
402 Embedded systems design
own experience is that laptops are pretty well indestructible
providing they are not dropped on to hard surfaces from great
height. By placing the unit in a padded jacket, it would probably
be fine. The only way to find out would be to try it! If there were
problems then a single board PC in an industrial case could be
used instead.
Scheduling the data sampling
For any data logging system the ability to sample data on a
regular basis with consistent time intervals between samples is
essential for any time-based system. The periodicity needs to be
consistent so that the time aspect of the data is not skewed. For
example if the ...