This article first appeared in the Railway-News magazine, Issue 2 2023.
The modern transportation industry has undergone significant changes in recent years with the introduction of high-speed wireless communication, video surveillance technology and AI analysis playing important roles.
With operators now able to provide real-time information to passengers, speed has become more crucial than ever before. NEXCOM Mobile Computing Solutions has realised the need for speedy trends and presents the latest revolutionised nROK 1030 and nROK 1031 systems by implementing the latest Intel® Elkhart Lake Atom® processors to accomplish customer needs.
The new entry-level nROK family welcomes the arrival of new members, the nROK 1030 and nROK 1031, which enhance performance by utilising new-generation processors and memory with Intel® Elkhart Lake processors and DDR4 instead of DDR3L, increasing the bandwidth of LAN/PoE ports from 1GbE to 2.5GbE and total PCIe channels, and improving the module support ability by unlocking the supportive capabilities of 5G and Wi-Fi 6/6E.
The aforementioned features offer benefits that could fulfil unique functional applications with these costeffective platforms. For instance, real-time telematics train information can be updated to the central system by reducing latency with cloud connectivity via 5G and Wi-Fi 6/6E modules; the nROK systems have the ability to become 5G routers and data gateways, acting as large data processes and delivering transfers via powerful processors and 2.5GbE LAN. The AI application, such as people counting, also becomes available. Suppose the operator would like to send the in-train occupancy information to the passengers at the next station, the raw data coming through a 3D optical sensor that uses structured light to count Computers & Sensors 95 passengers will be instantly uploaded to the cloud. As soon as the information is reflected on the monitors in the station, passengers will be able to learn the car’s current status and swiftly move to the relatively empty car(s). Since some light rail systems have shorter distances between stations, with the speedy hardware solutions that NEXCOM Mobile Computing Solutions provides, operators could reduce total costs and time for installing high-end systems and sensors on trains.
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