ASRock Industrial IMB-1254E-WV Intel Core 3 304 Mini-ITX SBC with In-Band ECC, Triple Display and 9-28V DC

Many factory equipment controllers and signage players run one application all day, talk to a handful of serial devices and draw power from a DC rail. The ASRock Industrial IMB-1254E-WV is the Core 3 304 model in the IMB-1254-WV series, a Mini-ITX SBC on Intel Core Processors Series 3 (Wildcat Lake-U) with a 9 to 28 V DC jack, and a newer alternative to the IMB-1234V for that kind of work.

The Core 3 304 has five cores (one Performance and four Low Power Efficient), a 15 W rating and Intel Graphics. A single DDR5 SO-DIMM socket runs at 6400 MHz and takes up to 64 GB, with Intel In-Band ECC supported. Windows 11 and Linux are supported, so the IMB-1254E-WV takes a standard OS image for signage or control software.

LAN is an Intel I226V 2.5GbE port and an Intel I210AT Gigabit port. Up to three displays run from two rear HDMI 2.0b outputs, an LVDS or eDP connector and an internal USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C header with DisplayPort 1.4a. The rear panel also has two USB 3.2 Gen 2 and two USB 2.0, plus mic-in and line-out audio, and an internal header adds two USB 2.0. Four internal COM headers give COM1 RS-232/422/485, COM2 and COM3 RS-232 and COM4 as RS-232, TTL 5 V or ccTalk by jumper, alongside four GPI and four GPO. Expansion is a PCIe x1 Gen4 slot, an M.2 Key M socket on PCIe x1 Gen4 for an NVMe SSD, two SATA3 ports and an M.2 Key E socket for an optional Wi-Fi module.

Power is 9 to 28 V DC through the rear jack, with a 12 V only build as a BOM option. The board is rated from -20 °C to 70 °C operating and -40 °C to 85 °C storage, and has a TPM header and Intel PTT. We supply the IMB-1254E-WV configured and tested, with memory, storage and the OS image fitted. The IMB-1254M-WV adds a six-core Core 5 320, and the IMB-1253E-WV uses the same processor with dual 2.5GbE, six COM ports and ATX power.