DFI VC500-CMS-H Intel Core i3, Pentium or Celeron Rugged Embedded Computer with 9-50V DC

Not every vehicle computer needs a Core i7: data loggers, serial gateways and control units often need ports and rugged storage far more than processing. The VC500-CMS-H is the entry build of the DFI VC500-CMS series, a rugged embedded computer on the Intel H420E chipset with five COM ports, swappable SSDs and 9 to 50 V DC power on a terminal block.

DFI offers the Core i3-10100TE with four cores, the Pentium G6400TE or the Celeron G5900TE with two cores, all LGA1200 parts at 35 W. Memory is DDR4-2933 on two SO-DIMMs, up to 64 GB. Integrated Intel UHD graphics drive HDMI and two DP++ outputs for three displays. The VC500-CMS-H runs Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC, Windows 10 IoT Enterprise or Ubuntu 20.04, and a 3-axis accelerometer reports motion and free-fall events.

Two GbE ports on RJ45 use Intel I219LM and I210IT controllers. Four RS-232/422/485 ports and one RS-232 port on DB9, an internal RS-232 header, six USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports, line-out, mic-in and line-in complete the I/O, with two CAN ports and a DFI out-of-band RJ45 port as options. Two swappable 2.5″ SATA bays with lock support RAID 0/1, and the M.2 2280 M-key slot takes a SATA boot drive. An M.2 3042/3052 B-key slot (USB 3.0) with dual SIM takes an optional LTE or 5G module, and an M.2 2230 E-key and a mini PCIe slot take optional Wi-Fi or CAN modules, with three accessible SIM slots.

Power is 9 to 50 V DC with ignition and on/off delay management on a three-pin terminal block. The VC500-CMS-H runs fanless from -20 °C to 70 °C (without turbo boost, DFI notes), is shock and vibration tested to MIL-STD-810G and wall mounts; DFI lists FCC, E-Mark (E24) compliance, CE, RoHS and UKCA. We supply it configured and tested, with memory, SSDs, the OS image and any wireless module fitted. For Core i5 to i9, NVMe and isolated DIO, see the VC500-CMS-Q; for PoE cameras, the VC500-CMS-POE-Q.