DFI ADP253-BCI-80I315UE Intel Core i3-1215UE (Alder Lake) 4″ EPIC Single Board Computer with 9 to 36 V DC Input and Triple LAN

A machine HMI usually runs one application for years: a touch screen, a recipe database and a link to the PLC. It needs dependable serial and Ethernet more than extra cores. The ADP253-BCI-80I315UE is the Core i3 standard-temperature build in the DFI ADP253 series of 4″ EPIC single board computers, sized for that fixed role with room for a second display.

Its Intel Core i3-1215UE (12th Gen Alder Lake) runs six cores and eight threads at 1.2 to 4.4 GHz within 15 W. Memory is 8 GB of DDR4 soldered on the board plus one DDR4-3200 SO-DIMM slot taking up to 32 GB, so the 8 GB on board is often enough on its own for an HMI runtime. Intel UHD graphics drive HDMI at up to 4096 x 2160, VGA at up to 1920 x 1200 and two USB-C ports with DisplayPort Alt Mode, with support for DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.2.

Six COM ports (two RS-232/422/485 and four RS-232) connect the PLC, a barcode scanner and a label printer, and 8-bit DIO shared with COM3 handles stack lights or push buttons. One 2.5GbE port and two GbE ports on Intel I226 separate the machine network from the plant network. Two USB 3.2 Type-A ports and two USB 2.0 headers take a touch controller and keyboard, and the M.2 M-key, M.2 E-key and SATA 3.0 port take an SSD and Wi-Fi.

The ADP253-BCI-80I315UE runs from 9 to 36 V DC on a locking barrel jack or 4-pin connector and operates fanless from -5 to 65 °C. It carries CE, FCC, UKCA and RoHS compliance, a discrete TPM 2.0 and a watchdog timer. For Iris Xe graphics and 10 cores, choose ADP253-BCI-80I545UE; for an unheated or outdoor enclosure, ADP253-ETI-80I315UE is the wide temperature version.