ARK-2150, 3rd Generation Intel^® Core™ i Fanless Intelligent System Offers Wide Temperature Support, Rich I/O Interface and Remote Management

Advantech, a global leader in the embedded computing market, has just unveiled ARK-2150, a compact (264.5 x 133.0 x 75.1 mm), fanless intelligent system with 3rd generation Intel® Core™ i3/i7 high computing power CPU with efficient management technologies that include Intel® Active Management Technology(iAMT) 8.0, Advantech SUSIAccess remote device management and iManager self monitoring and management software services. Its compact size, rich I/O, robust performance and unique management technologies are ideal for a range of embedded uses. More to the point, it supports -20° ~ 60° C wide temperature support, suited for applications needing extreme reliability and high performance.

High Performance Processors, High Speed Interfaces
ARK-2150 adopts a 3rd generation Intel® Core™ i3/i7 CPU with up to 20% improvement on performance and 30% on graphics over the previous generation CPU. DDR3-1600 and DDR3L-1333 is used for speedier data transmission and exchange at lower power; the fast I/O components such as USB 3.0 or SATAIII ports up to 6Gb/s are also available on ARK-2150. ARK-2150 supports up to 4* Intel® GbE, 4* RS-232/422/485, DIO with 2.5KV isolation, and 3 miniPCIe to support mSATA, WLAN and 3G/4G modules at the same time.

-20° ~ 60° C Wide Temperature Support, Solid Anti-vibration Design ARK-2150 has -20° ~ 60° C wide temperature range and 5G vibration/50G shock protection, making it an ideal platform for extreme environment applications such as police surveillance, medical imaging, semiconductor machinery/AOI - high level machine automation.

Outstanding Integrated Graphics: DirectX 11 & Triple Display
ARK-2150 contains the latest generation graphics core (Intel® HD Graphics 4000) with DXVA (full AVC/VC1/MPEG2 Hardware Acceleration), OpenGL* 3.0 and DirectX 11. All adding up to a 50% 3D improvement and a 1.8x increase in HD-to-HD transcoding performance. ARK-2150 supports VGA, HDMI, and DVI-D display types. Choose any two for dual display, which can be independent; that is, two different content streams are supported.

Built-in Remote Management Technologies Increase efficiency ARK-2150 supports Intel® AMT 8.0 and Advantech SUSIAccess for remote device management. It also embeds the intelligent, self-management, cross-platform iManager firmware.

Intel® AMT8.0 provides the following features:

• Remote diagnosis and repair
• Software and hardware inventory capabilities for remote asset management
• Hardware based security features including system defense filters and network isolation
• Power state control

Advantech SUSIAccess provides a smart, easy, remote management API so users can monitor, configure, and control a large number of terminals and centralize maintenance. It also supports FTP offsite back-up of complete system and files at any time, along with full system- and file- restore if the system should ever fail to boot up or crash. These three software tools make the ARK-2150 system smarter and more reliable. (http://www.advantech.com.tw/embcore/SUSIAccess.aspx)

Advantech iManager provides an intelligent, self-management, cross-platform firmware that monitors system status for problems and reacts to take action if anything is abnormal. (http://www.advantech.com.tw/embcore/imanager.aspx)

Availability
ARK-2150L will be available in early March, and ARK-2150F by Q2 of 2013;please contact your local salesperson. To see more product information, please visit our website: http://www.advantech.com.tw/products/ARK-2150L/mod_8A83164F-3899-4BAA-B2A7-E6183ADF2374.aspx

Features:
	Intel® Mobile 3rd Generation Core™ i Processor + QM77: i7 3517UE 1.7 GHz / i3 3217UE 1.6GHz Dual-Core, 4MB / 3 MB Intel® Smart Cache shared among all cores
	1 x DDR3/DDR3L SO-DIMM support up to 8 GB
	DirectX11, OpenGL3.1, OpenCL1.1, triple independent display: VGA + HDMI/ DisplayPort + DVI-D
	Supports up to 4 x Intel® GbE (Intel® 82579LM x 1, Intel® 82583V x 3), 3 x USB 3.0, 3 x USB 2.0 and 4 x RS-232/422/485 ports
	4CH isolated digital input & 4CH isolated digital output with 2.5KV isolation
	Supports 1 x internal mSATA socket and 1 x 2.5" HDD/SSD drive bay
	Support WLAN & 3G communication simultaneously by 2 x full-size miniPCIe (one with SIM holder ) & 1 x half-size miniPCIe
	Lockable DC power input connector and 12~24V wide DC input voltage support on ARK-2150F, 12V DC input voltage supporton ARK-2150L
	Dimensions (W x H x D): 264.5 x 75.1 x 133.0 mm (10.41" x 2.96" x 5.24")
	Operating Temperature: -20° ~ 60° C, with 0.7m3/sec air flow
	Supports Intel® AMT8.0, Advantech SUSIAccess & iManager
	OS support list: Windows 7, Windows 7 Embedded, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Embedded, Windows CE 6.0, Linux, QNX