DFI VC500-CMS-Q Intel Core i9 to i3 10th Gen Rugged Embedded Computer with 9-50V DC and 5x COM

Dispatch terminals, mapping systems and vehicle control computers usually need a fast processor, plenty of serial ports and storage that can be swapped, but no camera ports. The VC500-CMS-Q is that build of the DFI VC500-CMS series: a rugged embedded computer with 10th Gen Intel Core processors, five COM ports, isolated DIO and 9 to 50 V DC on a terminal block.

DFI offers the Core i9-10900TE, i7-10700TE, i5-10500TE or i3-10100TE, all at 35 W on the Intel Q470E chipset. Memory is DDR4-2933 on two SO-DIMMs, up to 64 GB. Intel UHD Graphics 630 drives HDMI and two DP++ outputs at up to 4096×2304 for three displays, and the Intel I219LM port supports Intel AMT on Core i7 and i5 for remote management. The VC500-CMS-Q runs Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC, Windows 10 IoT Enterprise or Ubuntu 20.04, and a 3-axis accelerometer reports motion and free-fall events.

Two GbE ports on RJ45 (Intel I219LM and I210IT), four RS-232/422/485 and one RS-232 port on DB9, line-out, mic-in, line-in and three accessible SIM slots are standard. Eight USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports and 8-bit isolated DI and DO at 2 kV on two DB15 connectors complete the panel, with two CAN ports and a DFI out-of-band RJ45 port as options. Two swappable 2.5″ SATA bays with lock support RAID 0/1, an M.2 2280 slot (PCIe Gen3 x4) takes an NVMe boot drive, and M.2 B-key, M.2 E-key and mini PCIe slots take optional 5G, Wi-Fi or CAN modules, with dTPM 2.0 built in.

Power is 9 to 50 V DC with ignition and on/off delay management on a three-pin terminal block. The VC500-CMS-Q runs fanless from -20 °C to 70 °C (without turbo boost, DFI notes), is shock and vibration tested to MIL-STD-810G and wall mounts; DFI lists FCC, E-Mark (E24) compliance, CE, RoHS and UKCA. We supply it configured and tested, with memory, SSDs, the OS image and any wireless module fitted. For four PoE cameras, see the VC500-CMS-POE-Q; for 10G fibre, the VC500-CMS-10G-Q.