Luxinar partners with BVM to deliver bespoke PC solution for MULTISCAN laser marking range

Luxinar’s MULTISCAN systems are used in a range of applications such as high-speed bottle and label marking, and traceability marking of leather for the fashion industry.

At the heart of one of Luxinar’s laser systems is a Single Board Computer with custom I/O cards. This SBC typically needs replacing every few years because the manufacturer obsoleted the current SBC. The recent problem facing Luxinar’s design team was that any available replacement SBCs required adaptors to maintain backwards compatibility with their existing proprietary measurement cards.  The BVM and Luxinar design teams worked together to develop an alternative to the original design, that reproduced the original SBC whilst fitting in the limited physical space available. 

The resulting solution used a COM-Express module from DFI to provide the computing power and a custom carrier board designed by BVM to house both the COM-Express module and slots for the specialist I/O modules. The use of the COM-Express module simplifies future upgrades as the CPU technology moves forward. The finished result provides a stable, scalable, future-proofed platform. BVM’s design for Luxinar provides a computing sub-assembly with integral I/O and cooling that exactly fits the allocated space. It provides full backwards compatibility to Luxinar’s proprietary cards without additional adaptors and has significantly improved system stability and reliability in use.

"When our existing SBC was obsoleted, we faced a significant redesign challenge - not just replacing the computing platform but maintaining full compatibility with our proprietary measurement cards in a very constrained space," said Billy Richards, technology stream manager at Luxinar. "BVM understood the problem quickly and worked collaboratively with our design team to develop a solution that met all our technical requirements without compromise. The result is a more stable, future-proofed platform that has performed reliably in the field since deployment. It gives us the confidence to continue developing our laser systems without being held back by hardware obsolescence. BVM is now our go-to partner for embedded computing challenges."

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