Nexcom Neu-X102-N97 Intel N97 (Alder Lake-N) Fanless Digital Signage Player with Dual 4K HDMI and Dual 2.5GbE

Menu boards in a quick-service restaurant, timetable screens at a bus stop and wayfinding displays in a station need a player that sits out of sight and drives two screens. The Neu-X102-N97 is the Intel Processor N97 model in the Nexcom Neu-X102 series, a fanless digital signage player with dual 4K HDMI, two 2.5GbE ports and room for an LTE or Wi-Fi module.

The Intel Processor N97 is a quad-core Alder Lake-N processor with a 12 W TDP and Intel UHD Graphics, giving more headroom than the dual-core N50 for video and kiosk applications. One DDR4-3200 non-ECC SO-DIMM socket takes up to 16 GB, and an M.2 2242 Key M socket takes a PCIe 3.0 x1 or SATA SSD for content and the operating system. TPM 2.0 and a watchdog timer are on board, and Windows 11 or Linux (Ubuntu 22.04 or later) can be installed.

Two HDMI 1.4b outputs run at up to 3840 x 2160 at 30 Hz beside two 2.5GbE ports on Intel i226-V controllers, four USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports, the power button and a locking DC jack. An RS-232/422/485 port on DB9 sits on the other side with a remote power switch jack. Internally there are an RS-232 header, three USB 2.0 ports, audio line out and 4-in/4-out GPIO, and a full-size Mini PCIe slot with a nano SIM slot takes Wi-Fi 6/6E or LTE. The Neu-X102-N50 is the dual-core N50 model, and the X102-N97 is the same board as a 3.5 inch SBC.

Power is 12 V DC from the 60 W adapter in the box, with AT or ATX power modes, so the player can switch on by itself when power returns. The Neu-X102-N97 is fanless, in a longer finned case than the N50 model, and runs from −5 °C to 50 °C ambient with 0.7 m/s airflow. Shock is rated to IEC 60068-2-27 and vibration to IEC 60068-2-64 and IEC 60068-2-6, and it carries CE, FCC Class A and LVD marks with UL/cUL 62368-1 listing. Nexcom lists kiosks, drive-thrus, PIDS and smart city displays among its uses.