Advantech PCM-3363 PCI-104 single board computer

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The PCM-3363 PCI-104 single board computer uses an Atom N455/D525 processor, supporting 1 GB of soldered DDRIII 800 MHz SDRAM.

The thermal design power rating including processor and ICH8M chipset is 9 W for the N455 and 13 W for the D525.

The rugged board uses locked connectors (direction changeable) in all I/O interface to strengthen shock and vibration resistance. The PCM-3363 adopts the IEC standard for electrostatic discharge protection for the COM port transceiver with 15 kV air gap protection/8 kV contact protection for RS232.

To overcome challenges from harsh environments, the machine is supplied with Lite-iManager. There are two major functions: extreme cold start and voltage dip protection. Normally, operating temperatures under -40°C can lead to systems failing to bootup properly, especially after lengthy storage.

Lite-iManager performs a special function to make sure all components reach working temperature to guarantee 100% bootup. It also ensures that abnormal transient power fluctuations won’t cause a system to freeze, making the device suitable for unmanned and outdoor applications which occasionally have unstable mains power.

The computer has CRT and LVDS dual display ports using an integrated graphics core with 224 MB shared memory. This feature makes it capable of handling complex and intense 2D/3D graphic processing.

The company provides an API suite called SUSI that supports GPIO, SMBus, watchdog timer, H/W monitor, brightness on/off, CPU speed and system throttling utilities. It makes it quicker and easier to integrate and configure hardware with software applications.