UP Squared i12 is a compact Alder Lake

Apr 26, 2023

AAEON's UP Squared i12 is a single board computer with the same dimensions as the UP Squared (Apollo Lake) and UP Squared V2 (Elkhart Lake) boards, and mostly the same ports layout, but powered by a more powerful 12th generation Intel Alder Lake-P processor from a Celeron 7305E up to an Intel Core i7-1270PE.

The board comes with up to 8 or 16GB LPDDR5 memory, SATA and NVMe storage support, triple 4K display support through HDMI, DisplayPort and USB-C interfaces, dual Gigabit Ethernet, a few USB boards, and some wafers and headers such as a Raspberry Pi-compatible GPIO header.

UP Squared i12 specifications:

AAEON provides support for Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021, Ubuntu 22.04, and Yocto 4.0. Another way to look at the board is as a more compact and likely cheaper alternative to the UP Xtreme i12 SBC that comes with the same choice of processors, but a wider range of I/Os, up to 32GB RAM, etc…

The company says the features set of the board should make it suitable for smart retail, healthcare imaging, and well as various machine vision projects. Documentation should eventually be posted on the UP board website, but at the time of writing, the UP Squared i12 is not listed there.

The company did not provide availability and pricing information, but for reference, the UP Xtreme i12 SBC currently sells for $399.00 and up with 8GB RAM, and the UP Squared i12 price should be somewhat lower based on the specifications. A few more details may be found on the product page.

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