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Looking at buying usb stick computer for robot and need to know if it can run a 32 bit windows 10 version on EZ Builder software? Or there is also a cheaper stick that runs on the mobile chrome operating system would this run EZ Builder mobile?
What is the use case (does it have to be stick due to space, what and how many sensors, actuators and controls are you working with, are you running complex scripts, are you running plugins or other applications)
What hardware features do you need, do you need a headphone jack, USB 2 or 3 how many ports, Bluetooth do you need to run on battery or mains power.
Quick google you can get a 4 core Atom for $100 to $150 USD with 2GB RAM but it will be slow and you will have to spend Some time stripping windows down to remove all the bloatware.
If you don’t have a budget issue you can get a core m5 with 4GB RAM and this will fly pretty much in most use cases.
Unless you are a Linux god and developed your own apps using the SDK and want to run mono I would shy away from trying to hack an android stick.
Most of the Android sticks run older versions and are not well supported. I would avoid them - let alone the limitations of ARC Mobile. For an autonomous bot like you describe I would stick with Windows.
Alan
ARC Desktop is a .NET (32 bit application). All Windows 64 bit versions have the WoW64 (Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit) subsystem capable of running 32-bit applications.
I'm curious what kind of stick can run Windows 10 (32/64 versions) ?
There are the Intel sticks (not all models run Windows 10):
Old version had performance/driver issues
Recent models are expensive.
if you want something small with windows 10 desktop + desktop ARC you may try:
LATTEPANDA
UP BOARD.
Intel Tablets
OR go with an Intel Nuc (I3, I5, I7)
I have one NUC I5 since 2014.
In 3 years, i saw a lot of products coming in and out... (Galileo, Edison, Joules) and mine is still good and nothing small beats the performance.
So the only way I can see that working is if you have the robot and the computer in the robot connecting to a wifi router that also has your laptop connected so you can show the video feed for the robot.
The other option would be to have stick connect to a HD video sender over RF or an IP camera and have that separate adhock to your laptop but again we are building something complex.
Just connect your laptop adhock to the EZ and save the roughly 200 CAD including tax you would spend on the stick computer for some other stuff.
Compare Apples with Apples.
1)
Raspberry PI 2/3 has an Arm SOC
Runs Windows 10 IOT version or Linux versions
There is no ARC version.
Power: 5V / 500ma - 750ma =2.5 - 3.75 W
2) Asus vivostick
https://www.asus.com/us/Stick-PCs/VivoStick-PC-TS10/specifications/
and you will need 9V / 2A = 18W
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With a size of 1.5"x7"x7" it was perfect for what I needed.
Going to run it off a dc/dc power supply.
It doesn't show being on sale anymore but something you might look into.
Full windows, Full ARC comes with a price.
Nice price.