Axiomtek’s rugged “ICO300-83B” is a fanless DIN-rail PC with a Celeron N3350 SoC, 2x mini-PCIe, 4x USB 3.0, and up to 4x isolated RS-232/422/485 ports.

Axiomtek’s Intel Apollo Lake based ICO300-83B computer can be considered a more advanced version of its entry-level, Bay Trail Atom based ICO-300-MI, but it has more in common with the more advanced, Braswell based ICO310 design. Among other similarities, the ICO300-83B has the same compact, 155 x 110 x 48mm footprint as the ICO310, as well as up to 8GB DDR3L RAM, 2x GBE ports, and 4x USB 3.0 ports.

ICO300-83B (left) and top view
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Like the ICO-300-MI and ICO310, this is a fanless, DIN-rail and wallmount ready computer for industrial IoT. While the earlier ICO-310 supports quad-core, 1.6GHz Celeron N3060 and N3160 SoCs, the new ICO300-83B offers only a dual-core, 1.1GHz Celeron N3350, with similar 6W TDP, but with a slightly faster Apollo Lake architecture. It similarly ships with support packages for Linux and Windows 10, and supports AXView 2.0 hardware monitoring and remote management software.

The ICO300-83B mimics the ICO310 is offering a 1-Kilogram, IP40-protected chassis, as well as vibration resistance rated at 2g @ 5 to 500Hz, amplitude 0.35mm. It similarly offers a wide-range 12-24V DC supply with terminal block that supports overvoltage and reverse protection.

Like the Atom E3815 driven ICO-300-MI, the new model provides -20 to 70°C support instead of -20 to 60°C on the ICO-310. There’s also an optional ICO300-83B-WT model that stretches into the cold zone with -40 to 70°C support. The WT model’s dual GbE ports use i210IT controllers rather than i211AT on the standard model. There’s no PoE PD support, however, as there is on the ICO310.

ICO300-83B front (left) and rear and top detail views
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Unlike the ICO310, the new model is not referred to as “field controller,” probably because of its lack of MODBUS support. The 8-bit DIO port is now available only on a special ICO300-83B-DIO variant, and the VGA port (or optional HDMI port) has been moved to the top of the unit. This makes room for 2x RS-232/422/485 ports, which join the earlier 2x standard RS-232/422/485 ports to add up to four serial ports total. Optionally, all 4x RS-232/422/485 ports can be isolated.

Expansion capabilities are the same as with the ICO-310, including a SATA SSD/HDD bay. The SATA generation was not listed, so our guess is it’s SATA II instead of III. One of the two full-size mini-PCIe slots supports mSATA storage. There’s no mention of the ICO310’s SIM card slot, but dual antennas are available, as well as optional, mini-PCIe based 3G, 4G, GPS, and WiFi/Bluetooth modules. A watchdog and RTC are also onboard.

 
Further information

The ICO300-83B will be available “around November” at an unstated price. More information may be found at Axiomtek’s ICO300-83B announcement and product pages.