Arestech MEGA-3110 8th/9th Gen Intel Core Extended Temperature Industrial GPU Computers

Deep learning and traffic vision projects tend to arrive at the same point: the model needs a discrete GPU, and the site needs a computer that copes with a wide temperature range, a DC supply and vibration. The Arestech MEGA-3110 series puts a PCIe x16 slot for a full-size graphics card into an extruded aluminum and steel enclosure, giving these industrial GPU computers desktop-socket compute with an operating range of -40 °C to 70 °C.

Both models share one Intel Q370 board for 9th and 8th Gen Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors in 35 W and 65 W versions. Two DDR4 2400/2666 SO-DIMM sockets hold up to 64 GB, and integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 drives VGA, DVI-D and a DisplayPort output at up to 4096 x 2160 alongside any card in the slots. Three GbE ports, an Intel i219-LM and two Intel i210-AT, support Wake-on-LAN and PXE, six RS-232/422/485 ports, 8x isolated DI and 8x isolated DO handle machine signals, and two removable plus two internal 2.5″ SATA bays support RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10. Four full-size mini-PCIe sockets with four SIM sockets take LTE or Wi-Fi modules, and Windows 10 IoT or Professional and Linux are both supported.

The two models differ in expansion. The MEGA-3112 carries one PCIe x16 slot and one PCIe x8 slot wired as four lanes, which fits a GPU plus a frame grabber or network card. The MEGA-3113 adds a second PCIe x8 (4-lane) slot for a GPU and two further cards, at 7.55 kg against 7.35 kg for its sibling, in the same 168 x 241.5 x 356 mm enclosure.

Unlike the fanless MERA and MEVA ranges, the MEGA-3110 series is fan-cooled so it can carry a graphics card. Power enters at 9 to 48 V DC without a GPU, or 24 to 48 V DC with one, through a terminal block with ignition sensing, a PC/car mode switch and over-voltage, reverse-voltage and over-current protection, and Arestech offers 500 W and 1000 W supplies for GPU builds. That suits MEGA-3110 industrial GPU computers to roadside cabinets, inspection cells and edge servers in unconditioned spaces.