Inspiring the Evolution of Embedded Design

March 23, 2021

Embedded Boards

PCIe/104 Board Sports Coffee Lake Refresh Processors

VersaLogic has announced a new family of PCIe/104 computers with a high performance Intel Xeon processor and x16 PCIe expansion. Named “Sabertooth”, this new computer features three-bank expansion combined with Intel’s “Coffee Lake Refresh” Xeon or i3 processors. The Sabertooth also includes on-board 128GB NVMe SSD storage, ECC memory, TSN Ethernet, TPM 2.0 security, GPIO and USB ports, as well as a SATA port for off-board storage.

Raspberry Pi CM4 Carriers Boast Dual LAN Ports

Seeed and Mcuzone have launched compact Raspberry Pi CM4-based carrier boards for $45 and $109, respectively. The Seeed board features dual GbE ports and the Mcuzone entry has GbE and 10/100 ports plus 4G LTE.

SoM Serves Up NXP LX2160A Processor

MicroSys Electronics has announced an expansion to its range of System-on-Modules (SoMs) in the embedded edge server class. Based on the NXP QorIQ Layerscape LX2160A processor, the new miriac MPX LX2160A SoM is optimized for the demanding operating conditions of commercial vehicles and mobile systems.

Raspberry Pi Roundup

While basically the most popular SBC among hobbyists, professional engineers are also seeing the value of Raspberry Pi’s growing ecosystem of products. Raspberry Pi HATs of all kinds have emerged, targeting everything from data acquisition to air quality measurement. Circuit Cellar Chief Editor Jeff Child delves into the latest technology trends and product developments in Raspberry Pi products.

i.MX8M Plus Module Launches on Dual GbE I-Pi SBC

Adlink has announced its NXP i.MX8M Plus-based LEC-IMX8MP SMARC 2.1 module, which we covered last November when the product page went up. The company also opened pre-orders on its I-Pi SMARC IMX8M Plus dev kit, which Adlink teased earlier this month when announcing Altium Upverter support for its I-Pi SMARC carrier product line.

Latest News

Eight New Compute Modules Feature i.MX8M Plus

The i.MX8M Plus seems to be everywhere these days. Here are eight new Plus-ified compute modules—in most cases, with new eval kits—from Avnet, Boundary Devices, CompuLab, Engicam, iWave, Ka-ro, Phytec and Toradex.