B&R APC910 automation PC

B&R has developed a new genre of industrial PC without cooling fans, ribbon connectors, mechanical HDDs and even the Windows operating system where possible.

The APC910 also has features such as scope for a built-in UPS and the ability to place multiple displays up to 100 m away.

Entry-level models feature the economical Celeron CPU, which is sufficient for common applications like SCADA. Models with the Core i-series CPU additionally give the unit the capacity for demanding real-time applications such as motion, robotics and vision systems.

B&R Runtime technology is claimed to merge the best attributes of PLC with an automation PC, but without PLC constraints. As a fully fledged PLC operating system that runs without Windows, this PC-based controller is free of the typical PLC and Windows limitations.

With the APC910 it is possible to run a PLC and SCADA on the same PC. Hypervisor technology enables B&R Runtime to co-exist cooperatively with other operating systems on a single PC unit, offering significant project savings.