The BVM Group has introduced the TANK-700, a rugged, fanless embedded system that offers low power consumption, advanced LAN and WAN communications and high bandwidth peripheral interfaces. Based on the QM67 chipset, it supports the Sandy Bridge, second-generation, mobile Core i7, i5 or i3 processors with integrated GPU at up to 2.8GHz or the mobile Celeron processor at 1.9GHz, both in the PPGA-988 socket. All processors can address 4Gbyte DDR3 memory, with 2Gbyte DDR3 on-board and an expansion slot for a further 2Gbyte to be added. Optionally up to eight channels of audio/video capture can be fitted. Intel virtualisation technology allows multiple independent OS. (Win CE 6.0, Win XPE, Win 7 Embedded and Linux are standard.) Typical applications include HD audio/video capture for intelligent monitoring in vehicle or fixed installations. The embedded CAN-bus capability communicates with vehicle systems to monitor vehicle parameters. Other uses include processor-intensive tasks in medical and process control applications. Two RJ-45 copper and SFP fibre Gigabit LAN ports are provided, as well as two 5Gbit/s USB3.0 and four USB2.0 ports, a SATA3.0 6Gbit/s mass storage interface and eight COM ports. Dual band 2.4/5GHz 802.11 a/b/g/n communications gives Wi-Fi capability with up to 450Mbit/s bandwidth.
