Info on Advantech PCA-61445 SBC

[Zare]

Pictures of the item here :

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1000007543419.html

I got it pretty cheap off eBay. I'm wondering what's the graphics chip on this, and how to power it. There's a white connector in the top left that's a candidate, or maybe unfortunate solution of powering it via ISA bus. Can't get any info via google.

 

[Plasma]

The manual says it has a C&T 65545. It can be powered via J1.

 

[Zare]

The seller did a typo, it's not 61445 but 6144S - the manual is https://support.elmark.com.pl/advantech/pdf/PCA-6144man.PDF and this board doesn't have integrated graphics. Now I have to find a riser or backplane...

 

[lowen]

PC104 VGA will work. I have several of the 6144's; solid boards.

 

[Zare]

Yeah tested it today, I have a 2 slot 8 bit ISA riser, works with TVGA9000. Seems like a good SBC.
The problem is even a 3 slot backplane is more expensive than it.

 

[lowen]

*channeling David Attenborough*

The 6144S in its natural habitat, with a C&T PC104 VGA mounted and RTL8019A Ethernet dismounted, in a 2RU case, made for a Motorola/Synchronous RS-485 to SNMP Ethernet gateway.



The beauty of the 6144S is that coin cell battery: no soldered in DS1287 chips here!

Another angle, Ethernet board remounted along with the fan power pickoff from the PC104...