AAEON has released two new Micro-ATX industrial motherboards featuring Intel Core Ultra 200S series processors, formerly Arrow Lake-S, the MAX-Q870A and MAX-H810A. They are available from Vepac Electronics.
The two boards are compatible with a range of Arrow Lake-S CPUs, with the MAX-Q870A supporting up to 125 W SKUs and the MAX-H810A supporting up to 65 W SKUs. This difference reflects the market positioning of the two boards, with the former marketed for advanced AI and machine vision use, and the latter for more cost-efficient industrial automation and HMI applications.
The MAX-Q870A provides four CU/U-DIMM slots for up to 256 GB DDR5, with storage options including two M.2 M-Key slots with NVMe support, and two SATA 6 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5 support. The board also provides simultaneous support for four PCIe devices through one PCIe Gen 5 x16, two PCIe Gen
4 x4 and one PCIe Gen 4 x1 slot. For both Wi-Fi and 5G module support, the board offers an M.2 E-Key slot with CNVi support and an M.2 B-Key slot.
The board’s rear I/O features three LAN ports, two of which run at 2,5GbE speed, six USB 3.2 Gen 2 (Type-A) ports, and one DB-9 port for RS-232/422/485. Joining these are four physical display outputs, two HDMI 2.1 and two DP 1.4a, all of which grant 4K resolution at 60 Hz. The MAX-Q870A’s internal connectors also grant access to a co-lay 40-pin LVDS/eDP connector. Additional internal I/O includes pin headers for an additional eight USB, a box header for five RS-232 interfaces, and a DIO 8-bit.
The MAX-H810A is designed to deliver the essential features required for modern industrial automation and HMI applications at a cost-efficient price point. In addition to its Arrow Lake processor support, the board can host up to 128 GB DDR5 via two CU/U-DIMM slots, with storage available through dual SATA 6 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1 support and an M.2 M-Key slot. For expansion, the board comes with PCIe Gen 5 x16, PCIe Gen 4 x4 and PCIe Gen 4 x1 slots, as well as an M.2 E-Key for wireless module support.
The MAX-H810A’s rear I/O features two
USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 (10 Gb/s), two USB 3.2 Gen 1x1 (5 Gb/s) and two USB 2.0 ports. Alongside these are dual 2,5GbE LAN ports, both HDMI 2.1 and DP 1.4a, and a DB-9 port for RS-232/422/485. The board also offers the same LVDS/eDP connector, DIO 8-bit and box header for five RS-232 interfaces as its counterpart, with six USB 2.0 interfaces also available through pin headers.
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