# Embedded Systems

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/embedded-systems/8448>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 14, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/embedded-systems/8448 "2014-05-14T22:38:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![allenr8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@allenr8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/allenr8)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/embedded-systems/8448/1 "2014-05-14T22:38:23Z")

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So I have read a few topics about running clients on a raspberry Pi or Odroid. What I couldn’t find is if there was any clear winner out of all these small embedded PCs? I’m not looking for something hardened. This would just be sitting in an office environment. I am basically using them as thin clients whose only purpose is to have an ignition client.

Any suggestions would be helpful!

Thanks

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**Author:** ![WildeKurt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@WildeKurt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/WildeKurt)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/embedded-systems/8448/2 "2014-05-28T18:17:40Z")

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I was able to get Ignition to run on a RaspberriPi. However, due to a lack of memory it was very slow to start as in something like 5 minutes or more. Once it got going it work fine. I was just trying it out as a Digital Signage client. It may be possible to improve this performance with a specialized version of Linux. I did find one build called Raspbmc which allowed me to turn it into a multimedia/karaoke player using XMBC. Maybe something similar could be done for Ignition.

I had a quick look at Odroid and at first blush, that seems like it may work well. I’d give that a try if I were you. Get ready to have fun with Linux though.

Kurt