Inspiring the Evolution of Embedded Design
April 27, 2021
Embedded Boards
Open-Spec i.MX8M Mini SBC
Sells For $99
In 2019, MYIR introduced a MYC-C8MMX module and MYD-JX8MX dev kit based on NXP’s i.MX8M Mini. The company has now followed up with an open-spec MYS-8MMX SBC based on the Mini. The MYS-8MMX is also available in a MYS-8MMX Box system. Applications include consumer electronics, industrial automation, smart healthcare, security monitoring and more.
3.5” SBC Delivers 10th Gen Intel Core Processor
Aaeon has announced the GENE-CML5 3.5” subcompact board. The GENE-CML5 brings the LGA1200 socket 10th generation (formerly Comet Lake) Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processors, as well as Intel Pentium and Celeron processors to the 3.5” subcompact form factor.
Sponsored by Elektor
Making Coffee with the MAX78000 and Some AI (Part 1)
Modern hardware can accelerate the use of convolutional neural networks (CNN), a kind of deep neural network, that are mostly used to analyze visual imagery or audio. For an application, this opens up a new way to process data and interact with its environment. Elektor's Mathias Claussen demonstrates this using a voice-operated coffer maker as a proof-of-concept.
ATX Motherboard Sports
AMD EPYC 3000 Processor
WIN Enterprises has announced the MB-50220 series of ATX motherboards. These are server-level computers designed to be deployed on the production edge supporting AI for any required IoT functions, says the company. Robust expansion capabilities provide for ready communications with Fog and Cloud servers that are higher up in the system architecture.
Datasheet:
COM Express Boards
The COM Express embedded computing architecture has secured a strong position in the embedded systems universe. COM Express boards provide a complete computing core that can be upgraded when needed, leaving the application specific I/O and functionality on the baseboard. This Datasheet section updates readers on this technology and provides a sampling of representative COM Express board products.
Raspberry Pi-Like SBC Taps RK3566
In February, Pine64 revealed a Quart64 Model A SBC modeled roughly on the RK3399-based RockPro64, but with Rockchip’s 1.8GHz, quad-core, Cortex-A55 RK3566. At the time, the company listed some basic specs for a smaller, Raspberry Pi sized Model B based on the same RK3566 SoC. Pine64 has now posted full specs.
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Compact Edge AI PC Combines Apollo Lake with Coral Edge TPU
Kontron’s “KBox A-203-AI-GC” edge AI computer runs Linux on an Apollo Lake SoC and supplies a Coral Edge TPU, up to 8GB LPDDR4, DP, SATA and a pair each of GbE, USB, serial and mini-PCIe.
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