Embedded computing specialist Variscite has introduced a brand new DART Pin2Pin system-on-module (SOM) concentrating on machine studying on the edge: the NXP i.MX 93-based DART-MX93.
“At solely 55×30 millimeters [around 2.17×1.18 inches] — about half the dimensions of a financial institution card — Variscite’s new DART-MX93 allows wealthy options to even the smallest gadgets,” the corporate claims of the most recent entry in its DART household. “It is one other breakthrough for superior processing energy plus power effectivity, with industrial-grade options at an especially engaging value.”
Variscite has introduced a brand new DART Pin2Pin SOM, constructed across the NXP i.MX 93 chip: the DART-MX93. (📷: Variscite)
The DART-MX93 is constructed across the NXP i.MX 93 processor, giving it a pair of Arm Cortex-M55 cores working at as much as 1.7GHz, a single Cortex-M33 core working at as much as 250MHz, and an Ethos-U65 neural processing unit (NPU) accelerator delivering as much as 0.5 tera-operations per second (TOPS) of compute for machine studying and synthetic intelligence (AI and ML) workloads. There’s as much as 2GB of LPDDR4 reminiscence, plus a 2D acceleration engine for graphics output to an LVDS, parallel RGB, or MIPI Show Serial Interface (DSI) show at resolutions as much as 1200p60.
Elsewhere on the module is as much as 128GB of eMMC storage expandable by way of SD Card, two gigabit Ethernet connections, dual-band IEEE 802.11ax Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.3 and Bluetooth Low Power (BLE), and IEEE 802.15.4 radios, two USB 2.0 On-The-Go (OTG) ports, 5 I@c, three SPI, and two CAN buses, plus 4 UARTs working at as much as 5Mbps, plus digital and analog audio help.
The brand new module is designed to be a extra reasonably priced different to the range-topping DART-MX95 (pictured). (📷: Variscite)
The launch comes a month after the corporate unveiled the DART-MX95, a higher-end mannequin based mostly across the NXP i.MX 95 and providing as much as six Arm Cortex-A55 cores working at as much as 2GHz, a single Cortex-M7 core working at as much as 800MHz, a single Cortex-M33 core working at as much as 333MHz, and an eIQ Neutron neural processing unit to speed up machine studying workloads. As Pin2Pin modules, the DART-MX95 and new DART-MX93 are designed to be pin-compatible — permitting both for use in a given service board design.
The brand new DART-MX93 will, Variscite says, be in manufacturing for the following 15 years, and is at the moment accessible to “alpha prospects” in manufacturing portions beginning at $39 per unit with basic availability “coming quickly.” Extra info is offered on the Variscite web site.