AAEON has launched its new single board laptop (SBC) that’s powered by Intel’s Core i3/i5/i7 ‘Whiskey Lake’ SoCs. The AAEON UP Xtreme is designed for builders of embedded purposes that want efficiency of Intel’s higher-end CPU cores in a really small form-factor. The SBC comes with a BGA SOC, soldered-down DDR4 reminiscence, eMMC storage, and has a wealthy set of I/O connectors.
Traditionally, AAEON’s UP-series single board computer systems have used Intel’s low-power Atom-class SoCs (Cherry Trail, Apollo Lake, and so forth.). As the identify suggests, the UP Xtreme SBC is geared toward embedded units that want Intel’s high-performance cell SoCs, reminiscent of dual-core or quad-core Whiskey Lake processors with Intel’s UHD Graphics 620, and a 15 W TDP. Just like different SBCs, the UP Xtreme measures 120×120 mm, however due to elevated TDP it makes use of energetic cooling. Depending on precise SKU, the UP Xtreme comes with four to 16 GB of DDR4 reminiscence in addition to 16 to 128 GB of eMMC 5.1 storage.
The motherboard carries two GbE controllers from Intel (i210/i211, and that i219LM PHYs), 4 USB 3.zero ports, two USB 2.zero ports, two Serial ports managed utilizing the Fintech F81801 chip, show outputs (DisplayPort, HDMI, eDP), RealTek’s ALC887 audio codec, and so forth. As for expandability, the UP Xtreme SBC has a SATA connector, an M.2-2280 slot (PCIe 3.zero x2, SATA), an M.2-2230 slot, a 40-pin HAT connector, a 100-pin docking connector, and so forth.
Because of wealthy connectivity choices supported by the UP Xtreme motherboard, it might not solely tackle an enormous vary of embedded programs, however may also be paired with numerous custom-designed modules (i.e., AAEON’s AI Module, Intel’s RealSense cameras, and so forth.) for rising purposes that want laptop imaginative and prescient, AI, and so forth. Meanwhile, the SBC is suitable with Android, Windows 10, Ubuntu, and Yocto working programs.
AAEON has not disclosed pricing of its UP Xtreme single board computer systems, however given the truth that Intel’s Whiskey Lake processors begin at $281 in units of 1000, don’t count on these merchandise to be low cost even in entry-level configurations.
Source: AAEON (by way of CNX Software)
