N7 - the Core of noax 8" Industrial PCs C8 and P8. The noax
All-In-One board N7 makes it possible for small, completely
sealed, full-blown industrial PCs to be put to
multi-purpose use in extreme production areas. The N7 board
is presently among the most powerful all-in-one PC platforms
for mobile and stationary use of IPCs under 10 inch. The
complete board unit consists of one double-layer
motherboard and one single-layer add-on board. This
combination is currently almost the maximum for this
compact board design with dimensions of only 135x180x35mm
(LxWxH).
The N7 is equipped with an Intel Celeron processor with a
clock frequency of 400MHz and an Intel 815E chip set. The
noax board also takes growing demands on the hardware into
account: The memory can be upgraded with PC100 modules up
to 512MB. Another standard on-board is the integrated Intel
Extreme Graphics controller with 3D and DVD support.
Customary 2.5 inch industrial hard disks are connected via
an ATA100 interface. The pre-finished board is
factory-equipped with a touch panel controller and
micro-controller unit with sound available as an option. In
addition, the compact N7 possesses many standard on-board
interfaces such as 2xRS232, 2xUSB, Intel Ethernet network
controller (RJ45) and PS/2.
With the combination of motherboard and daughterboard, the
N7 achieves a tremendous expandability, despite its compact
design. LowProfile PCI, PC/104+ and Mini PCI are available,
with a choice between LowProfile PCI and PC104+. With the
popular LowProfile PCI cards, there is a possiblity to
quickly and easily upgrade additional interfaces like
RS422/485 or opto-decoupled interfaces, PC card slots or
Digital I/O, without much effort. Another low-cost memory
add-on solution are Compact-Flash cards which can be
inserted directly onto the board.