Avalue EMX-TWLP-N150-A1R Intel N150 Thin Mini-ITX SBC with 12 to 24 V DC Input and Dual 2.5GbE

A digital signage player or a kiosk usually runs one application around the clock behind a panel, often in an enclosure with little airflow, so power draw and heat matter more than peak performance. The EMX-TWLP-N150-A1R is the Intel Processor N150 build in the Avalue EMX-TWLP series of Thin Mini-ITX SBCs, and its 6 W processor runs under a passive heatsink with no fan.

The N150 is a quad-core Intel Twin Lake processor with a 6 W TDP, a good fit for signage playback, browser-based HMI software, payment peripherals and light data logging. One DDR5 4800 MHz SO-DIMM slot takes up to 16 GB. Integrated Intel Graphics drives HDMI 2.0b and DisplayPort 1.4a at up to 4096 x 2160 at 60 Hz, a DP++ output and an internal eDP or dual-channel LVDS connector, with up to three independent displays, so one board can run a touch panel and two customer-facing screens.

Two 2.5GbE ports on RJ45 keep a content network and a local device network apart. Four rear USB 3.2 Type-A ports, an internal vertical USB 3.2 port and four USB 2.0 headers handle touch controllers, printers and scanners. Six COM headers, two RS-232/422/485 and four RS-232, plus 16-bit DIO connect payment terminals, sensors and relays. An M.2 M-key takes an NVMe or SATA SSD, an M.2 E-key takes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, an M.2 B-key with a SIM slot takes a 4G module, and a SATA port and a PCIe x1 slot add a drive and a card.

The EMX-TWLP-N150-A1R runs from 12 to 24 V DC on a lockable barrel jack or a 4-pin connector, operates from 0 to 60 °C with 0.5 m/s airflow and carries TPM 2.0 with CE, FCC and RoHS compliance. The EMX-TWLP-N250-A1R is the other quad-core 6 W build, on the Intel Processor N250, and the EMX-TWLP-N355-A1R doubles the core count to eight for multi-stream video or vision work.