2025-12-12
1. Temperature
Consumer: 0-35 °C (living-room OK)
Industrial: –20-60 °C (still runs inside a metal cabinet in Dubai or Siberia)
2. Vibration & Shock
Consumer: sits on a desk
Industrial: solid-state parts + DIN-rail mount; survives a forklift bump or rail-car shake
3. Power & I/O
Consumer: one HDMI, one USB-C
Industrial: 9-36 V wide-voltage input, 6 COM ports, 8 GPIO, dual LAN for sensors & PLCs
4. Life-Cycle
Consumer: new model every year
Industrial: same board for 5-7 years, so your assembly line software never breaks
Pick consumer for Netflix, pick industrial for 24/7 steel mills, kiosks, solar farms—places where “turn it off and on again” isn’t an option.