Giada IB3-281 Intel Alder Lake-N 3.5" SBCs with 12 to 24 V DC Input and Wide Temperature

Kiosks, vending machines and machine controllers often need more serial ports and display options than a compact board offers, and many of them sit in cabinets that get cold. The Giada IB3-281 series puts Intel Alder Lake-N processors on a 3.5″ SBC measuring 146 x 102 mm, with passive cooling, a 12 to 24 V DC input and operation from -20 to 60 °C, so one board design can serve an indoor kiosk and an unheated enclosure alike.

Every IB3-281 board has 8 GB of LPDDR5 at 4800 MHz soldered on the board, so there is no SO-DIMM to unseat under vibration, and an M.2 M-key 2280 socket for an NVMe SSD on PCIe 3.0 x4. Intel UHD Graphics drives HDMI and DisplayPort at up to 4096 x 2160 at 60 Hz and dual-channel 24-bit LVDS at up to 1920 x 1200, with two displays active at once. Windows 10, Windows 11 and Ubuntu Linux are supported, with an optional TPM 2.0 and a watchdog timer.

The IB3-281-N97 uses the quad-core Intel Processor N97 at 12 W, which suits signage playback, kiosk software and HMIs with a full desktop. The IB3-281-X7211E uses the dual-core Intel Atom x7211E at 6 W, from Intel’s Atom x7000E embedded line, for controllers, data concentrators and simpler displays where lower power and heat matter more than core count.

Connectivity is generous for the size. A 2.5GbE port on an Intel I226-V and a GbE port on an Intel I210-AT keep a device network apart from the uplink. Four RS-232 and two RS-485 ports on headers connect printers, card readers, meters and drives, alongside four inputs and four outputs of GPIO. Two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports sit on the edge, with one USB 3.2 Gen 1 and four USB 2.0 ports on internal headers, and an M.2 E-key 2230 socket takes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Audio includes a rear headset jack.

Power is 12 to 24 V DC through a lockable DC jack or an internal 4-pin header, with auto power-on after a supply interruption. Both IB3-281 boards operate from -20 to 60 °C with 0.7 m/s of airflow, which suits unheated kiosks and cabinets in cold stores, forecourts or outdoor shelters.