Advantech releases Mini-ITX motherboard

February 2011 Industrial Computer Hardware

Advantech has introduced its new industrial-grade AIMB-280, Mini-ITX motherboard supporting the latest Intel Core i7/i5/i3/Pentium processors. The board is equipped with one PCIe x16 expansion slot, two serial ports, eight USB 2.0 ports, and four Serial ATA II 300 MB/s connectors. AIMB-280 also comes with software RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 support, and dual PCI Express-based Intel 82578DM and 82583V Gigabit Ethernet ports delivering up to 1000 Mbps of bandwidth.

With the graphics engine integrated into the processor, these two-chip solutions provide enhanced graphics performance compared with previous Intel platforms. Advantech provides drivers and APIs for different operating systems including GPIO, SMBus, watchdog timer, hardware monitor, panel backlight on/off, and brightness control. Supported operating systems include Windows 7, Windows XP, XP Embedded, Windows CE, and Linux.

For more information contact Elton Prytz, ProMicro, +27 (0)11 706 7913, [email protected], www.promicro.co.za

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