ASRock Industrial SBC-260J Intel N97 3.5″ SBC with 2.5GbE, Triple Display and Wide-Range DC Input

Machine retrofits often keep an existing VGA monitor or panel in place, and replacing the controller is easier when the new board can still drive it. The ASRock Industrial SBC-260J is a 3.5″ SBC with an Intel N97, a VGA output, 2.5GbE and TPM 2.0, and it follows the SBC-250J generation.

The Intel N97 is an Alder Lake-N quad-core processor running up to 3.6 GHz with a 12 W rating and Intel UHD graphics. One DDR4 3200 SO-DIMM socket takes up to 32 GB, and a TPM 2.0 chip is on board. The SBC-260J runs Windows 11 and Linux.

Networking is one Intel I226V 2.5GbE port and one Intel I210AT Gigabit port. Up to three displays run from VGA, HDMI 2.0b, DisplayPort 1.4a and LVDS or eDP. Two USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports sit on the rear, and internal headers add four USB 2.0, two RS-232/422/485 COM ports, two RS-232 COM ports and four GPI and four GPO. An M.2 E key takes optional Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, an M.2 B key with SIM slot takes an optional 4G or 5G module, and storage is an M.2 M key socket with PCIe x1 Gen3 or SATA3 plus one SATA3 port.

Power is 9 to 36 V DC on a four-pin wafer, with AT and ATX modes. The board is rated from -20 °C to 70 °C operating and carries CE and FCC marks. We supply the SBC-260J configured and tested, with memory, storage and the OS image fitted. The SBC-264J swaps VGA for a second HDMI and two 2.5GbE ports, and the SBC-262M-WT adds TSN and a -40 °C to 85 °C rating.