In recent years, with the growth of global energy demand and the implementation of the "dual carbon" action plan, the installed capacity of distributed photovoltaic power generation has been expanding, and it is gradually facing the challenges of low efficiency of manual inspection and high safety risks. In order to improve the efficiency and quality of photovoltaic operation and maintenance, the UAV operation mode has begun to be popularized and applied.
For the UAV intelligent inspection of photovoltaic power stations, North China Industrial Control can provide UAV-specific embedded AI motherboard solution support. Equipped with high-performance AI chips and other industrial-grade components, the computer is endowed with powerful data processing capabilities, high scalability, and industrial-grade high reliability to ensure more intelligent, efficient and stable inspection operations.
Problems in the inspection of photovoltaic power plants
· Complex terrain leads to low efficiency and high safety risks for manual inspection
· The inspection work of photovoltaic modules and booster station equipment is cumbersome and easy to miss
· O&M operations are required to be more accurate, more intelligent, and reduce costs
Advantages of UAV intelligent inspection of photovoltaic power plants
· It supports all-terrain rapid coverage inspection to improve operation efficiency and environmental adaptability
· Unmanned operation to reduce the accident rate of personnel safety and the cost of manpower operation and maintenance
· It supports more advanced algorithms and sensor technologies to realize the application of AI functions such as real-time monitoring of equipment status and fault warning
Industrial control empowerment helps UAV intelligent inspection
North China Industrial Control has always been committed to serving the intelligent society with the power of industrial control. Based on Intel® Alder Lake-N series processors, the embedded AI motherboard MITX-6122 is small in size, high performance, rich in interfaces and has industrial-grade high reliability, fully meeting the product requirements of inspection drones.
The main technical characteristics of MITX-6122 are as follows:
· Supports Intel® Alder Lake-N (N95/N97/N100) series and Core™ i3-N305 ultra-low-power mobile platform processors, based on high-performance E-cores to meet complex computing needs.
· Based on the Alder Lake-N series processors, it can integrate Intel® UHD graphics cards and support 2*HDMI and 1*LVDS/eDP interfaces, which can provide excellent image processing and display performance up to 4K resolution.
· It supports 1*SODIMM memory slot, DDR5-4800MHz, the maximum capacity can reach 16GB, and supports 1*SATA3.0 and 1*M.2 M-KEY 2280 SATA, which amplifies the advantages of bandwidth and data throughput.
· Support 2*Gigabit RJ45 network port, 1*M.2 E-KEY 2230 WIFI/BT and 1*M.2 B-KEY 3042/3052 3G/4G/5G (optional) to meet the requirements of wired/wireless network communication;
· Support 6*USB2.0, 2*USB3.0 interfaces to achieve multi-machine networking, and 4*RS-232, 2*RS-232/485/422 interfaces to achieve long/short distance higher rate data transmission and processing;
· Support a variety of audio output interfaces, including 1*Headphone, 2*Mic-In, 1*Line-In, 1*Line-out, 1*5W dual-channel power amplifier;
· It supports 2*CAN, 1*PS/2 mouse and keyboard, 2*CPUFAN (support speed regulation), 8*GPIO, 1*PCIe x4 slot (PCIe x1 signal) and JLPC expansion, which is convenient for users to achieve more peripheral access.
· It supports Windows/Linux operating system and has developed a watchdog function, which can provide a more stable and easy-to-develop system operating environment;
· It can meet the wide temperature operating conditions of -20°C~70°C, and can operate normally in complex environments such as complex electromagnetic environments;
· Measuring 170mm x 170mm, it supports DC +12V/+24V power supply mode, and has high integration functions and is easy to deploy.