ASRock Industrial IMB-1253-WV Intel Core Series 3 Wildcat Lake Mini-ITX Embedded Motherboards with Dual 2.5GbE

Factory and vision systems rarely need the most processing on the market, but they do need dependable networking, serial ports for older devices and a slot for the one card a project always seems to add. The ASRock Industrial IMB-1253-WV series answers that brief with Mini-ITX embedded motherboards on Intel Core Processors Series 3 (Wildcat Lake-U), pairing two 2.5GbE ports with six COM ports, a PCIe x1 slot and a choice of ATX or wide DC power.

Every IMB-1253-WV board has one DDR5 SO-DIMM socket at 6400 MHz for up to 64 GB, and both processors support Intel In-Band ECC, which helps on systems that run unattended for long periods. Networking is two 2.5GbE ports, one Intel I226V and one Realtek RTL8125BG. Up to three displays run from two HDMI 2.0b outputs, DisplayPort 1.4a through a USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C port and an LVDS or eDP connector. Serial I/O covers three rear DB9 ports (COM1 RS-232/422/485, COM2 and COM3 RS-232) and three internal RS-232 headers, with four GPI and four GPO. Expansion is a PCIe x1 Gen4 slot, an M.2 Key M socket on PCIe x1 Gen4 for NVMe, two SATA3 ports and an M.2 Key E socket for an optional Wi-Fi module, and an OOB function is optional.

There are two models. The IMB-1253M-WV uses the Core 5 320 with six cores (two Performance and four Low Power Efficient) for heavier application loads. The IMB-1253E-WV uses the Core 3 304 with five cores (one Performance and four Low Power Efficient) for systems where I/O matters more than core count. Both are rated at 15 W, and both are a newer Intel generation than the 12th Gen Core processors of the IMB-1234 series.

In practice the IMB-1253-WV series suits machine vision cells, manufacturing equipment and digital signage players. Power comes from a 24+4-pin ATX supply or 9 to 28 V DC on the four-pin connector, with AT and ATX power-on modes. The boards are rated from -20 °C to 70 °C operating and -40 °C to 85 °C storage, carry CE and FCC marks and have a TPM header and Intel PTT. Windows 11 and Linux are supported, and we supply these Mini-ITX embedded motherboards configured and tested with memory, storage and the OS image fitted, so they are ready to go into the enclosure.