Aaeon’s GENE-BT04 spins Intel’s Bay Trail Celeron SoCs into a 3.5-inch SBC aimed at networking and signage, with four GbE ports and dual HDMI ports.



Despite its similar name, 3.5-inch form factor, and Intel Bay Trail foundation, Aaeon’s new GENE-BT04 is significantly different than the GENE-BT06 single board computer announced in September. Whereas the GENE-BT06 is a general purpose workhorse, the GENE-BT04 is aimed at networking and signage applications.







GENE-BT04, front and back

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GENE-BT04 (left) and block diagram

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Side port views of the GENE-BT04

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Processor — Intel Celeron J1900 (4x Bay Trail cores @ 2.00GHz; 10W TDP) or Celeron N2807 (2x Bay Trail cores @ 1.16GHz, 4.3W TDP)

RAM — up to 8GB DDR3L-1333

Storage — CFast; SATA 2.0

Display — 2x HDMI ports (1x with audio); 4-bit PWM-based LCD interface

Networking — 4x gigabit Ethernet ports (Intel I211AT or I210) with Wake on LAN

Other I/O: USB 3.0 port 2x USB 2.0 ports RS232 port DIO

Expansion — Mini-PCIe slot (full size, USB only)

Other features –– Watchdog; heatspreader

Power — 12V DC input; consumption (typ.) 0.65A @ 12V with N2807, 4GB RAM

Operating temperature — 0 to 60°C

Dimensions — 146 x 101.6mm; 3.5-inch form-factor

The GENE-BT04 is limited to two Bay Trail Celeron options: the quad-core, 2GHz (10W TDP) Celeron J1900 and the dual-core, 1.16GHz (4.3W TDP) N2807. Compared to the earlier board, it doubles the number of Gigabit Ethernet ports to four, the HDMI ports to two, and the RAM to 8GB. Otherwise, The GENE-BT04 has a more limited feature set. There’s only one COM port, one mini-PCIe slot, and three USB ports. SATA and CFast storage are also available.The fanless, 12V board runs at a standard commercial temperature range. No OS support was listed, but the GENE-BT06 offered a Yocto Project based Linux distribution in addition to Windows, and we’re confident the GENE-BT04 runs Linux as well.Specifications listed for the GENE-BT04 include:



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No pricing or availability information was provided for the GENE-BT04. More information may be found at Aaeon’s GENE-BT04 product page.

