ASRock Industrial iEP-7020E-002 13th Gen Intel Core i5/i7 Extended Temperature DIN Rail Controller with 5x GbE LAN

Many control cabinets sit at the meeting point of several networks: the machine bus, a safety network, the plant LAN and sometimes a vendor maintenance link. Keeping them physically separate is often simpler than managing VLANs on a shared switch. The ASRock Industrial iEP-7020E-002 gives a fanless DIN rail controller five independent LAN ports for that job, and it is the five-LAN model in the iEP-7020E series.

The iEP-7020E-002 runs a soldered 13th Gen Intel Core processor, the i7-1365URE or i5-1345URE at 15 W or the i7-1370PRE or i5-1350PRE at 28 W, with Intel Iris Xe graphics on two DP++ 1.4a outputs. Two DDR4 3200 SO-DIMM sockets take up to 64 GB with In-Band ECC, and Intel TCC and TSN support under Linux suits time-sensitive traffic between those networks.

The five LAN ports are three Intel i226-IT ports with vPro and two Intel i210-AT ports; none supply PoE. Four RS-232/422/485 ports, a 15-pin D-sub with 4 DI/4 DO, remote power and reset, three USB 3.2 Gen2 ports and one USB 2.0 port connect field equipment. Storage is an M.2 2280 Key M socket plus microSD, and an M.2 Key E socket takes a Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 module. Power enters through a Phoenix-type terminal block for 9 to 36 V DC with OVP, UVP, OCP and 80 V surge protection, with an optional 120 W adapter.

The iEP-7020E-002 measures 55 x 170 x 134 mm and mounts on a DIN rail, a wall or a VESA bracket. This DIN rail controller operates from -40 °C to 50 °C with 0.5 to 0.8 m/s airflow, is rated for 5 Grms vibration and 100 G shock with an SSD, and meets CE and FCC Class A. The iEP-7020E-001 supplies PoE on its extra ports, and the iEP-7020E-000 adds 4G or 5G and a 2.5-inch bay.