3.5-inch SBC comes in 6th and 7th Gen Intel flavors
Nov 7, 2017 — by Eric Brown 2,635 viewsCommell’s 3.5-inch “LS-37K” SBC supports 6th or 7th Gen Core S-series and Xeon-E3-1200 v5 CPUs with up to 16GB DDR4, triple displays, 2x SATA, and mSATA.
Commell announced a 3.5-inch SBC with Intel’s 6th (“Skylake”) or 7th (“Kaby Lake”) Gen Core S-series and Xeon-E3-1200 v5 CPUs. The LS-37K’s layout and feature set are similar to that of its Skylake based LE-37I and LE-37G 3.5-inch boards. As usual, no OS support is listed, but Linux should run with no problem.

LS-37K SBC with its LGA1161 socket unpopulated
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Unlike Aaeon’s GENE-KBU6 and Diamond’s Venus 3.5-inchers, which use 6th Gen U-Series chips, the LS-37K joins Axiomtek’s 3.5-inch CAPA50 in supporting faster, but less power efficient 6th and 7th Gen processors that use the LGA1151 socket. That also includes the server-class Xeon-E3-1200.
The 146 x 101mm LS-37K supports up to 16GB DDR4, and offers dual SATA III interfaces and mSATA, made available via the sole mini-PCIe slot. Triple displays are supported with a choice of five different display interfaces: 4K-ready coastline DisplayPort and HDMI ports plus DVI, VGA, and LVDS interfaces.
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Dual GbE ports are provided along 4x coastline USB 3.0 ports. There are also 2x USB 2.0 and five serial interfaces, one of which is accessible via a DB-9. Other I/O includes audio in and out, 8-bit DIO, and more. You also get a watchdog, RTC, and a wide-range 9-32V DC input.
Specifications listed for the LS-37K include:
- Processor — Intel 6th or 7th Gen S-Series Core and Xeon-E3 CPUs with LGA1161 socket; Intel C236 chipset.
- Memory — up to 16GB DDR4 1866/2133MHz via single SODIMM (ECC available with Xeon-E3)
- Storage — 2x SATA III (6Gbps) with RAID 0, 1, and Intel Rapid Storage Technology; mSATA via mini-PCIe
- Display:
- DisplayPort
- HDMI port
- DVI
- VGA
- 24-bit, dual-channel LVDS with +3.3V/+5V/+12V supply
- LCD inverter
- Optional 2nd VGA or 2nd LVDS
- Triple display and 4K support
- Networking — 2x Gigabit Ethernet ports (Intel I219-LM with iAMT 11 support and I210-AT)
- Other I/O:
- 4x USB 3.0 ports
- 2x USB 2.0
- Audio mic-in and line-out (Realtek ALC262)
- 4x RS-232 (1x DB-9 port)
- RS-232/422/485
- 8-bit DIO
- PS/2, LPC, SMBus, GPIO
- Expansion — Mini-PCIe slot (shared with mSATA)
- Other features — Watchdog; RTC
- Operating temperature — 0 to 60˚C
- Power — 9-32V DC input
- Dimensions — 146 x 101mm (3.5-inch)
Further information
No pricing or availability information was provided for the LS-37K. More information may be found on Commell’s LS-37K product page.
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