DFI ARS103-W880 Intel Core Ultra 200S LGA 1851 Thin Mini-ITX SBC with W880 Chipset, Dual 2.5GbE and 12 to 28 V DC Input

An inspection cell or a test station in a machine cabinet usually runs from the cabinet’s 24 V DC supply, and it may process images all shift with nobody watching the screen. The ARS103-W880 is the W880 build in the DFI ARS103 series of Thin Mini-ITX SBCs, and it takes that supply directly on a 12 to 28 V DC input while adding ECC memory support and Intel AMT.

The LGA 1851 socket accepts Arrow Lake-S processors from the 10-core Core Ultra 5 225T at 35 W to the 24-core Core Ultra 9 285 at 65 W. DFI caps maximum turbo power at 100 W on this board, or 80 W with a graphics card fitted, which keeps the load on the DC supply predictable. Two DDR5 SO-DIMMs hold up to 96 GB with ECC support, at up to 6400 MHz with Core Ultra 7 and 9 processors. Integrated Intel graphics drives HDMI 1.4b, DP++ and USB-C display outputs.

The PCIe x16 Gen5 slot runs one x16 card or two x8 links for a frame grabber and a second interface card. Two 2.5GbE ports use Intel I226-LM, with AMT, and I226-V. Six rear USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports, four USB 2.0 headers, two RS-232/422/485 headers and 8-bit DIO connect cameras, lighting controllers and reject signals. Four M.2 sockets and two SATA 3.0 ports add NVMe storage at PCIe Gen4 x4, a cellular module with Nano SIM, Wi-Fi and a display module.

The ARS103-W880 operates from -5 to 65 °C with CE, FCC, UKCA and RoHS compliance, and it takes power on a barrel jack or 4-pin connector. ARS103-Q870 keeps AMT and the Gen5 slot without ECC, and ARS103-H810 suits simpler 24 V operator panels and kiosks.