Called ML350, it is designed around Intel Apollo Lake processing – Celeron N3350 dual-core or Pentium N4200 quad-core, for example – and is intended for applications from digital signage and machine automation, to industrial IoT and edge computing.

“We created a board and chassis combination that would provide the flexibility and configurability to accommodate a wide range of embedded and industrial IoT applications,” said company director of product management Murat Erdogan. “Designing the motherboard from the ground up provided the opportunity to include commonly-requested features.”

For multitasking it supports up to 8Gbyte of DDR3L and triple independent displays. It also supports 4G LTE comms “for enabling remote access or fail-over protection”, said Logic Supply, as well as security in the form of Intel Platform Trust Technology (PPT), key management for Windows 10, and hard drive encryption via BitLocker “for banking or medical applications to secure sensitive data”.

One often-requested feature included is CEC (consumer electronics control) for signage, said the firm, allowing connected devices to exchange information so that users can control multiple devices with a single interface. “The optional multi‑screen CEC capability means users can control the on/off state of attached displays through the system, simplifying power management in restaurants, outdoor digital billboards or transportation hubs,” claimed the firm.

There are also two mPCIe slots and one mSATA slot (for 4G LTE, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth), space for two hard/solid drives, 7x USB (including 2x USB 3.0 and 1x USB type C), Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, 1x Gb LAN (2x with N4200 CPU), dual DisplayPort and optional dual CAN bus or dual COM ports. Power is 9-24V.