Single Board Computers

Adaptive system on modules (SOMs) make up the Kria family, developed by Xilinx for AI applications at the edge. The range consists of production-ready embedded boards and developer kit. The small form factor embedded boards are available with a software stack for adaptive computing. The first product released is the Kria K26 SOM, which has been designed specifically for vision ...

Aaeon has created a 3.5in sub-compact LGA1200 socket motherboard for Intel 10th Generation (Comet Lake) Core i3, i5 and i7 processors, as well as Pentiums and Celerons. GENE-CML5 supports processors up to 4.4GHz and up to 64Gbyte of DDR4 memory delivering “fast processing speeds on par with desktop systems”, according to the Taiwanese company. “Additionally, the chipset allows the board ...

Direct Insight has created a QNX 7 board support package (BSP) for Ka-Ro TX8 and QS8 modules, which are built around NXP i.MX8M Mini processors with 64bit Arm cores. It has been developed to provide a starting point for industrial designs. “QNX is ideal for safety-critical projects and is also available in safety-certified versions, making it a perfect match for the ...

Centimetre accuracy is the claim for a single-board computer that includes three satellite positioning receivers, according to its maker Spanish company ArduSimple. The board fits inside 100 x 120mm and is called SimpleRTK2B-SBC. “SimpleRTK2B-SBC uniquely delivers easy mechanical integration with centimetre position on three axes – heading, pitch and roll – outputting on NMEA, RTCM, RS232, and CANBus interfaces, via Ethernet, Bluetooth, ...

Farnell is aiming at IoT device development with a range of single board computers (SBCs), shields, modules and sensors from DFRobot – including LattePanda processor boards. The company will stock more than 140 DFRobot products, including: Gravity Series: Solderless modular plug-and-play electronics toolkit with expansion modules compatible with Ardunio and micro:bit. Modules include the Ardunio moisture sensor, Ardunio pH water quality ...

German data acquisition specialist Spectrum is offering Ubuntu 18.04 driver software for Nvidia’s Jetson AGX Xavier single board computer. “All the demands from customers were about this model,” the company told Electronics Weekly. Jetson AGX Xaviers have a multi-core Arm CPU, a Cuda-based GPUs for fast parallel processing and a spare PCIe slot. “The driver package means that any of Spectrum’s ...

THine Electronics, the Japanese serial interfaces and image signal processing specialist, has introduced a plug and play kit for Raspberry Pi systems to enable extending the distance up to 20 metres between a Raspberry Pi camera and a Raspberry Pi single board computer (SBC) with a low-cost LAN cable. This kit frees up designers from being restricted to the short 15-20 ...

Adlink Technology has signed a deal with Canonical to pre-certify Adlink devices with Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux operating system, and provide security support and operational updates. “The agreement eliminates the need for customers to install the device OS themselves and to work with the OS provider for licensing and support. It also enables Adlink to support ODM (original design manufacturer) projects ...

Enhanced NXP i.MX8 processors, the i.MX 8M Plus processor is used for the conga-SMX8-Plus modules released by congatec at Embedded World digital 2021. The low power SMARC 2.1 modules have interfaces for camera support and 1GBit for industrial vision systems and AI applications. The  modules feature four quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 based NXP i.MX 8M Plus processors. The processors integrate the ...

The PICMG consortium has ratified the COM-HPC specification for high-performance computing modules. It defines five module sizes to deliver edge server performance for small, rugged data centres and embedded use. The base specification will be accompanied later this year by a platform management interface specification, COM-HPC EEEP, and a carrier board design guide. “Twenty-six companies worked together over five years”, ...