［ Electronic Equipment ］ Information Equipment

Industrial Controller, μPIBOC-Ⅰ
Model 1100
Keywords

Junya Yamashita,Toshihiro Hasegawa

Controller, Industrial, Compact Design, Scalability

Abstract

Industrial computers are often used with manufacturing and inspection
equipment. Recently, its functions are increasing and the market demands higherperformance. At the same time, long-term stable supply of the industrial computers is always required despite the constant renewal of electronic parts
speciﬁcations.
Our industrial controller, μPIBOC-Ⅰ Model 1100, is the latest model with ahigh-performance Central Processing Unit (CPU). It comes with a compact
design embedded unit. It has the same shape and size of the previous model,
μPIBOC-Ⅰ Model 1000, to secure interchangeability and high performance withthe userʼs manufacturing equipment.

1 Preface
With the wider applications of electronic device
products, the device equipment for manufacturing
and inspection market has been growing in the ﬁeldof semiconductors and Liquid Crystal Displays(LCDs). In this connection, countries overseas(mostly China and other Asian countries), semiconductor plants are expanded and existing production lines are renovated. In such cases, highlyreliable industrial controllers with the assuranceof long-term parts supply are mostly adopted asindustrial controllers as an embedded device forthe semiconductor manufacturing equipment. We
recently released high-performance, high-reliability,
and compact-design Industrial Controllers, μPIBOC
Series, and received positive reviews from many of
our customers in the ﬁeld of semiconductors. We
have been supplying our controllers reliably formany years and.
This paper introduces the major featuresof μPIBOC-Ⅰ Model 1100, the latest model of theμPIBOC-Ⅰ Series where a 4th-generation Intel Core
Processor is installed as the Central Processing
Unit (CPU).

2 Features of μPIBOC-Ⅰ Model 1100
2.1 Features of Hardware
Our μPIBOC-Ⅰ Model 1100 is an industrial

controller in the shape of a box. There are four typesof model lineups where the memory mediums aredifferent from each other. Fig. 1 shows the external
appearance of each type. μPIBOC-Ⅰ Series has
been updated: Model 700 → 750 → 800/850 → 950→ 1000 → 1100. We maintained the same designconcept on the external dimensions and maintenance parts are conﬁgured on the front panel. The
performance improved CPU has been selected inconsideration of efﬁcient equipment maintainability.
The latest industrial controller is the 6th generation
model.

(a) TypeC(b) TypeH(c) TypeM/H2Fig. 1μPIBOC-Ⅰ Model 1100 SeriesThis Series comes in a compact body. According to its application, an optimal module unit can be selected.

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( 1) High performance
Table 1 shows the basic speciﬁcations. μPIBOCModel 1100 is equipped with the Intel Xeon E31268L v3 (2.30 GHz) series CPU – a 4th generation
Intel Core processor which is mostly for servers andworkstations. The 4-core and 8-thread processors
are used so that the processing speed is almost
doubled compared with Model 1000. In addition,CeleronG1820TE (2.20 GHz) is available as a lowpriced version.
( 2 ) Compact box design
The basic unit of μPIBOC-Ⅰ Model 1100 comesin a box-shaped body with the size of W160 ×H148 × D250mm. This proﬁle is common with allmodels of μPIBOC-Ⅰ Series. The overall productlineups are as itemized below.
( a ) Diskless type (TypeC)( b ) HDD or SSD type (TypeH)( c ) Mirror disk type (TypeM)( d ) HDD × 2 units or SSD × 2 units type (TypeH2)( 3 ) High scalability
While we realized compact design dimensions,
we also realized a PCI bus (short size) × 2 slots and
PCI Express bus (× 8) × 2 slots. (PCI bus × 3 slots
for TypeC) Since the PCI Express bus (× 8) isadopted, it is possible to install an image processing
board that requires high-speed data transfer processing. In combination with the control I/O board,
images from various kinds of cameras can be pickedup and controlled.
( 4 ) High reliabilitySince a dedicated and enhanced power supply
and a long-life fan are adopted, it is possible toassure the operating temperature range of 5 ～ 45℃

Table 1 Basic Specifications
The basic speciﬁcations of μPIBOC-Ⅰ Model 1100 are shown.
TypeC
UA050/1x1A

Item

TypeH
UA050/1x2A

TypeM
UA050/1x4A

Dimensions (mm)

W160 × H148 × D250

W197 × H148 × D250

W262 × H148 × D250

Mass (kg)Approx. 4.5

Approx. 5.0

Approx. 6.0

CPUXeon (E3-1268Lv3) 2.30 GHz or Celeron (G1820TE ) 2.20 GHz

Chip setMemory

TypeH2UA050/1x8A
W262 × H148 × D250

C226
No. of slots

2 slots

Installed memory 4GB (ECC functions provided)
Maximum

Max. 8GBPower source

AC90〜264V

Storage

CFast16GB

HDD

−

500GB

500GB
(2 units: mirrored HDDs)

500GB※A maximum of 2 units
can be installed together
with SSD.

SSD−

200GB−

200GB※A maximum of 2 units
can be installed together
with HDD.

Extension PCI
3 slotsslot
PCI Express (×8) −Graphic
USB

08

DVI-D

1 portVGA

1 portUSB2.0

Front 2 ports

USB3.0

Rear 4 ports

2 slots
2 slots

LAN (1000Base-T )2 ports ※Wake-On-LAN

Serial (RS-232C)

2 ports

PS/2 connector−1 portOSWindows
EmbeddedStandard 7○ (32bit version)−Windows 7
Ultimate−○ (32bit version)

Windows 10 IoTEnterprise2016
LTSB○ (64bit version)

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Jumbo Frames-compliant(0 ～ 50℃ for SSD-loaded model and 0 ～ 50℃ for
TypeC). In addition, it comes with a dedicatedReliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS)
function as our standard. It monitors hardware andsoftware malfunctions and in the event of a malfunction, it displays error signs and can notify ofsuch error information to the applications. Such afunction provides the equipment users with precautions against equipment errors and the means todeal effectively with the failures.
( 5 ) Maintenance by the front panel
μPIBOC-Ⅰ has a box-shaped body design inthe embedded device for manufacturing and inspection equipment. As a maintenance-friendly design,
the components with a certain product life (HDD,SSD, CFast and SD) can be exchanged at the front
panel. In the case of a mirrored HDD model, eitherside of HDD can continue to operate when anotherside of HDD is out of order. It is, therefore, possible
to remove the faulty HDD and replace it with another drive without interruption to the system.
( 6 ) Various standards-compliance
Table 2 shows the environmental (operatingconditions) speciﬁcations. μPIBOC-Ⅰ Model 1100
is designed to meet the various environmental
speciﬁcations needed for an industrial controller,
and has acquired the respective standard certiﬁcations, i.e., VCCI, FCC, and UL. We also acquired its
Korea Certiﬁcation (KC) Mark so that our model canbe used for manufacturing equipment for Korea.
For export to the EU, this product is designed tobe compliant with the Low Voltage Directive andEMC Directive whose conditions are essential forCE marking.
We also made an eco-friendly design to meetthe requirements of Restriction of Hazardous
Substance (RoHS) Directive.

2.2 Features of Software( 1) OS support by Microsoft
μPIBOC-Ⅰ Model 1100 has the lineups of three:
Windows 7 Ultimate (other than TypeC), WindowsEmbedded Standard 7 (TypeC only), and Windows
10 IoT Enterprise 2016 LTSB (64bit version).
( a ) Windows 7 Ultimate (other than TypeC) andWindows Embedded Standard 7 (TypeC only)We adopt above OSs that do not require any
activation for the license registration at Microsoft.
Consequently, no activities for authentication arerequired at the time of new controller installation or
replacement of hardware for maintenance servicing. Such a feature brings a great advantage inthe reduction of system downtime.
( b ) Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2016 LTSB (64bitversion)
Since October 2017, we released a model
running Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2016 LTSB
which works with 64-bit applications. Due to thebig use of memory of image processing applications and its impact to the processing speed,μPIBOC series is also required to improve thedata processing speed performance. We expect
the new enhanced model will be widely used in themanufacturing equipment market requiring fast
data processing and other markets requiring highspeed image processing.

Table 2 Environmental (Operating Conditions) Specifications
The environmental speciﬁcations of μPIBOC-Ⅰ Model 1100 are shown.
Item

TypeC
UA050/1x1A

TypeH
UA050/1x2A

TypeH2
UA050/1x8A

5〜45℃ (with HDD installed) 5〜45℃ (with HDD installed) 5〜45℃ (with HDD installed)
0〜50℃ (with SSD installed)
0〜50℃ (with SSD installed)

Operatingtemperature

0〜50℃

Air cooling system

Forced air cooled by a front fan (suction)

Vibration resistance during
operation indirections XYZ±0.625mm (1〜14Hz)

Standards withacquired authentication

・UL
・CSA (cUL)
・FCC
・VCCI
・KC
・EMI (Emission Standard)
・EMS (Immunity Standard)

4.9m/s2 (14〜100Hz)
2-bothway logarithmic
sweep in directions XYZ for
27min each
JEITA IT-1004A ClassS

TypeM
UA050/1x4A＜with HDD installed＞±0.25mm (1〜14Hz)
2.0m/s2 (14〜100Hz)
2-bothway logarithmic sweep in directions XYZ for 27mineach
JEITA IT-1004A ClassB＜with SSD installed＞±0.625mm (1〜14Hz)
4.9m/s2 (14〜100Hz)
2-bothway logarithmic
sweep in directions XYZ for27min each
JEITA IT-1004A ClassS

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3 Postscript

lers and promote the development of products
according to on-going demands of the markets.

This paper introduced the major features of10μPIBOC-Ⅰ Model 1100. μPIBOC-Ⅰ Model 1100 is・Intel Core, Celeron and Xeon are registered trademarks ora dedicated embedded device for manufacturing
and inspection equipment. It is a compact industrialcontroller featuring high performance and high reliability. It can run the latest 64bit Microsoft Embedded
OSs. Not being limited to application for only manufacturing and inspection equipment, this model is
expected to be applied to various embedded system ﬁelds.
We will continue to realize further functional
improvements for the embedded industrial control-

trademarks of Intel Corporation, and/or its subsidiaries and/

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or afﬁliates in USA and other countries.
・PCI Express is a registered trademark of PCI-SIG.
・Windows and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in U.S. and/or other countries.
・Wake-On-LAN is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation,U.S.
・All product and company names mentioned in this paper are
the trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners.