MEN Mikro Elektronik CB71C rugged COM Express module

The CB71C from MEN Mikro Elektronik is an ultrarugged COM Express module for rail, public transportation and industry applications, eg, data acquisition, infotainment, transcoding and live 3D. It is 100% compatible with COM Express Type 6 Pin-Out and conforms to the VITA 59 standard, which specifies robust mechanics to ensure operation even under harsh environmental conditions.

The product is based on AMD’s V1000 APU family. It is equipped with a Radeon Vega next-generation 3D graphics engine with up to 11 compute units, and supports up to four displays with a resolution of up to 4K without the need for additional graphics hardware. With up to four high-performance processor cores, the module is also suitable for virtualisation.

Based on the Rugged COM Express standard, the device is embedded in a closed aluminium frame, which ensures optimum EMC protection and efficient conduction cooling supporting a temperature range of -40 to +85°C. To withstand serious shock and vibration, only soldered components are used.

The unit can be equipped with a wide range of long-term available processors with scalable performance, all supporting ECC. Passive cooling is possible with low-power versions. It can be equipped with up to 32 GB of directly soldered DDR4 main memory and a 16 GB eMMC. Available high-speed interfaces include PCI Express 3.0 links, DDI (DP, eDP, HDMI), SATA 3.0, Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.0.

The board features an advanced board management controller with monitoring functions for safety-relevant applications. In addition, the unit has a Trusted Platform Module and supports hardware memory encryption, providing protection against both physical and inter-VM storage attacks. This is important for security-critical applications such as payment and ticketing terminals, fleet management or monitoring.