Embedded {hardware} specialist Forlinx has introduced a brand new computer-on-module, constructed across the NXP i.MX 9596 system-on-chip — delivering an impressively-fast 10-gigabit-Ethernet connection together with on-board neural acceleration, and with a service board for changing it right into a pseudo-single board laptop (SBC).
“This superior module delivers highly effective edge computing capabilities,” claims Forlinx chief govt officer Yuming “Shawn” C. of the corporate’s newest launch, “combining rugged industrial-grade design with multifunctional efficiency for purposes in industrial automation, clever medical techniques, sensible mobility, and superior cockpit environments.”
Forlinx has introduced a brand new computer-on-module, that includes NXP’s edge AI i.MX 9596 system-on-chip. (📷: Forlinx Embedded)
The center of the module is an NXP i.MX 9596 system-on-chip, which incorporates six Arm Cortex-A55 application-class cores operating at as much as 1.8GHz, a Cortex-M7 real-time core operating at as much as 800MHz, and a Cortex-M33 microcontroller core operating at as much as 333MHz. THere’s an Arm Mali-G310 graphics processor with OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.2, and OpenCL 3.0 help, {hardware} codecs for H.264/H.265 at 4k30, and an on-board neural coprocessor that delivers claimed two tera-operations per second (TOPS) of minimum-precision compute for on-device machine studying and synthetic intelligence (ML and AI) workloads.
To this, Forlinx has added 8GB of LPDDR4X reminiscence and 64GB of eMMC storage. The 4 80-pin board-to-board connectors carry loads of peripheral help, too: buses embody as much as eight UARTs, eight SPI, one XPSI, 5 CAN FD, 5 SAI, and 7 I2C, there’s eight channels of 12-bit analog to digital conversion, six pulse-width modulation (PWM) channels, as much as 111 general-purpose enter/output (GPIO) pins, and for high-speed gadgets there are two lanes of PCI Specific Gen. 3, one USB 3.0, and one USB 2.0 port.
There’s an attention-grabbing twist within the module’s community connectivity, too: the 2 gigabit Ethernet ports are precisely what you’d anticipate from an industrially-focused computer-on-module, however are joined by one thing much less widespread: a high-speed 10-gigabit-Ethernet port, which might additionally function in 2.5-gig-Ethernet and gigabit Ethernet modes and contains Time-Delicate Networking (TSN) help. Lastly, there’s as much as two MIPI Digicam Serial Interface 2 (CSI-2) inputs and one four-lane MIPI Show Serial Interface (DSI) output, plus an eight-lane PDM microphone enter and SPDIF audio help. Storage growth, in the meantime, is dealt with by an SD Card 3.0 interface with SDIO 3.0 help.
The corporate has additionally introduced a appropriate service board to show the COM right into a pseudo-SBC. (📷: Forlinx Embedded)
Along with the naked module, Forlinx has introduced the OK-MX9596-C SBC — a service board that turns it right into a fully-featured single-board laptop, albeit one technically manufactured from two boards. It contains two RJ45 ports for the gigabit Ethernet connections, an XFI-10G slot for the 10-gig-Ethernet connection, three USB Kind-A ports and one Kind-C, two PCI Specific slots, a microSD card slot, built-in speaker, on-board Wi-fi and Bluetooth, a real-time clock, CAN and RS485 connectivity, an LVDS header for 1080p60 shows, MIPI CSI, optionally available 4G mobile, microphone enter, and a buzzer for audible suggestions.
Extra data on the FET-MX9596-C computer-on-module and its OK-MX9596-C service board can be found on the Forlinx web site; on the time of writing the corporate had not but disclosed pricing data for both product.
