Arestech MEVA-3112P 8th/9th Gen Intel Core Extended Temperature Machine Vision Computer with Dual PCI Slots

PCI frame grabbers and motion cards often outlive the computers they were installed in, and requalifying a vision cell around new cards is expensive. The Arestech MEVA-3112P keeps two PCI slots on a 9th or 8th Gen Core board, making it the PCI model in the MEVA-3112P/E series of machine vision computers.

Compute comes from 9th or 8th Gen Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 desktop processors in the LGA1151 socket on an Intel Q370 chipset. Two DDR4 2400/2666 SO-DIMM sockets hold up to 64 GB, and Intel UHD Graphics 630 drives VGA and DVI-D at up to 1920 x 1200 plus DisplayPort at up to 4096 x 2160, so the MEVA-3112P can run image processing and an operator display together.

The MEVA-3112P carries two PCI slots in its expansion module, so two existing PCI cards, such as a frame grabber and a motion controller, can move across together. Three GbE ports on RJ45, an Intel i219-LM and two Intel i210-AT, support Wake-on-LAN and PXE, six RS-232/422/485 DB9 ports with auto flow control and 8x isolated DI plus 8x isolated DO handle triggers and machine signals, and six USB 3.2 plus two USB 2.0 ports serve cameras. Four removable 2.5″ SATA bays support RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10, and four full-size mini-PCIe sockets with four SIM holders take LTE or Wi-Fi modules.

With a 35 W processor the MEVA-3112P runs fanless from -40 °C to 70 °C, and with a 65 W processor and Arestech’s external fan kit it is rated to 60 °C. Power enters through a terminal block at 9 to 48 V DC, or 24 to 48 V DC with a GPU card fitted, with ignition sensing and over-voltage, reverse-voltage and over-current protection. Vibration is rated at 5 Grms and shock at 50 G, and the machine vision computer measures 148 x 241.5 x 231 mm and weighs 5.35 kg. For current PCIe cards, the MEVA-3112E offers a PCIe x16 and a PCIe x8 slot in the same enclosure.