Challenge

A company was looking for a high-performance embedded board powered by the Intel® Core™ processor to build a security surveillance system for police car. Due to the limited space, the embedded board must be formed in an extremely compact form factor. Meanwhile, equipped with rich I/O interfaces for connecting surveillance cameras, audio recording devices, alarm systems are also a must. Moreover, the reliable industrial motherboard needs to withstand wide operating temperatures and work reliably in harsh environments for vehicle applications.

[Main Requirements]

• Fanless and compact design

• Intel® Core™ processor

• 4 USB 3.0 and 1 LAN at least

• Wide operating temperature range from -20°C to +70°C

Solution

The PICO500HGA-i7-6600U is a 2.5-inch embedded single-board computer (SBC) that offers a range of features, including a fanless design and an onboard Intel Core i7-6600U 2.6 GHz processor. This pico-ITX board is extremely compact and is equipped with multiple expansion interfaces, making it an ideal choice for customers who require a powerful CPU, long product life cycle, and rugged design capable of withstanding a wide operating temperature range (-20°C to +70°C) with an active thermal solution.

[Main features of the system]

• Fanless operation and compact design 

• High CPU performance and rich I/O interfaces

• Two expansion connectors with additional I/O signals (One PCIe x1, two UART, one DDI, four USB 3.0 and one HD audio)

• Wide operating temperatures from -20°C to +70°C

• Designed for long product life cycle

Application Diagram

Security Surveillance System for Police Car

The company has chosen PICO500HGA, an Intel® CoreTM-based pico-ITX motherboard, for building a security surveillance system for police car. This pico-ITX motherboard features extreme small form factor, flexible configuration, and high computing performance. 

The PICO500HGA comes with advanced connectivity options for connecting surveillance cameras, audio recording devices, acoustic devices and alarm systems that allow for automatic license plate recognition, video and audio recording, vehicle communications, and light and acoustic signalization control.

System Configurations

PICO500

• 6th gen Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3 & Celeron® processors (Skylake)
• 1 DDR4 SO-DIMM for up to 16GB
• 1 USB 2.0, 1 LAN, 1 HDMI and 1 LVDS
• 1 SATA HDD and mSATA 
• 1 PCI Express Mini Card slot
• 2 expansion connectors with additional I/O signals (1 x PCIe x1, 2 x UART, 1 x DDI, 4 x USB 3.0, and 1 x HD audio)
• Intel® AMT 11 supported
• AXView 2.0 intelligent remote management software