Aaeon Announces CoMs, 3.5" & mini ITX Embedded Boards Powered by Intel Bay Trail Processors

AAEON has announced the release three embedded boards and modules based on Intel Celeron J1900, N2930, N2807 and Atom E3800 series processors, which are all part of Intel’s low power Bay Trail family. EMB-BT1 is s mini-ITX board powered by Intel Atom 3825 or 3845, Gene-BT05 is a 3.5″ industrial board also based on Atom 3815/3815 or Celeron N2930 processors, and COM-BT is a series of COM Express type 6 computers-on-module.

EMB-BT1 mini-ITX Board

EMB-BT1 is a fanless board designed for digital signage, POS, Kiosk and networking applications among others, with the following key features:

SoC – Intel Atom E3825 with 2 cores @ 1.33 GHz (TDP: 6 W) or Atom E3845 with 4 cores @ 1.91 GHz (TDP: 10W)
System Memory – DDR3L-1066 MHz (3825) or DDR3L-1333 MHz (3845)
Storage – Up to 2x SATA 6.0Gb/s, 2x SATA 3.0Gb/s
Display – 1x VGA, 1x HDMI, 1x LVDS with dual independent display support
Connectivity – 2x Gigabit Ethernet (via Realtek 8111G)
USB – Up to 1x USB 3.0, 8x USB 2.0
Serial – Up to 5x RS-232, 1x RS-232/422/485
Expansion
- 1x Full-size Mini Card with optional mSATA
- 1x Half-size Mini Card
- 1x PCI-Ex1
Power – 12V DC
Dimensions – 17 x 17 cm (mini-ITX form factor)

You can get more information and access the user’s manual, datasheet, BIOS and drivers on Aaeon EMB-BT1 page.

Gene-BT05 Industrial Board (3.5″)

Gene-BT05 3.5″ fanless industrial boards are best suited for building automation, factory automation and medical equipment, and come with the following specs:

SoC
- Intel Atom E3815 with 1 core @ 1.46 GHz (TDP: 5 W)
- Intel Atom E3825 with 2 cores @ 1.33 GHz (TDP: 6 W)
- Intel Atom N2930 with 45 cores @ 1.83 GHz (TDP: 7.5W)
System Memory – 1x DDR3L 1066/1333MHz SODIMM, Up to 8 GB
Storage – 1x SATA 3.0Gb/s, 1x CFast. Optional mSATA (using Mini Card I/F)
Display
- 1x VGA, 1x HDMI, 1x 18/24-bit dual channel LVDS
- Onboard 4/5/8-wire Resistive Touch Screen Controller (Optional)
Connectivity – 2x Gigabit Ethernet
USB – 1x USB3.0, 3x USB2.0
I/Os – 4x COM ports (2 x RS-232, 2 x RS-232/422/485), 8-bit Digital I/Os
Expansion – 2x Mini Card/PCIe (1x Full-size, 1x Half-size)
Power – 12V DC
Dimensions – 101.6 x 46 mm (3.5″ form factor)

There’s currently no Gene-BT05 in Aaeon’s list of 3.5″ Sub-compact boards, but you could check out the product brief, and Texim-Europe has the three boards listed for sale (4 to 8 weeks lead time).

Aaeon COM-BT COM Express modules

There’s no complete information about the company’s Bay Trail COM express modules, and albeit they’ve announced Atom and Celeron versions of the CoM in their latest press release,I could only find a product brief with Intel Atom Bay Trail-I processors. Here are the key features listed in that document:

SoC
- Intel Atom E3815 with 1 core @ 1.46 GHz (TDP: 5 W)
- Intel Atom E3827 with 2 cores @ 1.75 GHz (TDP: 8 W)
- Intel Atom E3845 with 4 cores @ 1.91GHz (TDP: 10W)
System Memory – 1x DDR3L 1066/1333MHz SODIMM, Up to 4 GB
Storage – 2x SATA II (3.0Gb/s), optional 4GB eMMC
Display
- HDMI, Display Port, eDP and VGA up to 2560 x 1600
- LCD Interface – Up to 18/24-bit dual-channel LVDS
Connectivity – 1x Gigabit Ethernet (Intel I211)
USB – 1x USB3.0, 8x USB2.0 including one for USB OTG
I/Os – 2x serial ports (Tx/Rx only), up to 8 GPIOs (4 Input, 4 Output)
Expansion – 4x PCIe [x1], including one shared with Gigabit LAN
Misc – Optional TPM 1.2, watchdog Timer, H/W status Monitoring
Power – 12V DC
Standard – COM Express compact module, Pin-out Type 6, COM.0 Rev. 2.1
Dimensions – 95 x 95 mm

Further details about the three boards should become available during Computex 2014, on June 3-7 in Taipei, Taiwan, as Aaeon will showcase samples of the GENE-BT05, COM-BT and EMB-BT1 board at their booth (K0315a).

Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)

Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.