ASRock Industrial IMB-1009J Intel N150 Mini-ITX Motherboard with Dual GbE, Triple Display and 12V DC

Signage players and serial-heavy factory systems often run for years on modest processing, where a low power draw and plenty of COM ports matter more than core count. The ASRock Industrial IMB-1009J is a Mini-ITX motherboard on the Intel N150 (Twin Lake) with six COM ports, two Gigabit LAN ports and a PCIe x1 slot, fed from a 12 V DC supply.

The N150 has four cores at up to 3.6 GHz within a 6 W rating, with Intel UHD Graphics. One DDR5 SO-DIMM socket runs at 4800 MHz and takes up to 32 GB. Windows 11 and Linux are supported, so the IMB-1009J takes a standard OS image for signage or control software.

Displays run from two HDMI 2.0b outputs at up to 4K and an LVDS or eDP connector, with up to three screens at once. Networking is two Realtek RTL8111H Gigabit ports. The rear panel has two USB 3.2 Gen 2 and two USB 2.0, with two more USB 2.0 on an internal header. Four rear DB9 ports give COM1 RS-232/422/485 and COM2 to COM4 RS-232, and two internal headers add COM5 and COM6 RS-232, with four GPI and four GPO for simple signalling. A PCIe x1 Gen3 slot takes an add-in card, an M.2 Key M socket takes a PCIe or SATA SSD, one SATA3 port adds a drive and an M.2 Key E socket takes an optional Wi-Fi module.

Power is 12 V DC through a four-pin power cable, with AT and ATX power-on modes. The board is rated from -20 °C to 70 °C operating and -40 °C to 85 °C storage, carries CE and FCC marks and has Intel PTT for firmware TPM. We supply the IMB-1009J configured and tested, with memory, storage and the OS image fitted. The IMB-1007J uses the same layout with an N97, and the IMB-1015J keeps the N150 with dual 2.5GbE, 4G/5G and 12 to 28 V DC.