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Selection guides from the factory.

Datasheets answer what. These guides answer why: how the footprint decides the platform, what a temperature rating really covers, and which customization promises survive a purchase order.

Three guides August 2026 Written by the product engineers

Industrial motherboard in a thermal test chamber

Featured · Form factors

2.5-inch vs 3.5-inch vs Mini-ITX vs NUC: choosing the right form factor

Board size decides what you can expand, what you can cool and which chassis you can use. Four real boards, from 100 × 72 mm to 170 × 170 mm, compared on the numbers that lock the design.

26 August 2026 9 min read Read the guide

Four industrial motherboards of different form factors on a workbench

Environment · 8 min read

Wide temperature and wide voltage: what to check before you buy

−20/+60°C and DC 9–36 V look similar across vendors. The differences sit in the parts bins, the protection circuits and the test floor.

26 August 2026

Engineer reviewing a custom motherboard drawing at a workbench

OEM / ODM · 10 min read

OEM/ODM custom motherboard: 8 questions to ask your supplier

Custom BIOS, silkscreen, I/O and packaging change a timeline in different ways. Eight questions that separate a partner from a board reseller.

26 August 2026

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