial grade connectors

  • Up to 4 × USB 3.2 Gen2

  • USB Type-C / Thunderbolt™ 4 / USB4® (optional)

  • 2 × COM ports

  • GPIO

  • HDMI / DisplayPort / eDP / LVDS support

Power

  • Wide-range DC Input

  • 9–34 VDC

  • USB-C Power Delivery support (up to 140 W)

Environmental

  • Fanless operation 

  • Shock and vibration proof

  • 24/7 continuous operation

  • Operating temperature:

    • 0°C to +60°C (motherboard specification)

Operating Systems

  • Windows® 11

  • Windows® 10

  • Linux®

Why Ketron Technologies?

Ketron Technologies develops industrial computing platforms for demanding applications where reliability, performance, connectivity and long-term deployment are important.

Designed in Canada

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Application Support

We work with customers to select and configure computing platforms for their specific application requirements.

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