AAEON introduces two new Micro-ATX boards compatible with Intel Arrow Lake for industrial environments

If you want to build your own system for industrial environments, the manufacturer AAEON makes it easier for you with its two new Micro-ATX motherboards MAX-Q870A and MAX-H810A. These two boards have options aimed at this type of environment, and offer compatibility with Intel Core Ultra 2 series processorsalso known as the Intel Arrow Lake. The MAX-Q870A offers support for CPUs up to 125Wwhile the MAX-H810A does it on CPUs up to 65 W.

AAEON MAX-Q870A: up to 256 GB RAM and 125 W Intel CPUs

The most powerful version of the two, the AAEON MAX-Q870Ahas support for the most powerful Intel Core Ultra Series 2, with a TDP up to 125W. Offers four memory slots DDR5 CU-DIMM or U-DIMMwith a maximum supported 256GB. You will be able to add storage to this board through the two M.2 type M slots or in both ports SATA 6Gb/s available and are also compatible with RAID 0, 1 and 5.

Supports PCI Express cardswith a maximum of 4 with the main one compatible with PCIe 5.0 x16, 2 PCIe 4.0 x4 and one PCIe 4.0 x1. If you want to add wireless connectivity Wi-Fi and/or Bluetooththe plate also has a slot M.2 Type E with CNVi support and another type B.

MAX-Q870A offers up to three 2.5GbE Ethernet connections

On the back we find a multitude of I/O options, such as three RJ45 connectionstwo of them from 2.5Gbps. For video output has been added 2 HDMI 2.1 connections and two DisplayPort 1.4a that offer 4K resolution at 60 Hz, and internally, we also find a 40-pin connector compatible with LVDS/eDP. It is complemented with 6 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A ports and connection DB-9 for RS 232, 422 and 485.

AAEON MAX-H810A: a simpler board with up to 128 GB of RAM

For the AAEON MAX-810A Support is offered for Intel Arrow Lake CPUs up to 65W, and it has two slots for DDR5 memory of type CU-DIMM or U-DIMM with a maximum of 128 GB. Here we have a slot available M.2 for SSD drivesor 2 SATA 6 Gb/s ports compatible with RAID 0 and 1. To add cards it also has slot compatibility PCIe 5.0 x16, PCIe 4.0 x4 and PCIe 4.0 x1plus a wireless card slot M.2 type E.

In this model, at the back we find 2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 connections at 10 Gbps, two 3.2 Gen 1 at 5 Gbps and 2 USB 2.0. It also offers double connection 2.5Gbps RJ45 and video connections HDMI 2.1 and DP 1.4awith an internal LDVS/eDP compatible connector. For industrial environments it also includes a port DB-9 for RS-232, 422 and 485. Internally we also find another connector for RS-232 and 6 additional USB 2.0 ports.

In terms of operating system compatibility, these two models can run Windows 11 or Linux Ubuntu 24.04.2. They are also resistant to high and low temperatures with ranges ranging from -20 ºC to 60 ºC.

AAEON announces that these models They are now available through the usual channelswith a recommended price of $353 for the MAX-Q870A and $294 for the MAX-H810A. These are its complete specifications.

Differences between MAX-Q870A and MAX-H810A

Common specifications

• Format: Micro-ATX, 244 × 244 mm.
• Processors: compatible with Intel Core Ultra socket processors LGA 1851.
• Memory: DDR5-6400, dual channel, CU/U-DIMM format.
• I/O Chipset: Fintek F81966.
• Audio: Realtek ALC897 with 3W amplifier.
• TPM: Intel PTT (fTPM).
• BIOS: UEFI.
• Hardware monitoring: CPU/system temperature, CPU/system fan speed and Vcore, VCC5V, VCC3V and +12V voltages.
• Watchdog Timer: 255 levels.
• Intelligent fan control: CPU fan and system fans.
• Wake on LAN/PXE: compatible.
• Power states: S3 and S5.
• Graphics: Intel Graphics.
• HDMI: 2 × HDMI 2.1 TMDS, up to 4096 × 2160 at 60 Hz.
• DisplayPort: 1 × DP 1.4a, up to 4096 × 2160 at 60 Hz.
• LVDS: 24-bit, dual channel, up to 1920 × 1200 at 60 Hz, with layout shared with eDP.
• eDP: shared with LVDS.
• Backlight control: compatible.
• Battery: lithium battery.
• Feeding: ATX power supply using internal 24 + 8 pin connectors.
• Operating temperature: -20°C to 60°C, with a relative humidity of 10-90% without condensation.
• Storage temperature: -20°C to 85°C.
• Certifications: CE and FCC Class A, LVD.
• Weight: 0.6kg.
• MTBF: 482,605 hours.
• Rear Audio: 1 × microphone input, 1 × line output and 1 × line input.
• Rear serial port: DB-9 compatible with RS-232/422/485.
• SATA: 2 × SATA 6 Gb/s.
• Internal display: 1 × LVDS/eDP connector.
• Internal Audio: 1 × speaker connector and 1 × front panel connector.
• GAVE: 1 × 8-bit connector.
• Fans: 1 × connector for CPU fan and 2 × for system fans.
• Internal power: 24 + 8 pin ATX connector.
• Others: chassis intrusion detection and AT/ATX mode selector.
• Operating system: Windows 11 64-bit and Linux Ubuntu 24.04.2 with kernel 6.11.0-26.