Fanless embedded box PCs offer excellent expansion

12th February 2014

Nat Bowers

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Featuring excellent performance and rich expansion capabilities, the ARK-3500 and ARK-3510 series of fanless embedded box PCs have been introduced by Advantech. The computers are powered by the 3rd generation Intel mobile QM77 chipset and a Core i7 quad core processor.

Supporting a power input of 9-34V DC, the ARK-3500 and ARK-3510 PCs are suitable for use in applications including machine automation, industrial plants, and cabinet integration. The series' provide complete EMC & Safety Certifications (CE/ FCC/ UL/ CCC/ CB/ BSMI) and there is also optional wireless communication Wi-Fi / 3G / GPS support.

The embedded PCs are designed to support rPGA socket type processor selection from 3rd Generation / 2nd Generation Intel Core i7 quad core, Intel Core i5, Intel Core i3, to Intel Celeron dual core processors up to 45W with QM77 Panther Point Mobile PCH. Customers can choose their own 3rd or 2nd generation embedded or consumer processor based on different performance, price, and longevity demands. The ARK-3500 and ARK-3510 support Direct 11, OpenGL *3.1 and OpenCL* 1.1 graphics engines as well as AVC/H.264, VC-1 and MPEG -2 hardware decode acceleration. In order to provide the best performance, the box PCs are equipped with two DDR3 / DDR3L SODIMM memory slots up to 16GB.

Offering rugged and reliable operation in harsh environments, the PCs are equipped with a superior thermal design to ensure high system reliability and can support 3G vibration and 50G shock during operation with SSD. The ARK-3500 and ARK-3510 operate over a temperature range from -10 to 60°C (with SSD and even running an Intel Core i7 quad core processor without throttling). Additionally, they feature lockable connectors on the power, DVI, HDMI, COM, DIO, HDD bays and expansion slots.

The box PCs offer high expansion flexibiltiy: the ARK-3500 provides dual expansion slots with two PCI or PCIe x1 + PCIe x4 interfaces and is easily compatible with isolated AIO/DIO CAN card and motion control card for factory automation, camera link card for machine vision, and video capture card for surveillance; the ARK-3510 features high flexibility with its optional MIOe module support for extended I/O and can provide six different SKUs for different applications, such as adding an MIOe-220 module for up to a total of 5 GigaLAN ports, which can serve as a data backup and transfer station.

Additionally, the embedded PCs feature built-in SUSIAccess, smart remote management software and Intel AMT 8.0 technology, as well as McAfee for enhanced security and Acronis for backup and recovery.