DFI EC900-8MM-4GB-WT NXP i.MX 8M Mini Cortex-A53 DIN Rail PC with 2x COM, 4GB RAM and -40 to 70 °C

Outdoor cabinets, pump stations and unheated buildings see cold mornings and hot afternoons, and a gateway there has to start and run through both. The EC900-8MM-4GB-WT is the wide temperature build of the DFI EC900-8MM series: the slimmer EC900 DIN rail PC with 4 GB of LPDDR4, rated from -40 °C to 70 °C.

Compute is the NXP i.MX 8M Mini, a quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 at up to 1.8 GHz with its own video engine, paired with 4 GB of LPDDR4 on board. That suits protocol conversion, data logging, MQTT or OPC UA gateways and a small local HMI over HDMI. Storage is 8 GB of eMMC with a microSD socket, and the EC900-8MM-4GB-WT runs Yocto 3.3 Linux on kernel 5.10.

The EC900-8MM-4GB-WT has two GbE ports on RJ45, two USB 2.0 Type-A ports and an HDMI output at up to 1920 x 1080 at 60 Hz. Serial is one RS-485 port on a two-pole terminal block and one RS-422 port on a ten-pole terminal block it shares with the 4-bit DIO, and two RS-232 ports sit on internal headers for cabling inside a cabinet. Inside are a USB 2.0 header and a USB-C OTG port. An M.2 2230 E key slot takes an optional Wi-Fi and Bluetooth module, an M.2 2242/3042 B key slot with a Nano SIM takes an optional LTE module, and the case has two antenna openings.

Power is 9 to 36 V DC on a terminal block, at 4.6 W idle and 6.4 W maximum, so the EC900-8MM-4GB-WT can share a 12 V or 24 V cabinet supply with PLCs and I/O. It is rated from -40 °C to 70 °C, with vibration testing to IEC 60068-2-64, and DFI lists CE, FCC Class A, UKCA and RoHS compliance. We supply it configured and tested, with the Linux image and any Wi-Fi or LTE module fitted, ready to clip to the rail. For DB9 RS-232 ports at the same temperature range, see the EC910-8MM-4GB-WT, or the EC900-8MM-4GB for indoor cabinets.