DFI EC700-AL-N4200-4LAN Intel Pentium N4200 Low-Profile Embedded PC with 4x GbE and -20 to 60 °C

Indoor gateways on a factory floor often bridge several networks and a handful of serial devices, without the cost of an extended temperature CPU. The EC700-AL-N4200-4LAN is the four-LAN Pentium build of the DFI EC700-AL series: a low-profile fanless embedded PC with an Intel Pentium N4200, four GbE ports and four COM ports.

The Pentium N4200 runs four Apollo Lake cores within a 6 W TDP, which suits protocol conversion, edge data collection and small firewall duties. Memory is 4 GB of DDR3L onboard plus one 204-pin SO-DIMM, up to 8 GB in total, and 32 GB of eMMC holds the OS. Intel HD Graphics drives two displays, and the EC700-AL-N4200-4LAN runs Windows 10 IoT or Linux, as DFI states for Apollo Lake.

Networking is four Intel I210 GbE ports on RJ45, with two USB 3.0 Type-A ports, four RS-232/422/485 ports on DB9 and one DisplayPort output at up to 4096×2160 at 60 Hz and one VGA at up to 1920×1200. Storage is a 2.5-inch SATA bay and a full-size mSATA slot, plus the onboard eMMC. A full-size Mini PCIe slot with nano-SIM takes an optional 4G module, and an M.2 2230 E key slot takes optional Wi-Fi, with antenna holes on the front panel.

Power is 9 to 36 V DC on a DC jack. DFI rates the EC700-AL-N4200-4LAN from -20 °C to 60 °C and lists CE, FCC Class A, RoHS, CCC, UL and KC compliance, and it mounts on a wall, a VESA plate or a DIN rail with optional kits. We supply it configured and tested, with memory, storage, the OS image and any 4G or Wi-Fi modules fitted before it ships. The EC700-AL-N4200-2LAN trades two GbE ports for two more USB ports, and the EC700-AL-E3940-4LAN keeps four GbE with -40 °C to 70 °C operation.