New-Tech Europe Magazine | Q3 2020

SGET’s eNUC standard This still comparatively young embedded form factor is the new shining star among the embedded box PCs. What makes it so popular is its convenient compactness, which means it can be used virtually anywhere as an application-ready system. And despite a footprint of just 4x4 inches, the embedded boards still offer sufficient space for numerous interfaces on the front and rear. Another advantage of these systems is the SGET standardization, of course. This is unique in the field of box PCs until now – neither for 3.5 inch systems nor for Pico-ITX is there a comparable manufacturer- independent standardization host. Such standardization provides major reasons for succeeding in the embedded market: Firstly, it ensures – like all standardized form factors – that footprint-identical system designs remain available for many years. Secondly, it guarantees uniform system configurations even when purchased from different manufacturers, since a certain set of interfaces is an integral part of the specification. The standard also demands that eNUC boards support at least the industrial temperature range of 0 °C to 60 °C or even the extended temperature range of -40 °C to 85 °C. In addition, manufacturers are expected to guarantee long-term availability of at least 5 years. All this is unique in the box PC market thanks to the SGET specification. Extensive ecosystem With somany convincing advantages, there are already numerous eNUC board and system manufacturers on the market today. This gives customers the freedom to always choose the best solution. The wide range of available accessories – from standard cooling solutions and cable

Figure 1: The AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 and R1000 Series processors seamlessly integrate the ‘Zen’ CPU and ‘Vega’ graphics architectures and combine powerful GPU graphics performance with leading CPU performance.

sets to housings – makes it easy to purchase components from third- party providers. As it has evolved from a commercial standard, the eNUC form factor also offers low component costs for embedded

applications because there is often a mass-produced option so that NRE costs can be kept to a minimum. Last but not least, the fact that a large developer community is working with this form factor ensures that the

Figure 2: A Rugged industrial box PCs with AMD Embedded V1000 and R1000 series processors are available from ASRock Industrial, EEPD, OnLogic and Simply NUC.

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