DFI VC700-ASL-x7835RE-8G-SSD Intel Atom x7835RE Rugged Embedded PC with 8GB, Dual SSD Bays and -40 to 70 °C

Vehicles that record video or capture data on every shift need storage that can be swapped quickly, not a drive buried inside the case. The VC700-ASL-x7835RE-8G-SSD is the build of the DFI VC700-ASL series that adds two swappable 2.5″ SATA drive bays to the eight-core Atom x7835RE with 8 GB, in a rugged embedded PC with GNSS, CAN and ITxPT among its approvals.

The Atom x7835RE (Amston Lake) runs eight cores at 1.3 to 3.6 GHz within 12 W, with 8 GB of LPDDR5-5200 soldered down. Intel HD graphics drive HDMI 1.4b and DP++ at up to 4096×2160. Removable 64 GB or 128 GB eMMC holds the OS, and the two 2.5″ bays hold the recorded data, so drives can be exchanged without touching the system image. DFI out-of-band (OOB) management gives remote power on/off, reset and BIOS update over the network, without an OS agent. It runs Windows 11 or Ubuntu 22.04.

Both GbE ports (Intel I210) use M12 X-coded connectors, one shared with OOB, beside four USB 3.2 Type-A, HDMI 1.4b and DP++. The rear carries two RS-232/422/485 ports and two CAN 2.0B ports with J1939 on DB9 (CAN FD by request), isolated 8-bit DIO at 2.5 kV, a 10 W speaker amplifier and line-out/mic-in. M.2 slots take optional 4G/5G (with nano SIM), optional Wi-Fi and an NVMe or SATA SSD, beside two mini PCIe slots and Fakra antenna connectors. A u-blox NEO-M9N GNSS receiver and a 9-axis IMU are built in.

Power is 9 to 36 V DC on a three-pole terminal block with ignition control. The VC700-ASL-x7835RE-8G-SSD runs fanless from -40 °C to 70 °C, is shock and vibration tested to MIL-STD-810G and wall mounts; DFI lists CE, FCC, E-Mark (E24) compliance, ITxPT, RoHS and UKCA. We supply it configured and tested, with the SSDs, OS image and any wireless module fitted. Without the drive bays, the VC700-ASL-x7835RE-8G is the smaller option; for four PoE cameras and RAID across the SSD bays, see the VC500-CMS-POE-Q.