Motherboard for mass market applications

An industrial grade ATX format motherboard from Advantech features the 4th generation Intel Core processor. The SIMB-A31 is said to offer designers a cost effective solution for mass market applications.

The board comes with a range of connectivity and expansion options, including: a PCI x16 expansion slot; two PCIe x1; three PCI; six serial ports; and one SATA II port capable of supporting data rates of 300Mbyte/s. There are also seven USB 2.0 ports and two USB 3.0 ports.

Two 240pin DIMM slots are provided, supporting up to 16Gbyte of DDR3 1600MHz DRAM storage, while the board can also drive VGA and DVI displays. A dual channel 6W audio amplifier is integrated, as well as an optional TPM security header.