Embedded motherboard enables license creation and management

In addition, it has CPU processing power and is specifically suitable for high-end applications in industrial automation.

The Kontron embedded FlexATX desktop motherboard includes Intel HD Graphics with three independent graphic ports, DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.4 support, LVDS 24Bit dual channel and Display Port 1.2. The embedded board is equipped with a TPM 2.0 for hardware protection of applications and licenses, and is available with Intel Core i7, i5 or i3 as well as with Intel Xeon E3 processors. The extended range of interfaces comprises additional PCIe slots, six SATA ports and four GBE ports.

The FlexATX-SKL-S-C236 board is part of Kontron's Security Solution Product Line. It enables comfortable application protection against unwanted access as well as license creation, management, and tracking. Furthermore, privileges and access levels can be assigned. All established operating systems such as Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Linux as well as Windows Embedded Standard 7 (WES7) are supported. With its Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) 2.0 support, the board offers DSP class I/O processing performance. With the ECC memory support, the Kontron FlexATX-SKL-S is a well suited platform for industrial real-time control applications.

"Due to the long-term availability of the FlexATX board, customers can rely on their base system for many years and thus manage large field deployments extremely efficiently without any issues caused by additional or replacement units running on a different platform. Furthermore, the extended range of interfaces makes the new board an ideal solution for high-end industrial applications," said Peter Mueller, Head of Portfolio Management Standard Products, Kontron.