Giada IB2-281-X7211E Intel Alder Lake-N Atom x7211E Pico-ITX Single Board Computer with 2.5GbE, HDMI and LVDS

An operator panel on a machine, a queue display or a building controller usually runs one application all day and gains little from extra cores. The IB2-281-X7211E is built for that kind of device: the dual-core Intel Atom build of the Giada IB2-281 series, a Pico-ITX single board computer measuring 100 x 72 mm.

The Intel Atom x7211E has two Alder Lake-N cores at 6 W and comes from Intel’s Atom x7000E embedded processor line. One DDR5 SO-DIMM socket takes up to 16 GB at 4800 MHz, and an M.2 M-key 2242 socket takes an NVMe SSD on PCIe 3.0 x2, which is ample for a single application and its logs. Intel UHD Graphics drives HDMI at up to 3840 x 2160 and dual-channel 24-bit LVDS at up to 1920 x 1200 as two independent displays. Windows 10, Windows 11 and Ubuntu Linux are supported.

Networking is one 2.5GbE port on an Intel I226-V controller. Two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports and two USB 2.0 ports on a header connect a touch controller, keyboard or scanner, while an RS-232 header and four-in, four-out GPIO reach older serial devices, push buttons and indicator lamps. An M.2 E-key 2230 socket takes a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth module, and an optional TPM 2.0 and a watchdog timer are listed.

The IB2-281-X7211E is fanless, operates from 0 to 60 °C with 0.7 m/s of airflow and runs from 12 V DC through a DC jack or an internal 4-pin header, with auto power-on. It carries CE, FCC and RoHS compliance. Where the software grows, the IB2-281-N100 offers four cores at the same 6 W on the same board.