Category: Case studies

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Clouds.
In all variations, always in motion and each one unique. Whether as cloud cover, small isolated cotton balls or huge cloudscapes. However simple clouds may seem to us, they raise many unanswered questions. Not least because they are at unspeakable heights and usually pass by again quickly.
The darkness at night also makes it difficult to keep an eye on the celestial phenomena halfway through the day.
To make matters worse, the observation and analysis of clouds worldwide still involves a great deal of manual work. For example, a meteorologist has to go outside several times a day to determine the degree of cloud cover and the types of clouds.

PMOD/WRC took this as an opportunity to go one step further in the direction of automation. Using self-written software and an infrared camera as part of a specially designed installation, cloud research is now carried out much more efficiently.
A catadioptric system, consisting of a gold-coated convex mirror and an infrared cloud camera (the so-called IRCCAM), takes around 1,440 images of the sky every day. Cloud emissions, as well as their height and density, can now be observed, documented and analyzed 24 hours a day. Seven days a week. As the IRCCAM is located outdoors, it must also be wind and weatherproof. A demanding task – even for a mini PC – which finds its place here as a control device.

Product solution

The embedded PC for particularly harsh working environments: The spo-book RUGGED HM87. The robust IPC performs reliably even at temperatures from minus 30° Celsius to plus 60° Celsius. A generous selection of COM and USB interfaces, as well as a powerful and energy-saving Core i3 processor from Intel, make the spo-book RUGGED HM87 the ideal solution for PMOD/WRC’s innovative outdoor installation.

Conclusion

The ingenuity of PMOD/WRC makes a valuable contribution to cloud research. We are pleased to be able to contribute to this with our mini PC, the spo-book RUGGED HM87, and that the IRCCAM of the Swiss research institute has been working flawlessly for several months now.

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For many, the winter season is synonymous with: Braving the slopes!

But before you go up the mountain, you have to buy a ticket at the ticket office and sometimes wait a little longer in line. In the meantime, however, you can make good use of the time by looking at one of the numerous information displays. No matter where you are in Austria, in the most likely case these will come from feratel.

Price information, ski routes, weather conditions and forecasts, piste opening times and much more. Under the motto “Window to the world”, the holistic, customized solutions of the successful Austrian company provide you with everything you need to arrive back down in the valley at the end of the day safe and sound.

In ski resorts in particular, it is important that the flow of information via the screens is not interrupted and that you can rely on the information in tickers and the like. The second is that displays and mini PCs don’t break a sweat, regardless of the temperature. Reliability and resilience are therefore particularly important here.

So big, for example, that the Mayrhofen ski resort once again relied on feratel’s expertise at the end of 2015 for the construction of the new Penkenbahn.

Product solution

spo-comm GmbH is supporting the Mayrhofen ski resort with three different mini PCs. The following embedded PCs are used in multiple quantities:

The EXPANDED Q170, the RUGGED HM87 and the TURO Q87. Here you can find all our

spo-comm industrial PCs.

The IPC systems, each equipped with an Intel Core i processor and solid-state drive (SSD), are reliable. The spo-book trio finds its place even in the smallest of spaces and ensures that the desired content is delivered to the man and woman from morning to night.

Conclusion

Uniting eTourism and the environment around the world. feratel has been doing this like a textbook for decades. Whether Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic or the USA. The “Window to the World” lives up to its name in every respect.

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Further information about the Mayrhofen ski area

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Friday afternoon. Closing time. Long awaited weekend. A feeling of hunger gradually spreads. At home, however, the empty fridge is waiting. So off to the crowded discount store during rush hour. Then joining a never-ending queue at the brisk checkout to pay for the contents of the shopping cart, which have been collected in far too narrow aisles. Can’t it be easier? Go!

The intelligent solution for your shopping: emmasbox!

The refrigerated pick-up station, designed by open ideas GmbH, makes it possible to pick up food online. Pick up offline.” a new shopping experience: no opening hours to worry about. No long queues at the checkout. Convenient, easy and accessible 24 hours a day!

The flexible and reliable round-the-clock emmasbox service needs an embedded PC that is at least as reliable as it is robust, so that the shopping cart ready for collection remains well cooled and accessible to the end customer at all times, even in wind and weather.

Solution

Given the requirements, there is no way around the fanless mini PC, the spo-book WINDBOX II Quad. The flat industrial PC, equipped with four processor cores, not only ensures smooth control of the collection compartments and smooth operation of the touch display integrated into the emmasbox, but also synchronizes all the data required for collection and storage via external servers. In addition to high performance, the spo-book WINDBOX II Quad shines with its particularly economical energy consumption.

Conclusion

Thanks to the successful cooperation between open ideas and spo-comm GmbH, you can now decide for yourself when and where you want to take your shopping home with you.

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In September 2015, the Klubhaus St. Pauli had its kick-off and became the neighborhood eye-catcher par excellence. Unique is probably the best way to describe the building. Almost 300 panels form a 700 square meter, three-dimensional advertising space and turn the clubhouse not only into Europe’s largest media façade, but also, thanks to sophisticated programming, into an interactive digital signage event.

Looking behind the façade, creative and convergent thinking requires a powerful and reliable embedded PC to handle the installation in terms of control and the provision of web content.

Product solution

High performance and graphics requirements make the spo-book KUMO III mini PC the ideal choice.

In the case of Klubhaus St. Pauli, the spo-book is used with a 240 GB SSD and an 8 GB SO-DDRIII RAM. The energy-efficient Core i5 processor from Intel and the GT740M graphics chip from nVIDIA ensure smooth control of the lighting, video and audio matrix, as well as the uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

The content of the media façade can also be controlled conveniently and reliably via remote control using a separate spo-book KUMO III.

Media facade Klubhaus St.Pauli | Technology & software behind the facade from Intermediate Engineering on Vimeo.

Conclusion

The versatile planning and programming work of Intermediate Engineering has found the perfect partner in spo-comm GmbH for technical support and will allow the Hamburg Kiez to shine in new splendor in the future.

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Problem and the idea

A familiar situation for many: as soon as several people in a company have access to equipment, work materials or similar, this often automatically results in things not being put back promptly or properly after use, perhaps even getting lost in the endless expanses of halls or company premises.
An appropriate storage system is therefore essential to ensure security, transparency and availability in the depot area.

A panel PC from spo-comm provides the technical basis for the solution

The STB GmbH product range leaves nothing to be desired. In collaboration with spo-comm GmbH, the WS 8/600 drawer shelving system has been equipped with the fanless SQUARE 15 touch panel PC for user-friendly control and is, if you like, the perfect entry-level model.

Thanks to the specially developed software from STB, the 15-inch touchscreen of the SQUARE 15 gives you an insight into the contents of the Basic cabinet. Authorized users have access to the individual drawers and their compartments via a selection system. The Intel platform of the robust Panel PC with a Dual Core Processor D2550 proves itself particularly through its low power consumption with optimum performance.

Conclusion

The SQUARE 15 – the icing on the cake of the reliable WS 8/600 basic cabinet. Once again, teamwork has more than paid off and customers can now benefit from a convenient and transparent storage system.

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Task

One of the new highlights of the Augsburg puppet theater museum “Die Kiste” is a digitally controllable periscope. The view through the periscope is always directed at a built-in mini display which outputs a high-resolution video, giving the feeling that you are following the action backstage live. A reliable embedded PC with minimal installation measures was required for successful implementation.

Product solution

Thanks to its robust housing and VESA/wall mount, the powerful spo-book NANO is the ideal solution. The spo-book NANO delivers the desired content around the clock on a 6” mini display specially designed for LAB BINÆR.

Conclusion

The reliable mini PC has been doing its job since 2013. Thanks to the targeted collaboration between LAB BINÆR and spo-comm GmbH, many more visitors to “Der Kiste” will be able to enjoy a unique result in the future.

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In 2015, Virtual Sensitive presented its latest product, the Coconote Slim multi-touch table, for the first time. The successor to the so-called Coconote is characterized above all by its integrated, efficient projector. The Coconote Slim enables a resolution of 1,920 x 1,920p on an LCD screen and is particularly suitable for the interactive digital signage sector thanks to its detailed image output in Full HD. Because performance and power consumption should be balanced, the Coconote Slim requires a mini PC at eye level.

Product solution

The spo-book KUMO III is the ideal solution for high graphic demands. Both a current Core i5 processor from Intel and a high-performance graphics chip powered by nVidia ensure unparalleled performance. The wall bracket of the KUMO III enables easy integration into the Coconote Slim.

Conclusion

Experience presentations and digital signage on a new level. The spo-book KUMO III has once again proven its efficiency and will also be used in future multi-touch tables made by Virtual Sensitive.

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Product / Solution

Conclusion

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Product / Solution

E-Signage is the digital signage solution from EOTEC AG, which brings relevant information to customers via digital information displays. Technical expertise is consistently brought in here to support the customer from conception to realization and to find a solution that is easy for him to use. 

A professional solution to ensure that the focus remains on people. It is important to use reliable hardware that works unobtrusively. EOTEC AG has chosen the spo-book WINDBOX II Plus for its solution.

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