Asus Prime N100-EM-A

Has anyone noticed this board yet? I've looked for reviews, builds and resellers but not seeing it so far (in UK).

https://www.asus.com/networking-iot-servers/aiot-industrial-solutions/industrial-motherboards/n100i-em-a/

it's similar to the N100-D-D4

the -EM seems to have more internal I/O and powers from a 12V jack or ATX socket.

One DDR4 3200 MHz Non-ECC SO-DIMM up to 16GB

2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports, 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers, 3 x USB 2.0 headers, 3 x COM headers, 3 x COM connectors

1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x 1 slot (x1 mode), 1 x M.2 socket (E key) , 1 x M.2 socket (M key)

Multi-display: 1 x VGA port, 1 x HDMI™ port, 1 x LVDS connector

I've been considering the n100 boards from TOPTON, CWWK and Asrock. But this Asus board could be quite attractive if the price is similar to the D4 version. Just add a M.2 Sata expansion card.

Thoughts welcome please!

that's a very useful comment.

The datasheet seems a bit confusing about this. It shows 6Gb/s switched to either the M.2 or one of the SATA ports. It is described as x1 though.