DFI EHL Series: Ultra Low Power Intel Atom x6000 IoT and Edge Solutions

DFI EHL Series Embedded Computers

DFI EHL Series Embedded Computers
Bring Manageability and Responsiveness of Edge Devices to A New Level

As the opportunities for edge computing grow in their diversity, the pursuit of computing performance also increases. Industries have started to focus on how they effectively manage edge deployed devices and improvements around efficiencies for the synergy between devices for real-time response to events at the edge.

To meet these demands, DFI have introduced their new generation of EHL series embedded computing solutions, based on the ultra-low-power Intel® Atom™ x6000 SoC platforms that specifically enhance performance of edge computing and image processing. Through use of high-speed networks, all local ‘regional’ devices can be connected to accelerate applications for (example) kiosk, medical monitoring or mobile AGV/AMR – so events can be responded to in real time, consequently making the management of equipment more intelligent and more automated.

With the ever-increasing demands of IoT networks to provide real-time response, power efficiency and ambient temperature resilience at the edge, DFI has developed a suite of products around its EHL series which consist of industrial motherboards, computer on module (COM) and fanless embedded system PC’s with the Intel® Atom™ x6000 processors at their heart.  

Aside from having motherboards in form factors of 3.5” SBC and Mini-ITX, the EHL Series consists of COM modules in COM Express Compact and COM Express Mini formats – and small form factor industrial system PC’s that overcome environmental (temperature) deployment by operating efficiently at temperatures ranging from -40 to 85°C.

DFI EHL Series 5G Embedded Computers

For real-time response, the speed of data transmission is critical. The EHL series, via its Atom platform and signalling speed of PCIe Gen3, delivers 8 GT/s per channel for high-speed data and image transfer and storage. In terms of inter-device data transfer, the network speed has also been significantly improved from previous EHL generations via 2.5GLAN high-speed transmission and the EHL Series ability to connect via 5G cellular networks and WiFi 6 so they provide real-time services to edge devices.

For enhanced edge device manageability, the EHL product series supports vPro and AMT functionality on an Atom platform; previously this functionality was acheivable via desktop and server platforms. With vPro and AMT, the EHL series can not only monitor and manage remote devices via in-band signalling, but also automatically update, backup, and reboot the operating system through out-of-band (OoO) signalling – even when the operating system is down, reducing downtime and ensuring devices are up & running in an optimal condition at all times.

DFI’s latest release of its EHL embedded computing series provides for a full range of IoT device management optimisation, making the integration and collaboration between devices easier and in real-time. This brings an unprecedented smart and enhanced experience to the user for edge device monitoring across a range of applications such as outdoor digital advertising, factory data collection, robotic arm & CNC machine control, fleet management, infotainment systems for trains and bus, medical robots and smart energy – to name but a few.

Dominate Edge Computing: EHL Series

Based on Ultra Low Power Intel Atom x6000 Series

DFI EHL Series Embedded Computers
 - EHL171

Key features:

  • Utilisation of ultra-low power Intel Atom x6000 SoC
  • Support PCIe 3.0 on and Atom platform
  • Support up to 3 x 4K displays
  • Support 2.5G LAN, wireless LAN WiFi 6 and cellular connectivity 5G
  • Wide operating temperature of -40 to +85°C for harsh environment use.
  • First introduction of vPro and AMT OoB (Out of Band) management via an Atom platform

Target Applications:

  • Smart factory
    • Intelligent Gateway
    • Robotic arm control
    • HMI
  • Transportation
    • Fleet management
    • In-vehicle infotainment System
  • Healthcare
    • Medical imaging
    • Remote medical monitoring
    • Medical robots
  • Retail
    • Digital signage
  • Energy
    • Substation gateway
DFI EHL Series Embedded Computers
 - ED700
DFI EHL Series
DFI EHL Series

Fast and Diverse Connectivity

As well as the latest EHL series leveraging high-speed PCIe Gen3 signalling to achieve significant improvements in its expansion and connection capabilities, additionally the series provides up to 32GB DDR4-3200 MHz speed dual slot memory,  expansion ports for PCIe x4 and PCIe x1 ports, M.2 B & E key and Nano SIM slots – and a rich mix of i/o including LAN, COM, USB 3.1 Gen2 and SATA.

15 Year Life Support - DFI EHL Series

Industrial-grade Long Term Support

With long life time availabilities of up to 15 years via use of Intel’s embedded long life support programs, the latest EHL Series guarantees both performance and stability around availability of industrial PC platforms.

DFI EHL Series with Intel Atom x6000 Series Processors

DFI EHL Series - MB

EHL171/EHL173
Mini-ITX SBC

  • Intel Atom Processor Elkhart Lake Series
  • 2 DDR4 SODIMM up to 32GB
  • 3 Independent Displays: 1 DP++/VGA, 1 HDMI/ DP++, 1 eDP/LVDS
  • Multiple Expansion: 1 M.2 B Key, 1 M.2 E Key, 1 PCIe x4 (x2 signal)
  • Rich I/O: 2 x 2.5GbE, 2 USB 3.1 Gen2, 2 USB 3.1 Gen1, 6 COM, 4 USB 2.0
  • 15-Year CPU Life Cycle Support Until Q1′ 36 (Based on Intel IOTG Roadmap)
DFI EHL Series COM Express

EHL9A2
COM Express Mini

  • Intel Atom Processor Elkhart Lake Series
  • Dual Channel LPDDR4X 3200MHz/4267MHz up to 16GB
  • 1 LVDS/eDP, 1 DDI (HDMI/DP++);Dual displays: DDI + LVDS/eDP
  • Multiple expansions: 4 PCIe x1
  • Rich I/O: 1 Intel GbE, 4 USB 3.1, 8 USB 2.0
  • 15-Year CPU Life Cycle Support Until Q1′ 36 (Based on Intel IOTG Roadmap)
DFI EHL Series PC

ED700-EHL
Fanless Box PC

  • Intel Atom Processors X Series Fanless Embedded System
  • Support 5G Sub-6 module
  • Support WiFi 6 module
  • 4 LAN: Support 1 x 2.5GbE TSN , 3 x GbE LAN
  • Wide Operating Temperature: Support up to -40 ~ 70°C
  • Support Isolated COM & DIO
  • 15-Year CPU Life Cycle Support Until Q1′ 36 (Based on Intel IOTG Roadmap)

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