Field Laptops with ZED2i

[brjthomas]

I’m looking to do some field testing with the ZED2i camera in a quite cold environment. I’m looking to use a rugged or semi-rugged laptop to do this. Many of these rugged laptops (like the Panasonic Toughbook) do not have Nvidia GPU’s to use CUDA.

What are some common laptops / jetsons / NUC’s used in the field? What are my best options for a CUDA compatible GPU and reliability / ruggedness?

I’d like to stay in a x86_64 architecture if possible.

Thanks!

[Myzhar]

Hi @brjthomas
Welcome to the Stereolabs community.

An NVIDIA GPU is required to use our cameras with the ZED SDK, you can find different rugged laptops with discrete NVIDIA GPUs.
Otherwise, you can consider NVIDIA Jetson-based embedded devices from SysLogic, Vecow, AdLink, Neousys, Forecr, ConnectTech, etc.

Our ZED Box is also a solution, but it’s not made to work in harsh environments without external protection.

[brjthomas]

Hi again!

Embedded Jetson-based devices, as well as the zed box, unfortunately are not a viable choice for my project right now.

In terms of rugged field laptops I have found

• A Lenovo Thinkpad P16s Gen2 which has a Nvidia GTX A500 GPU and a i7-1360P processor. Will this GPU be capable to run the Zed SDK? https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadp/thinkpad-p16s-gen-2-(16-inch-intel)/len101t0065?orgRef=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F
• The only other computer that contains both rugged and powerful features I’ve found are the Getac X600 and X600 Pro which are very, very expensive. Are there any options I missing here? The Dell Latitude Rugged and Panasonic Toughbook are not powerful enough and a lot of the other more powerful Thinkpads do not have an ethernet port (another project requirement).

[Myzhar]

The Lenovo option is a working solution.