NEW: BRICK i3 7100U – The industrial all-rounder

22.07.2020

In cooperation with technology partner MSI IPC, spo-comm has developed a successor model for the BRICK i3. As the name BRICK i3 7100U already reveals, the new model has received an update in terms of CPU. Due to the guaranteed long-term availability, the connections and dimensions of the passively cooled housing remain unchanged.

Powerful and energy-saving

The processor is an Intel® Core i3 7100U with 2 x 2.40 GHz, which is supplemented with up to 16 GB DDR4 RAM and can even display 4K resolution on two screens. This makes the BRICK i3 7100U the more powerful model in the BRICK series and is also suitable for more demanding applications in the industrial sector. And all this with an impressively low power consumption of just 15 watts.

Compact and robust

The industrial PC is housed in a compact, robust metal housing measuring 155 x 200 x 55 millimeters, is cooled without a fan and runs smoothly in the extended temperature range of -10° to +55°C. It feels particularly at home in harsh environments and is the perfect solution for various industrial applications - whether machine control, data measurement or control cabinet. The BRICK i3 7100U is easy to mount and secure thanks to the wall and VESA brackets supplied. A DIN rail mount is also available as an option.

6x COM and 4x LAN

On the front of the embedded PC there are two USB 2.0 interfaces, two audio connections (1x MIC IN and 1x LINE OUT), a power button and a whopping six COM connections, including four RS-232 and two RS-232/422/485. Two screens can be connected via the HDMI 1.4 and the DisplayPort on the back panel. There are also four USB 3.2 and two LAN interfaces, which can optionally be expanded to four. WLAN is optionally available. If you want to connect the industrial PC not via the supplied power supply unit, but directly in the control cabinet or to a machine to be controlled, for example, you can use the 2-pin Phoenix connector. An external power button can also be implemented via this.