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Honestly speaking, using readily available hardware instead of specialty made to operate an elevator isn't a bad idea.
The elevator probably cost $250,000. The i5 is a laptop chip. I’m sure it’s part of a fanless industrial embedded system. I can’t imagine why this is even news.
Arduino-like could be enough and its easy to buy/replace
It's an elevator, you could run it on a PLC with some ladder logic.
STOP USING BRAND NAMES, I am TIRED of seeing it.
It's not "Arduino", it's "microcontroller". STM32 "blue pill" compatible clones are cheap enough to give away in bulk. You don't even have to consider going 8 bit anymore.
It's not "Raspberry Pi", it's "single board computer". Although dtb overlays and such are slightly more annoying on other boards, there's literally not much of any difference functionality wise. AND the other boards are cheaper.
There's no reason to use the big brands. Unless you are working for someone and your boss demands "enterprise support" Red Hat style, of course.
Elevators company for sure would wanted brand support, to reduce their fault or specialists size