Commell’s 3.5-inch “LE-37M” SBC showcases Intel’s 8th Gen H-series CPUs with triple displays, 4x USB 3.1, 2x SATA III, 2x GbE, and mini-PCIe and M.2 expansion.

Commell has latched onto Intel’s 8th Gen “Coffee Lake” product line and is holding on tight. Last August, Commell launched the LV-67X industrial Mini-ITX board and followed up with a 3.5-inch LS-37L SBC that similarly supports up to 65W TDP Coffee Lake S-series chips via a FCLGA1151 socket. The new LE-37M is a similar 3.5-inch Coffee Lake SBC, but with a few new features and an FCBGA1440 socket that supports Coffee Lake H-series with more embedded-friendly 45W TDPs.

LE-37M, front and back
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Commell offers two choices: an LE-37M5 SKU with the quad-core, 8-thread Core i5-8400H clocked at 2.4GHz/4.2GHz and an LE-37M7 with the hexa-core, 12-thread Core i7-8850H clocked at 2.6GHz/4.3GHz. A QM370 chipset is onboard instead of the newer Q370 found on the S-series boards.


Intel Coffee Lake M-series and H-series processors
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Like the earlier Commell SBCs, the LE-37M is accompanied by Windows drivers, but Linux support is mentioned in the manual. The LE-37M is designed for imaging, machine vision, infotainment, medical, and gaming machine applications.

The LE-37M gives you twice the RAM as the LS-37L with up to 32GB of dual-channel, 2666MHz DDR4. As before, you get 2x GbE and 4x USB 3.1 ports, as well as 2x SATA III ports and a mini-PCIe slot with mSATA and PCIe support. The SIM slot has been removed, but you get an M.2 E-key slot for general-purpose expansion.

LE-37M detail views
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Like the LS-37L, the LE-37M provides triple display support, but with a slightly different mix of features. There’s a new coastline VGA port (instead of a header) in addition to the HDMI port and headers for DVI, LVDS, and an LCD inverter. It also similarly offers a choice of DisplayPort or a second VGA or LVDS header (LS-37MT5 or LS-37MT7 SKUs).

The VGA port replaces the LS-37L’s DB9 COM port, and instead of 4x RS232 headers you now get two. As before, there are headers for 2x RS232/422/485, 4x USB 2.0, and HD audio, GPIO, PS/2, and SMBus. The system provides a 0 to 60°C range and has an even wider 9-35V power input.

Specifications listed for the LE-37M include:

• Processor — Intel 8th Gen “Coffee Lake” H-series with FCBGA1440 socket, QM370 chipset, Intel UHD Graphics, 45W TDP:
  • Core i5-8400H (4x core, 8x thread @ 2.4GHz/4.2GHz)
  • Core i7-8850H (6x core, 12x thread @ 2.6GHz/4.3GHz)
• Memory — Up to 32GB DDR4 (2666MHz) via 2x SODIMMs
• Storage — 2x SATA 3.0 with RAID 0, 1 and Intel Rapid Storage Technology.; mSATA via mini-PCIe
• Display/media:
  • HDMI port
  • VGA port
  • DisplayPort or on LS-37MT5 or LS-37MT7 SKUs, a second VGA or LVDS header
  • LVDS, DVI headers
  • LCD inverter
  • Triple display and 4K support
  • Audio mic-in/line-in and line-out header (Realtek ALC262)
• Networking — 2x Gigabit Ethernet ports (Intel I211AT and 1219LM); LM port supports iAMT 12.0
• Other I/O:
  • 4x USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports
  • 4x USB 2.0
  • 2x RS-232
  • 2x RS232/422/485
  • 8-bit GPIO
  • SMBus, PS/2
• Expansion — Mini-PCIe slot (mSATA/PCIe); M.2 E-key
• Other features — Watchdog; RTC with battery
• Power — 9-35V DC input
• Operating temperatures — 0 to 60°C
• Dimensions — 146 x 101mm (“3.5-inch form factor”)
• Operating system — Windows 10 drivers; supports Linux

 
Further information

No pricing or availability information was provided for the LE-37M. More information may be found in Commell’s LE-37M announcement and product page.