UP 710S is a credit card-sized computer with Alder Lake-N, an M.2 slot, and a slim design

Nearly a decade after launching the first UP Board single-board computer with a Raspberry Pi-like form factor and an Intel x86 processor, AAEON has expanded the UP Board lineup with a number of different boards in different sizes, shapes, and performance capacities.

The new UP 710S is a return to roots in some ways: like the original UP Board, it’s a credit card-sized computer with an Intel processor. But it features a slimmer design, support for up to an Intel N200 processor, an M.2 2230 E-Key slot, and it’s the company’s first board in this size to feature an RS-232/422/485 connector.

AAEON says it shrunk the vertical height of the computer by replacing the Raspberry Pi-compatible 40-pin connector to a series of slimmer wafers that offer the same functions, including GPIO, I2C, SPI, and COM. This allowed the company to reduce the height of the board from 35mm to 25mm, while the length and width remain 85mm and 56mm, respectively. That could make it easier to fit into “space-constrained environments.”

That also means that HAT (Hardware-Attached-on-Top) boards that worked with earlier models won’t be supported, but developers can still tap into all the same functionality if they need to.

AAEON plans to offer the UP 710S with Intel N50, N97, N100, and N200 processor options and the company says the board supports up to 8GB of LPDDR5 onboard memory and up to 128GB  of eMMC flash storage.

Ports include three USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, HDMI 1.4B, and Gigabit Ethernet, and the board also supports up to a two USB 2.0 connections as well as RS-232/422/485 connections thanks to the 10-pin wafers that replace the 40-pin header. The board supports 12/5A power input.

The M.2 2230 E-Key slot allows users to bring their own wireless card for WiFi and Bluetooth.

AAEON says the UP 710S supports Windows 10, Windows 11, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Yocto 5.1. But since Intel’s Alder Lake-N chips are well supported by a wide range of operating systems, I don’t see any reason why you wouldn’t be able to install an alternate operating system.

The company hasn’t revealed public pricing for the UP 710S costs yet, but customers can make inquiries and place orders through the UP Contact form or wait for the board to show up in the UP Shop.

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