Cincoze Rugged Edge PC Keep Highway Electronic Toll Collection Running Reliably
Highway electronic toll collection (ETC) systems use automated vehicle identification and toll charging technologies to collect tolls without traditional manned toll booths, improving traffic flow and reducing staffing needs. As traffic volumes grow and system architectures become more complex, ETC systems must not only process data in real time but also withstand harsh outdoor roadside conditions, including temperature fluctuations, constant vibration, and unstable power, ensuring long-term stable operation.
A North American ETC operator specializing in electronic tolling, road maintenance, and traffic management services deployed 200 Cincoze High Performance & PCIe Expandable edge computers (DS-1402) as the core computing platform to improve the efficiency and reliability of its toll collection system. The DS-1402 units, with their rugged design and high-performance computing capabilities, support vehicle identification, real-time traffic data processing, and integration with diverse equipment, providing reliable round-the-clock operation of the smart road tolling system.
Product Requirements
Highway ETC systems require computing platforms to process large volumes of vehicle identification and toll data in real time, while efficiently integrating and transmitting the data to back-end toll collection systems to ensure smooth tolling operations and maintain traffic flow.
The toll system needs to connect to electronic tag sensors, license plate recognition cameras, vehicle detectors, network equipment, and other roadside toll equipment, so the edge computer must offer rich I/O interfaces and flexible expandability to support multiple device connections and data transmission while simplifying on-site deployment.
Road toll equipment is deployed outdoors, where it is exposed to temperature, vibration, and other environmental challenges. Because on-site maintenance is difficult, the edge computer must offer robust environmental tolerance to reduce maintenance frequency and costs.
Why Cincoze?
The DS-1402 supports Bartlett Lake-S and 14th/13th/12th Gen Intel® Core™ processors up to 65W TDP, with up to 96GB of DDR5 memory, providing ample computing performance for vehicle identification, toll data processing, and multiple system tasks. Support for the Intel® OpenVINO™ toolkit also lays the computing foundation for future AI applications such as image recognition.
The DS-1402 is equipped with rich I/O interfaces, including 2× GbE LAN, 8× USB, and 2× COM, as well as 2 PCI/PCIe expansion slots for adding data acquisition, communication, and other function cards as system requirements dictate. A GPU card can also be installed for AI applications, boosting inference and image processing performance. In addition, Cincoze's exclusive modular design allows more GbE LAN ports to be added, or expansion with high-speed 10GbE LAN, DIO, COM, PoE, and other functions, flexibly integrating all types of toll collection peripherals and simplifying on-site cabling and system deployment.
The DS-1402 features a rugged design with a wide operating temperature range of -40°C to 70°C and a wide 9–48VDC voltage input, along with overvoltage, overcurrent, and ESD protection to handle temperature changes and power fluctuations in outdoor roadside environments. It is also certified to MIL-STD-810G and carries UL safety certification, delivering the reliability needed for long-term stable operation and making it ideal for highway toll systems that must run 24/7.