DFI VC700-ASL-x7211RE Dual-Core Intel Atom x7211RE Rugged Embedded PC with OOB and -40 to 70 °C

A telematics gateway or data logger often stays powered whenever the vehicle is, so a few watts saved add up over a fleet. The VC700-ASL-x7211RE is the low-power build of the DFI VC700-ASL series, a rugged embedded PC that still keeps the full I/O of the series: GNSS, CAN, M12 Ethernet, isolated DIO and DFI out-of-band management.

The Atom x7211RE (Amston Lake) has two cores at 1.0 to 3.2 GHz within 6 W, with 4 GB of LPDDR5-5200 soldered down. That suits CAN and J1939 logging, GNSS tracking, protocol conversion and modem gateway duties rather than video. Intel HD graphics drive HDMI 1.4b and DP++ for a service screen, storage is removable 64 GB or 128 GB eMMC, and TPM 2.0 is built in. DFI out-of-band (OOB) management gives remote power on/off, reset and BIOS update over the network, without an OS agent. The VC700-ASL-x7211RE runs Windows 11 or Ubuntu 22.04.

Both GbE ports (Intel I210) use M12 X-coded connectors, one shared with OOB, beside four USB 3.2 Type-A, HDMI 1.4b and DP++. The rear carries two RS-232/422/485 ports and two CAN 2.0B ports with J1939 on DB9 (CAN FD by request), isolated 8-bit DIO at 2.5 kV, a 10 W speaker amplifier and line-out/mic-in. M.2 slots take optional 4G/5G (with nano SIM), optional Wi-Fi and an NVMe or SATA SSD, beside two mini PCIe slots and Fakra antenna connectors. A u-blox NEO-M9N GNSS receiver (dead reckoning on request) and a 9-axis IMU are built in.

Power is 9 to 36 V DC on a three-pole terminal block with ignition control. The VC700-ASL-x7211RE runs fanless from -40 °C to 70 °C, is shock and vibration tested to MIL-STD-810G and wall mounts; DFI lists CE, FCC, E-Mark (E24) compliance, ITxPT, RoHS and UKCA. We supply it configured and tested, with storage, the OS image and any 4G/5G module fitted. For more processing, see the VC700-ASL-x7433RE with four cores or the VC700-ASL-x7835RE-8G with eight.