Avalue EMX-APLP-3455-B1R Intel Celeron J3455 Thin Mini-ITX Motherboard with 12 to 24 V DC Input and Dual 2.5GbE

When a kiosk, signage player or control panel already runs on Intel Apollo Lake, keeping the processor the same can save revalidating software and OS images across a fleet. The EMX-APLP-3455-B1R is the Celeron J3455 build of the Avalue EMX-APLP series of Thin Mini-ITX motherboards, pairing that processor with dual 2.5GbE and fanless cooling on a 170 x 170 mm board.

The Intel Celeron J3455 is a quad-core Apollo Lake processor at up to 2.3 GHz with a 10 W TDP, enough for signage playback, kiosk applications, HMI software and simple control. Two DDR3L 1600 MHz SO-DIMM slots take up to 16 GB. Intel HD Graphics drives a DP++ output, a second output that works as HDMI or DisplayPort, and an internal dual-channel LVDS connector, with up to three independent displays for a touch panel and two customer screens.

Two 2.5GbE ports on Intel I226LM controllers separate the content or office network from local devices. Four rear USB 3.0 Type-A ports and five internal USB 2.0 connections take touch controllers, printers and scanners. Six COM headers, one RS-232/422/485 and five RS-232, plus 16-bit DIO connect card readers, payment terminals, sensors and relays. A full-size Mini PCIe slot with a SIM slot takes an mSATA SSD or a 4G module, two SATA ports add drives, and a PCIe x1 Gen 2 slot takes an expansion card.

The EMX-APLP-3455-B1R runs from 12 to 24 V DC on a lockable barrel jack, with AT or ATX modes set by jumper, and operates from 0 to 60 °C with 0.5 m/s airflow under its fanless heatsink. Avalue lists Windows 10 and Linux, so an existing Apollo Lake image can often move across with few changes.