ARCHMI-900B: Aplex's panel mount panel PCs got updated with Whiskey Lake

Category : News by T-Pole | 15 November 2021

ARCHMI-900B: what’s new

As it was for the ARCHMI-800 series, which was upgraded from Bay Trail to Apollo Lake platform, also ARCHMI-900, the panel PCs series meant to advanced HMI applications, got updated from Skylake-U (6th Gen) to Whiskey Lake (8th Gen) platform.

Two are the available processors:

Core i5-8365UE (4C8T)
Core i3-8145UE (2C4T)

Both processors embeds UHD Graphics 620, which increases the performance of a 10% with respect to the previously adopted HD 520, broading the range of possible applications.

The possibilities for expansion improve thanks to the new platform, now the panel PCs feature:

4 X USB 3.0 Type A
1 x COM RS-232 (RS-232/422/485 available as option)
1 x M.2 Key M for storage, instead of the 2.5″ SATA disk bay
1 x MPCIe for half-size or full-size expansion modules
1 x M.2 Key E for expansion modules, i.e. WiFi

Unchanged the winning features of the ARCHMI-900 series concerning the external design of the product, such as:

Aluminium die-cast chassis with true flat IP66 front panel, fanless design
VESA or panel mount option
Display from 12.1″ to 32″, high brightness option available for each size except to 32″
PCAP or resistive touch screen, 32″ is available with PCAP touch only