Since the appearance of Raspberry Pi, many SBCs have been appearing on the market, a multitude of development boards mainly based on Arm, but also on other architectures, such as x86 and more recently with RISC-V. Today we present you a new development kit designed to work with IoT and created by ADLINK and which is based on the board Express-RLP COM Express Type 6, which we will present to you in this article.
Unlike many other SBCs, designed to be cheap and have a small form factor, this one is designed to offer high performance, as you will see. And it is based on a Intel Core i3-13300HE processor or a Core i5-13600HE (Raptor Lake-P) to choose from, in addition to allowing up to 64 GB of DDR5 RAM, ATX power connector, and a multitude of other surprises, as you will discover later...
La COM Express arrives with a price starting from $495 and $595 until November 6 this year, for the one based on the Core i3 and Core i5 respectively. After that date they will cost $755 and $865 respectively. Therefore, if you want to get it cheaper you should take advantage now...
On the other hand, I would not like to overlook that the new ADLINK COM Express board supports Ubuntu 20.04 "for Intel IoT platforms" and also Windows 10 IoT. Therefore, you will have great versatility for your developments.
COM Express technical specifications
For more information, it must be said that ADLINK COM Express Type 6 has a development kit with the following Technical specifications:
- COM (Computer On Module):
- Processor:
- Intel Core i5-13600HE 4P+8E cores/16 threads @ 2.7 GHz with 18MB cache and integrated Intel Iris Xe GPU. The TDP is 45W (cTDP: 35W)
- Intel Core i3-13300HE 4P+4E cores/12 threads @ 2.1 GHz with 12MB cache and integrated Intel UHD Graphics GPU. The TDP is 45W (cTDP: 35W)
- Main memory: up to 64 GB (2x 32 GB) DDR5 type RAM with SO-DIMM modules
- Dimensions: 125 × 95 mm
- Processor:
- Carrier board:
- Storage:
- 4x SATA connectors for hard drives
- SD memory card slot
- Video output:
- 1x DisplayPort connector
- 1x 34-pin LVDS header
- 1x VGA DB15 port
- Audio:
- Integrated Realtek ALC262 sound card
- Mic/Line-in/Line-out 3.5mm Jack ports
- S/PDIF port
- Net:
- 1x 2.5GbE RJ45 Connector
- Ports:
- 2x USB4 ports (Type C)
- 4x USB 3.x ports
- 2x USB 2.0 ports
- 2x USB 2.0 ports via 9-pin interface for the front panel
- 1x DB-9 serial port
- 3x 10-pin headers
- Expansion slots:
- 1x PCIe x16 slot
- 1x PCIe x4 slot
- 4x PCIe x1 slots
- 8-pin GPIO header
- SMBus header, I2C, LPC
- Head for front panel use
- Others:
- BIOS/UEFI with POST and diagnostics via LPC bus
- Socket for second SPI flash
- 3x 4-pin fan connector
- ON/OFF button, and Reset
- Indicative LEDs and buzzer for sounds
- ATX power
- Dimensions: 305 × 244 mm
- Storage:
- Operating range and resistance:
- Temperature: between 0ºC to 60ºC for the standard version, and -40ºC to 85ºC for the "rugged" version
- Relative humidity: 5-90% RH approx.
- Shock and vibration: supports standards or certifications IEC 60068-2-64, IEC-60068-2-27, MIL-STD-202 F, method 213B, table 213-I, condition A and method 214A, table 214-I, condition d.