May 2019

LEC-AL: COM Express SMARC Module based on Apollo Lake platform

ADLINK Technology announces LEC-AL the new Computer-On-Module (COM) combines the SMARC 2.0 standard with the latest Intel Atom E-Series and Pentium and Celeron N-series System-on-Chips (SoC), providing ideal solutions for low power consumption and high performance requirements.
The LEC-AL supports contemporary, high-bandwidth interfaces such as Ultra HD HDMI, dual-channel LVDS, PCI Express Gen2, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0/3.0, SATA Gen3, enhanced MIPI CSI camera, and a state-of-the-art HD Audio interface.
The module generates its own LVDS (18/24bit), TMDS, and Display Port ++ video signals using eDP and DDI output from the SoC to run three independent displays 2D and 3D graphics hardware acceleration.
Two SPI Flash chips implement a fail-safe BIOS, allowing the user to boot the module even if current BIOS settings have corrupted the system. Under the management of the BMC chip (Board Management Controller), the SEMA utility (Smart Embedded Management Agent) provides system control, security, and failure protection— counting, monitoring, and measuring hardware and software events, and using the SMBus to send corrective commands to the SoC.
LEC-AL primarily targets embedded intelligent systems used in several vertical market segments such as healthcare, industrial controllers and real-time systems, retail systems, edge IOT gateways, in-vehicle infotainment systems, printers, thin clients, industrial and ruggedized tablets, and many others.