ASRock Industrial SBC-261J Intel N97 3.5″ SBC with Triple Display, Dual GbE and 12V DC Input

Signage players and operator stations often hang more off USB than serial: card readers, printers, touch controllers and cameras. The ASRock Industrial SBC-261J is a 3.5″ SBC with an Intel N97, four rear USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports and a 12 V DC input, for designs built around a fixed 12 V supply.

The Intel N97 is an Alder Lake-N quad-core processor running up to 3.6 GHz with a 12 W rating and Intel UHD graphics. One DDR5 4800 SO-DIMM socket takes up to 32 GB, and Intel PTT provides firmware TPM. The SBC-261J runs Windows 11 and Linux.

Networking is two Realtek RTL8111H Gigabit ports. Up to three displays run from HDMI 2.0b, DisplayPort 1.4b and LVDS or eDP. The rear carries four USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, and internal headers add two USB 2.0, one RS-232/422/485 COM port, three RS-232 COM ports and four GPI and four GPO. An M.2 E key takes an optional Wi-Fi and Bluetooth module, and storage is an M.2 M key socket with PCIe x1 or SATA3 plus one SATA3 port. There is no M.2 B key or SIM slot on this board.

Power is 12 V DC on a four-pin connector, with AT and ATX modes. The board is rated from -20 °C to 70 °C operating and carries CE and FCC marks. We supply the SBC-261J configured and tested, with memory, storage and the OS image fitted. The SBC-263J adds an M.2 B key for 4G or 5G and 9 to 36 V DC input, and the SBC-260J adds 2.5GbE, VGA and TPM 2.0.