Premio BCO-500-RK3568J Rockchip RK3568J Arm Fanless Embedded PC with Dual GbE and -40 to 70 °C

Not every embedded job needs an x86 processor. Low-power control, CAN-connected equipment and Android signage often run well on Arm, with less heat and a wider temperature margin. The Premio BCO-500-RK3568J is the Rockchip model of the BCO-500 series, a semi-rugged fanless embedded PC rated from -40 °C to 70 °C.

The Rockchip RK3568J is a quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 processor running at up to 2.0 GHz, with Mali-G52 graphics (OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.1, OpenCL 2.0) and a small NPU. It has 4 GB of LPDDR4 memory on board and 64 GB of eMMC storage, with an internal micro SD slot for extra space. Android 13 ships as the default image, and Debian 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 are available.

Two Realtek GbE ports sit beside two USB 3.0 ports, two RS-232/422/485 ports and one CAN port, all on DB9 where serial, and a line-out jack. One HDMI output drives a single display at up to 4K 60 Hz. Inside are two USB 2.0 headers, an M.2 B-Key socket with an internal nano-SIM for an optional 4G/LTE module and an M.2 E-Key socket for optional Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, with six antenna holes on the enclosure.

Power is 12 to 24 V DC through a locking DC jack with AT and ATX modes, and the BCO-500-RK3568J is available with a power adapter. It is designed to comply with MIL-STD-810H for shock and vibration and is UL listed to UL 61010-1 and UL 61010-2-201, with CE, FCC Class A, UKCA, IC, VCCI and RCM. Wall and VESA mounting are supported, with DIN rail optional. We supply it configured and tested, with the OS image, wireless modules and antennas fitted. The BCO-500-2L-N97 offers an Intel N97 with Windows 11 support, and the BCO-500-MTL-125U adds a Core Ultra processor with an NPU.