DFI ASL051-BCD-N355 Intel Core 3 N355 Pico-ITX Motherboard with Dual 2.5GbE, HDMI and LVDS

An operator panel that also collects machine data, runs a local database and serves a dashboard needs more threads than a basic HMI board. The ASL051-BCD-N355 provides them as the eight-core Twin Lake build of the DFI ASL051 series, a 2.5″ Pico-ITX motherboard for indoor equipment such as packaging lines and test stations.

The Intel Core 3 N355 has eight cores running from 1.8 to 3.9 GHz at a 15 W TDP, the highest clock among the ASL051 builds. It is paired with a DDR5 SO-DIMM socket for up to 16 GB at 4800 MHz, and with Intel UHD Graphics, which decodes HEVC, VP9, AV1 and AVC in hardware for video in the HMI.

Dual-channel LVDS at up to 1920 x 1200 connects the local touch panel, and HDMI at up to 4096 x 2160 at 24 Hz adds a second screen. Two 2.5GbE ports on Intel I226V controllers link the machine and the plant network. Two rear USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports, plus internal headers for two USB 2.0 ports, two RS-232/422/485 ports and 8-bit DIO, cover scanners, PLCs and signal lamps. The three M.2 sockets add Wi-Fi, 4G or 5G and SSD storage.

The ASL051-BCD-N355 runs from 12 V DC on a terminal block, cools through a passive heatsink and operates from -5 to 65 °C. It carries CE, FCC, UKCA and RoHS compliance and supports Windows 10 and 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC and Linux. The ASL051-BCD-N305 offers eight Alder Lake-N cores at the same 15 W, and for -40 to 85 °C sites the ASL051-TTD-x7835RE provides eight Atom cores at 12 W.