User Manual

Intel® NUC 8 Compute Element Product Specification

3.6 Power

The Intel® NUC 8 Compute Element requires a DC input from the carrier board via the connector.

The carrier board must provide the proper voltage and current as listed below:

• Voltage: 5.7-20 V DC +/-5%

• Current (RMS max): 3.0-10.6 A

• Current (Peak): 12 A

CAUTION

It is strongly recommended to make sure that the carrier board power source is disconnected

before installing or removing the Intel® NUC 8 Compute Element into the carrier board connector.

Installing or removing the Intel® NUC 8 Compute Element while a power source is connected to the

carrier board may cause damage to the Intel® NUC 8 Compute Element, operating system

corruption, create a no boot condition or result in data loss.

3.7 Mechanical

The following figures illustrate the mechanical form factor for the NUC 8 Compute Element. All

dimensions are shown in millimeters (mm).

Figure 8. Mylar Side