Industrial development board gets Elkhart Lake processor and 16Gbyte of ram

Author: EIS Release Date: Sep 23, 2022

Industrial PC maker Aaeon has updated its UP Squared development board, putting an Intel Pentium J6426 Elkhart Lake processor into its 85 x 90mm footprint. There is also a Celeron N6210 version.

 

UP-Squared v2

As well as being used for product development, the company expects it to be built into products and bought by makers.

 

“Users can take advantage of 1.7x the single-thread performance and 1.5x the multi-thread performance along with up to 16Gbyte LPDDR4 system memory,” according to the company. Up to up to 64Gbyte of on-board eMMC is also possible.

 

Dubbed ‘UP Squared V2’, it has Intel’s Gen11 UHD graphics and interfaces for HDMI 1.4, DisplayPort 1.2 and eDP 1.3 ports – allowing three 4K displays to be driven simultaneously.

 

The interface list continues with 2x Gbit Ethernet RJ-45 ports, 3x USB 3.2 Type A, a 40 pin GPIO header, one RS232/422 pin header, one SATA3 port and a TPM 2.0 connector for adding security.

 

“While the UP Squared offered expansion options in the form of a mini-PCIe and M.2 2230 E-Key slot, UP Squared V2 expands this potential with additional M.2 2280 M-Key and SATA III slots to give users the option of incorporating AI, PCIe and Wi-Fi modules, as well as providing security via its TPM 2.0 port,” said Aaeon.

 

Audio is covered by line output and microphone input connectors on a 6pin in-line header.

 

Power needs are 12V dc at 5A.

 

Windows 10, Windows IOT Core, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Yocto 3.1 are supported.

 

Example uses are automatically-guided vehicles, service robots and in smart factories.