Inspiring the Evolution of Embedded Design

December 23, 2019

Focus: Embedded Boards

Orange Pi 4 Launches at $50 with 4GB RAM

The Orange Pi 4 is now available in a $49.90 model without eMMC along with the 16GB eMMC $59.90 model and a $69.90 Orange Pi 4B model with a 2.8-TOPS NPU. They all run on an RK3399 with 4GB LPDDR4, Wi-Fi/BT, Type-C with DP, 40-pin, PCIe and more.

Rugged Board Expands Upon Intel Apollo Lake

Versalogic announced a Linux-friendly SBC due in 1Q 2020 that continues its line of rugged, double-board Embedded Processing Unit (EPU) products built around Intel’s Apollo Lake Atom SoCs. The Owl will come out around the same time as the recently announced, avionics oriented Harrier, which followed a similar Osprey boardset from 2016.

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Raspberry Pi CM3 Dev Board Boasts $38 Price

Waveshare’s $38 “Compute Module PoE Board” extends the Raspberry Pi CM3 with a PoE-enabled 10/100 LAN port, 4x USB, HDMI, MIPI-DSI and -CSI, 40-pin GPIO, and an optional case.

SMARC Module Sports

Low Power i.MX8M Nano

Congatec added to its line of SMARC 2.0 modules running NXP i.MX8 processors with a Conga-SMX8-Nano module featuring the i.MX8M Nano. Other Congatec SMARC modules with i.MX8 family SoCs include the i.MX8 QuadMax based Conga-SMX8, the i.MX8X powered Conga-QMX8X, and the i.MX8M Mini based Conga-SMX8-Mini.

Embedded Solutions Enable Smarter Railway Systems

Railway systems keep getting more advanced. On both the control side and passenger entertainment side, embedded computers play critical roles. Railway systems need sophisticated networking, data collection and real-time control—all while meeting safety standards.