New-Tech Europe Magazine | Q1 2020

optimizing the I/O throughput of the input channels to the processor cores. Further functions of the 8th generation Intel Core Mobile processors can best be explained using concrete board configurations. Before that, however, it should be pointed out that the boards also offer extensive support for features such as real time. This may only partly be attributable to the processor, but it should be highlighted first as an important characteristic. TSN support included One example of an attractive feature in this context is the integrated TSN support, which, in conjunction with the OPC UA, is predestined to replace proprietary real-time Ethernet with a genuine open source solution. The SBC is consequently interesting for many embedded devices that are expected to be used in IIoT and Industry 4.0 environments and will need to exchange data with neighboring machines and higher-level plant management systems under real-time constraints. OEMs and users impose the same requirement on data recorders for wireless network monitoring, and on automotive test systems or data loggers for test vehicles, respectively, to store high-speed data streams from external sensors to solid-state or hard drives and analyze them, and to capture and log high-speed data streams to detect 3D objects and perform lidar imaging and mobile mapping. Real-time hypervisor support In keeping with these scenarios, OEMs can make full use of the increased quad-core performance when leveraging hypervisor software. And developers can now use multiple virtual machines to consolidate several

Figure 1 : Maximum performance with minimal design-in efforts: the high-end Intel Core i7, Core i5, Core i3, and Celeron Embedded processors advance the 3.5 inch SBC form factor with a mighty performance leap in every performance class.

previously separated functions on a single system, for example, to control two or four robots to be coordinated via TSN on a single hardware platform. However, with virtualization, OEMs can also integrate diverse additional functions such as Industry 4.0 gateways or artificial intelligence into suitable virtual machines, thereby making the

application programming easier, more flexible, and even more portable. Long-term availability of up to 15 years Yet, there are still other reasons that speak in favor of using the new 8th generation Intel Core Mobile processors

Figure 2 : Comprehensive interfaces and many extension options make extremely compact 3.5-inch SBCs a universal application-ready embedded computing platform suitable for use in numerous applications.

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