The EPC-10XA is a fanless embedded industrial PC designed to be mounted inside control cabinets. It measures 229 × 160 × 47 mm and runs Intel Celeron J1900/J6412 up to 12th Gen Core i3/i5/i7. It is a headless compute node: the control software runs inside the cabinet, while the operator display is provided by a separate panel PC or monitor over HDMI or VGA.

EPC-10XA is the platform name for the whole series. The four model numbers identify configuration groups built on the same chassis: EPC-106A (Celeron J1900), EPC-107A (Celeron J6412), EPC-109A (10th Gen Core i3/i5/i7) and EPC-102A (12th Gen Core i3/i5/i7). Enclosure, mounting, power input, serial ports and networking are identical across all four groups.

Eight configurations across four families: Celeron J1900 and J6412; 10th Gen Core i3-10110U, i5-10210U and i7-10510U; and 12th Gen Core i3-1215U, i5-1235U and i7-1250U. Celeron configurations suit gateways and data acquisition, 10th Gen Core suits general machine control, and 12th Gen Core adds Iris Xe graphics for vision and edge AI workloads.

Yes — every configuration is passively cooled, with no fan and no moving parts. Heat is dissipated through the 6063 aluminium chassis, which removes the dust intake and periodic fan replacement that fan-cooled box PCs require in workshops with metal dust, oil mist or airborne particulate.

Every configuration provides 3 DB9 serial ports (2× RS-232 + 1× RS-485), 2× Intel I210 Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI plus VGA for dual displays, and audio out plus mic in. USB allocation differs by group: 5× USB 2.0 + 1× USB 3.0 on the EPC-106A, 4× USB 2.0 + 2× USB 3.0 on the EPC-107A, and 2× USB 2.0 + 4× USB 3.0 on the EPC-109A and EPC-102A. Expansion includes an M.2 2230 slot for a Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module and one Mini PCIe socket for 4G, 5G or GPIO function modules; storage runs from a single mSATA SSD on the EPC-106A to two M.2 SSD slots on the EPC-102A.

The standard configuration takes 12V DC through a 3-pin pluggable terminal block, with 9–36V DC wide-range input available as an option for 24V industrial rails and vehicle or telecom supplies. Operating temperature is 0 to 50 °C as standard, with an optional extended grade of −40 to 70 °C for cold storage and outdoor cabinets.

The chassis measures 229 (W) × 160 (D) × 47 (H) mm and weighs 1.48 kg. Installation dimensions are 219 × 100 mm. The unit supports wall mounting and VESA mounting, and because it is headless it can be placed wherever cabinet space allows and connected to a remote display over HDMI or VGA.

It is designed as the control-side computer inside a control cabinet: CNC motion control, machine and process control, protocol conversion and PLC gateways, SCADA data acquisition, and machine vision pre-processing. In CNC systems it is typically paired with a panel PC at the operator station, which separates control software from the user interface and keeps cabinet cabling short.

BlockCore™ is CESIPC’s modular architecture. On the EPC-10XA it means the chassis, mounting and I/O layout stay the same across every processor tier, so a Celeron unit can be upgraded to a 12th Gen Core board without changing the enclosure or re-qualifying the cabinet layout. Function modules such as CAN, additional LAN, isolated serial or 5G are added through the expansion slot instead of replacing the base unit.