Arestech SB-5000 Intel 13th/12th Gen Core Rugged Fanless PC with 6x COM, Ignition Control and -40 to 70 °C

Vehicle-mounted and roadside computers see cold starts, hot cabs and a supply that drops out every time the engine cranks, so the PC has to manage its own power and run without a fan. The Arestech SB-5000 is a rugged fanless PC for 13th and 12th Gen Intel Core processors with ignition control, a 9 to 48 V DC input and a -40 °C to 70 °C operating range, aimed at in-vehicle, edge AI, factory automation, image processing and network communications work.

The LGA1700 socket on the Intel R680E chipset takes eight listed 35 W processors, from the Core i9-13900TE and i9-12900TE down to the i3-13100TE and i3-12100TE. Two SO-DIMM sockets hold DDR5 at 4800 or 5600 MHz, ECC or non-ECC, up to 64 GB, which suits long-running logging and video work where memory errors matter. Intel UHD Graphics drives four displays, and TPM 2.0 is fitted on the board of the SB-5000.

Six RS-232/422/485 ports, nine USB 3.2 Gen2 ports and eight isolated inputs with eight isolated outputs on terminal blocks cover most vehicle and machine wiring. Two Intel i226-IT 2.5GbE ports are standard, and the flexible I/O window can add four GbE or four PoE+ ports for cameras as an option. Displays run on VGA plus three DisplayPort outputs, with three HDMI outputs optional. Storage is two 2.5″ SATA bays and two M.2 M-Key slots with RAID 0/1/5/10, while a full-size mini-PCIe slot, an M.2 B-Key slot, an M.2 E-Key slot and two Mini-SIM holders take optional 4G and Wi-Fi.

The SB-5000 accepts 9 to 48 V DC with ignition control, PC/Car mode and delay-time switches and over-voltage, over-current and reverse-voltage protection. It runs fanless from -40 °C to 70 °C with 35 W processors, is tested to 5 Grms vibration and 50 G shock and carries CE and FCC Class A marks, with a wall mount kit supplied. We supply it configured, with Windows 11 or Linux installed, and tested. For 14th Gen processors, see the SE-5010, and for a PCIe x16 GPU slot, the SE-5012E.