New ultra-rugged CoM offers shock and vibration resistance to harsh environments

congatec has introduced six new COM Express Compact Computer-on-Modules based on a 13th Gen Intel Core processor featuring the highest ruggedness. They are designed to withstand extreme temperatures of -40C to +85C. Equipped with soldered RAM, the new COM Express Type 6 Computer-on-Modules provide full compliance for shock and vibration-resistant operation in harsh environments up to the highest railway standards. Target OEM applications for the new range of Computer-on-Modules based on the new Intel microarchitecture codenamed Raptor Lake are manned and unmanned rail and off-road vehicles for mining, construction, agriculture, forestry, as well as any other mobility application off paved roads. Shock and vibration-resistant stationary devices and outdoor applications with high-temperature fluctuations are further important application areas as digitisation requires CIP against earthquakes and other mission-critical events.

With up to 14 cores and 20 threads, seconded by ultra-fast LPDDR5x memory, the 13th Gen Intel Core processors deliver excellent parallel processing and multitasking options for connected outdoor, rail and off-road applications within optimised power budgets. System designs will also become more sustainable due to improved performance-per-watt ratios and reduced power costs over their lifetime. These features are enabled by the Intel hybrid architecture, which is available for the first time in a highly rugged design and combines two core microarchitectures – P-cores and E-cores – on a single processor. Moreover, the soldered LPDDR5x memory supports IBECC, so no special memory is needed for mission-critical applications requiring the highest data integrity, reducing the components to be procured. Support for TSN and TCC completes the industrial-grade feature set.

The modules are supported by the company's high-performance ecosystem, including highly efficient active and passive cooling solutions; optional conformal coating for protection against moisture, thermal shock, static, vibration, and contamination; evaluation carrier boards and the carrier board schematics. Customers can order the modules with pre-evaluated real-time hypervisor technology from Real-Time Systems for virtual machine deployments and workload consolidation in edge computing scenarios. The hypervisor supports real-time operation and adds no additional latency. Additional service offerings, including shock and vibration tests for custom system designs, temperature screening, high-speed signal compliance testing, design-in services, and all required training sessions to simplify the use of the company's embedded computer technologies, round off the ecosystem.

The ultra-rugged COM Express Compact Type 6 modules based on the 13th Gen Intel Core (code name Raptor Lake) are offered in the standard configurations with customisation options upon request.