Single Board Computers

Variscite has added neural processing to a 33 x 68mm edge-connected Arm computer-on-module with built-in security and Wi-Fi 6. Centred on NXP’s iMX93 processor and called VAR-SOM-MX93, the module has a 1GHz NPU (neural processing unit) for AI and machine learning algorithms with 256 MACs (2ops/MAC) which can handle 8bit and 16bit integer RNNs, and 8bit weights. Alongside this are ...

Arduino has announced that it has completed a $22 million investment round, taking its Series B funding to $54 million. The funding round was co-led by CDP Venture Capital and Anzu Partners. Also on board was Arm, which was apparently following up on earlier investments. The investment will be used to expand its R&D team in Turin with the specific ...

Moxa has introduced families of Ethernet switches for industrial environments. Spread across EDS-2000 and EDS-4000, they are being stocked in the UK by Impulse Embedded. “The core difference between ranges is their manageability: EDS-4000 switches are managed, which provides a higher level of control, security and optimisation,” according to Impulse, “EDS-2000 switches are unmanaged, which means that these function out-of-the-box, ...

Aaeon has put an Intel Atom x7000E processor into a 115 x 165mm industrial single-board computer capable of running three displays. EPIC-ADN9-A10-0002 has an Atom x7425E paired with a single DDR4 SODIMM slot for up to 16Gbyte of dram and 6Gbit/s SATA for bulk storage – on-board expansion slots include: full-sized mSATA, full-size mPCIe and one M.2 2242 B-key. For displays, ...

Concurrent Technologies has announced a plug-in dual enclave switch card for equipment racks. Called Iris, it “acts as the system keystone to provide secure, high bandwidth switch connections between each PIC, critical in ensuring they work together”, according to the company. “Typical applications include force protection, situational awareness, command, control and mission computing.” It supports physically-separate data plane and control ...

Adlink has announced a size C COM-HPC client module for Intel’s 13th Gen Core desktop processors. Called COM-HPC-cRLS, MPU options extend to the i9 with 16 performance-cores plus eight efficient-cores and 36Mbyte cache – with 65W design power. “The module demonstrates brilliant performance per watt along with AVX-512 VNNI and Intel UHD AI inferencing support for realising diverse edge AI ...

Ditronix has released the an IoT power monitor board for mains and solar energy, and a software development kit to go with it. Called ‘IPEC’, it provides three phase (3P3W, Y or Δ), split-phase, or three-channel single phase monitoring, and has an expansion ports that can be configured for DAC, PWM, MPPT (peak power tracking) or I2C outputs. “The board ...

Asus is aiming at industrial IoT with 64bit quad-core Arm single-board computer. Called Tinker Board 3N, it is built around a Rockchip RK3568 processor (4x Cortex-A55 , v8 architecture) and Asus describes it as ‘NUC-sized’ and 4 x 4inch and 100 x 100mm – exact dimensions have eluded Electronics Weekly so far. Linux Debian, Yocto and Android  operating systems, as ...

PIP49R-MLRK1 is a rugged military-grade server from Swiss manufacturer MPL, built in half-size 19in rack rack form. Within is a conductive cooled Xeon E-2276ME 9th generation CPU, and the fanless unit can be operated in environments from -20°C to +60°C given a suitable thermally conductive environment. Screening for -40°C to +85°C operation is possible. “In such a case, the solution ...

AI chip maker Hailo has introduced a 208Top/s PCIe processor card for implementing neural networks, and an entry-level version of its Halio-8 IC. The PCIe cards, called ‘Hailo-8 Century’, execute at 400frame/s/W on the ResNet50 benchmark model, said the company, and the highest-performance version can run the same benchmark at 10,000frame/s. Versions start at 52Top/s, and video processing applications are ...