Axiomtek Launches the PICO500- its Newest, High Performance Pico-ITX Motherboard

CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. - May 3, 2016 - PRLog -- Axiomtek, one of the world's leading designers and manufacturers of innovative, high performance and reliable PC-based industrial computer products, is proud to announce the PICO500, a unique Pico-ITX embedded motherboard that offers combinations of ruggedness, high computing capabilities, customizability, rich features and reliability in an extremely compact size. The PICO500 supports the 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3 and Celeron® processors for scalable CPU options. It is advanced, fanless, and designed to operate reliably in a great variety of environments and applications. Its true value lies in its rich and highly customizable features that are designed to fit the challenging needs of many demanding applications in various industries.

"The Axiomtek PICO500 offers the 6th Generation Intel® Core™ processor that provides the best balance between performance and expandability. The PICO500 is perfect for space constricting applications that require high computing capabilities. Our PICO products are popular among system integrators whose mission critical projects include applications such as those in industrial automation, medical imaging, in-vehicle PCs, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) industries and more," said Axiomtek Product Manager Michelle Mi. "The PICO500 offers high flexibility and reliability in combination with top notch performance."

The new PICO500 is highly durable and robust. It offers a wide operating temperature range of -20°C to +70°C (-4°F to +158°F). For applications that require superb graphical capabilities, the PICO500 delivers Ultra HD 4K resolution output through its HDMI and LVDS ports. Among its other abundant features, this versatile board offers a variety of useful interfaces including USB 3.0, DDI, and UART interfaces. To ensure reliable operation, the PICO500 also offers watchdog timer to detect and recover from computer malfunctions; and hardware monitoring for temperature, voltage, fan speed, and more.

This highly reliable board comes with one full-size PCI Express Mini Card. Its storage interfaces can support SATA HDD and mSATA solid state drive. The PICO500 runs well with Windows® 8.1 and 10 operating systems that support Intel® Active Management Technology 11 (AMT 11) for better remote management (on Intel® Core™ i7 & i5 processor only).

The PICO500 is available now. For more product information or pricing, please visit the Axiomtek website at www.axiomtek.com or contact a sales representative at solutions@axiomtek.com.

Main Features

- High performance 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3 and Celeron® processors

- Expandable SDRAM with one 260-pin, high bandwidth DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM of max. up to 16 GB

- Additional four USB 3.0 ports, one PCIe x1, one DDI, and two UART interfaces through expansion connectors

- Flexible I/O configurations with one full-size PCI Express Mini Card slot with mSATA supported

- Wide operating temperature range of -20°C to +70°C (-4°F to +158°F) for operational stability in harsh environments

- One USB 2.0 port and one Gigabit LAN port