DFI ADS106-H610E Intel 12th to 14th Gen Core Mini-ITX SBC with H610E Chipset, Triple LAN and 15 to 36 V DC Input

Gateways and line controllers are sized by their network ports first: the PLC network, a device or camera segment and the uplink each want their own interface. The ADS106-H610E is the H610E build in the DFI ADS106 series of Mini-ITX SBCs, with three Ethernet ports, DDR5 memory and a 12 V or 15 to 36 V DC input on a 170 x 170 mm board.

Its LGA1700 socket takes 12th Gen Alder Lake, 13th Gen Raptor Lake and 14th Gen Raptor Lake Refresh Core processors, Intel Core Series 2 (Bartlett Lake-S) hybrid parts, Intel Processor 300, Pentium and Celeron, from two to 24 cores at up to 65 W TDP. Protocol conversion and data forwarding often run well on a four-core Core i3, which leaves thermal headroom in a closed cabinet. Two DDR5 5600 MHz SO-DIMMs take up to 64 GB, and Intel UHD Graphics drives two DP++ outputs at up to 4096 x 2304, internal LVDS or eDP and an optional fourth display.

Networking is one 2.5GbE port on an Intel I226V and two GbE ports on Intel I210AT and I219V controllers. The rear panel has two USB 3.2 Gen 2, one USB 3.2 Gen 1 and one USB 2.0 port, with four USB 2.0 on internal headers. Two RS-232/422/485 ports and 8-bit DIO reach serial devices and signals. On this build the M.2 M-key runs PCIe Gen3 x1 or SATA, the B-key takes a cellular module with a Nano SIM for remote sites, and the E-key takes Wi-Fi. Two SATA 3.0 ports and a PCIe x16 slot supplying up to 75 W add storage and a card.

The ADS106-H610E runs from 12 V DC on a DC jack or from 15 to 36 V DC on a DC jack or 4-pin connector, operates from -5 to 65 °C, and carries CE, FCC, UKCA and RoHS compliance with TPM 2.0 and a watchdog. For vPro, RAID and NVMe at PCIe Gen4 x4, choose ADS106-Q670E, or ADS106-R680E to add ECC memory support.