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Mini PC / NUC for Expedition
Folks. Curious if anyone has had success with Exp and NUC-like mini PCs. We usually carry 2 consumer grade laptops, both tucked away in a safe place with a USB 3 monitor and wireless keyboard/mouse at the nav station. I'm considering giving a consumer grade NUC a try. Thanks
- Nick
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Re: Mini PC / NUC for Expedition
I'm not an expert, but there are rugged fanless NUC options which may be more suitable for boats. Laptops already have a degree of ruggedness built in that basic NUCs may not.
You can also get water proof ones, although that may complicate some connections
- DuncanR
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Re: Mini PC / NUC for Expedition
In simple hardware terms, I can vouch for running Expedition over a NUC, my home desktop is a NUC Extreme Ghost. Waterproofness would be an utterly different issue, I dunno about taking one to sea.
- willoxley
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Re: Mini PC / NUC for Expedition
Hi, I have had success with mini PCS and NUCs. The two companies I have used are fit-pc (we had these on the maxi 72 Caol Ila R) and
We were able to mount these in a dry position and they survived. We used the fanless ones as Nick suggested.
It was a pretty good solution. Cheers, Will
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- Tcat
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Re: Mini PC / NUC for Expedition
A few years back i was using devices from advantech.com. Their ARK range is industrial / bulletproof, fanless will have usb and serial port options and are low power draw. Worth a look.