What Is Selec Controls?
Selec Controls Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian manufacturer specialising in electrical measurement and protection, power quality monitoring, solar products, power supplies, industrial automation and process control components. Founded in 2000, the company has grown into a market leader for timers, counters and temperature controllers, and today operates across more than 75 countries with subsidiaries in the USA, Germany and Australia. Their portfolio spans panel meters, protection relays, VFDs (variable frequency drives), PLCs, HMI devices and process control instrumentation.
Where Selec Products Fit in an Automation System
In a typical industrial or building-automation architecture, Selec devices handle the measurement, switching and control layer — sensing voltage, current and temperature, driving motors through VFDs, and logging process values. Above that layer sits the computing layer: the industrial PC, mini PC or thin client that runs SCADA software, HMI dashboards, data-logging applications, protocol gateways and remote-monitoring agents. This is where Thinvent's product range comes in.
Choosing the Right Computing Hardware
The computing layer has different requirements from field instrumentation. It needs to run continuously, tolerate dust, heat and vibration, and communicate reliably over Ethernet and serial links. Key selection criteria include:
| Requirement | What to Look For |
|---|---|
| Continuous operation | Fanless design, wide-temperature components, watchdog timer |
| SCADA / HMI software | Intel processor, 8–16 GB RAM, 128–512 GB SSD |
| Protocol gateway duties | Dual Gigabit Ethernet, multiple USB and serial ports |
| Remote sites | 12V DC input, low power draw, DIN or VESA mounting |
| Kiosk / operator terminals | All-in-One form factor, 21.5" or 23.8" display |
Use Cases and Applications
Industrial mini PCs are commonly deployed as SCADA nodes on factory floors, as data concentrators collecting Modbus or OPC data from meters and controllers, as edge gateways forwarding telemetry to cloud platforms, and as operator stations running HMI software. Thin clients serve similar roles in virtualised environments, where the heavy processing happens on a central server and the endpoint simply renders the session. All-in-One PCs suit control-room and kiosk installations where a display and computer are needed in one compact unit.
Thinvent's Products for Industrial Computing
Thinvent manufactures fanless mini PCs, industrial computers, thin clients and All-in-One PCs built for exactly these deployments. Our Aero Mini PC range, for example, pairs an Intel processor with DDR4 memory and SSD storage, runs Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 IoT or embedded Linux, and draws power from a compact 12V adapter — making it straightforward to integrate alongside automation and measurement equipment in panel and cabinet installations. Whether you are building a SCADA node, a protocol gateway or a kiosk terminal, Thinvent offers a form factor and configuration to match.
