DFRobot has introduced the launch of a brand new entry within the LattePanda household of x86 single-board computer systems, powered by an Intel Processor N150 and as much as 16GB of ECC LPDDR5 RAM: the LattePanda IOTA, designed as a extra highly effective successor to the unique LattePanda.
“LattePanda IOTA is a palm-sized, high-performance x86 single-board pc (SBC), engineered as a bridge between fast prototyping and industrial deployment,” DFRobot explains of the machine. “As the subsequent technology of the traditional LattePanda V1, It integrates a robust Intel Processor N150 with a flexible [Raspberry Pi] RP2040 co-processor, delivering a major leap in computing energy inside a compact footprint.
“Key differentiators embrace its excessive pace LPDDR5 reminiscence with IBECC [In-Band Error Correction Code] for enhanced reliability, broad compatibility with desktop working methods like [Microsoft] Home windows and [Canonical] Ubuntu, and a spread of {hardware} configurations to fulfill various efficiency and funds wants.”
For those who’ve acquired a LattePanda V1 undertaking gathering mud resulting from an absence of computational grunt, the LattePanda IOTA is right here to put it aside. (📷: DFRobot)
The LattePanda IOTA, delivered to our consideration by CNX Software program, is designed as a substitute for the ageing unique LattePanda — sustaining the identical “palm-sized” footprint and interface structure, with DFRobot claiming it must be a drop-in improve for many initiatives “practically with out mechanical redesign or enclosure modification.” These upgrading will discover themselves with an enormous efficiency enhance, due to a transfer to the Intel Processor N150 — a Twin Lake-architecture quad-core chip working at as much as 3.6GHz “Turbo” pace an delivering an order-of-magnitude acquire over the unique LattePanda V1’s Intel Atom x5-Z8350 for widespread workloads.
The processor is paired with the client’s alternative of 8GB or 16GB of LPDDR5 reminiscence working at 4,800MT/s and with in-band ECC; these two fashions in flip embrace both 64GB or 128GB of on-board eMMC 5.1 storage, expandable by way of microSD Card or by utilizing an on-board PCI Specific lane with non-obligatory M.2 M-key enlargement board so as to add a Non-Unstable Reminiscence Specific (NVMe) storage module — or, when you’d want, a high-speed accelerator for on-device machine studying and synthetic intelligence (ML and AI) workloads.
Different ports embrace HDMI 2.1 4k60 and embedded DisplayPort (eDP) 1.4b 1080p60 video outputs, three USB 3.2 Gen. 2 Tye-A ports working at as much as 10Gb/s, one USB 2.0 pin header, a gigabit Ethernet port, and a general-purpose enter/output (GPIO) header linked to the Raspberry Pi RP2040 coprocessor. Energy is supplied over a USB Sort-C connection, with the board configurable in two thermal profiles: 6W, for battery-powered functions, and 15W for performance-hungry initiatives.
The corporate claims an order-of-magnitude efficiency acquire over the unique LattePanda V1, however watch the brand new thermal necessities. (📷: DFRobot)
“We all know that for a lot of of you, your LattePanda V1 is on the coronary heart of a finely-tuned undertaking,” DFRobot says, by the use of clarification as to why the brand new board is simply “practically” a modification-free drop-in improve for present customers. “To make your transition to the highly effective new IOTA as seamless as doable, we have created a complete migration information. Whereas the an identical kind issue permits for a easy ‘drop-in’ {hardware} substitute, the leap in efficiency comes with vital updates to energy necessities, cooling options, and I/O specifics (like the brand new eDP show interface and three.3V GPIO).”
The brand new LattePanda IOTA is now accessible on the DFRobot retailer at $129 for the 8GB/64GB variant and $175 for the 16GB/128GB model; each fashions are additionally accessible with a Microsoft Home windows 11 IoT Enterprise license, at further price. The migration information, in the meantime, is obtainable on the corporate weblog.
