Vecow ECX-3100 Intel Alder Lake to Bartlett Lake Industrial Embedded Computer with PCIe x16, 16 GPIO and Extended Temperature

Not every machine needs PoE. Where cameras and sensors have their own supply, a control cabinet or kiosk usually needs a fanless computer with a full-size slot, serial ports and a wide DC input. The Vecow ECX-3100 fits there: an industrial embedded computer in the ECX-3200 series with two GbE ports, 16 GPIO and one PCIe x16 slot, on the same fanless design as its PoE siblings.

The ECX-3100 takes socketed Intel Core 200S (Bartlett Lake-S), 14th, 13th and 12th Gen processors on the R680E chipset at up to 65 W TDP, with up to 24 cores on the Core 7 251E or Core i9-14900. Two DDR5 5200 SO-DIMM sockets take up to 96 GB, and Intel UHD 770/730 graphics drive DVI-I, HDMI and two DisplayPort outputs at up to 7680 x 4320. Vecow lists vPro, TCC and TSN support with Windows 11 or Linux.

Networking is two GbE ports: an Intel I219LM with iAMT and an Intel I210. Six USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports and a USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C port at 20 Gbps cover peripherals, with four RS-232/422/485 ports, 16 GPIO and three nano SIM sockets. The PCIe x16 slot runs as x16 or two x8 according to the manual, mini PCIe and two M.2 B key sockets take optional 5G or 4G, and an M.2 E key socket takes optional Wi-Fi, with two SUMIT slots also optional. Storage is an M.2 M key PCIe x4 SSD and two front-access 2.5″ trays on SATA III with RAID 0 and 1.

Power is 9 to 50 V DC on a terminal block, with 16-mode software ignition control and a remote switch. With airflow, the ECX-3100 runs from -40 °C to 75 °C with 35 W CPUs or -40 °C to 55 °C with 65 W CPUs, and fan sink modules are optional. Vecow lists CE, FCC, EN 50155 and EN 50121-3-2 for EMC. It wall mounts, with optional VESA, DIN rail and 2U rack kits. Where cameras need power, the ECX-3200 adds four 2.5GbE PoE+ ports, and the ECX-3100G adds 16 GMSL camera inputs.