The ICP DAS LP-5231M is equipped with a Cortex-A8 CPU (1 GHz) running a Linux operating system (Linux Kernel 3.2.14), a variant of input/output ports (VGA, USB, Ethernet, RS-232/485), and powerful software including development tools. Linux Kernel 3.2.14 is a compact and real-time OS used to quickly create time critical and high performance applications.

The main advantage of the LP-5231M is its high quality control system, including its stability, small core size, optional I/O expansion board, support for Web services (Web/SFTP/SSH server). Using the built-in Flash and microSD, the LinPAC can save application program, image file and data.