85mm x 56mm Form Factor
What is a single-board-computer?
An embedded single board computer (SBC), is a device that contains all the components of an embedded computer on a single circuit board. This includes the processor, memory, storage, and various forms of input/output (I/O).
MaaXBoard
MaaXBoard is a low-cost, NXP i.MX 8M processor-based, single board computer ideal for embedded computing and smart edge IoT applications. The i.MX 8M family of application processors are based on the Arm® Cortex®-A53 and Cortex-M4 cores which provide industry-leading audio, voice, and video processing for applications that scale from consumer home audio to industrial building automation and embedded computers. The MaaXBoard is production ready, FCC, CE, and RoHS certified. It is available in quantities from one to thousands.
MaaXBoard 8ULP
MaaXBoard 8ULP features the NXP i.MX 8ULP processor to achieve ultra-low power, EdgeLock® secured intelligent edge applications. The i.MX 8ULP SoC device is architected with separate processing domains:
- The application domain includes two Arm® Cortex®-A35 (1 GHz) cores plus 3D/2D GPUs for GUI-enabled Linux applications.
- The Real Time domain includes an Arm Cortex-M33 (216 MHz) core, plus Fusion DSP (200 MHz) core for low-power audio/voice use cases.
- The LPAV domain (Low Power Audio Video) has a HiFi 4 DSP (600 MHz) core to support advanced audio, ML and sensor applications.
- The S400 Security Enclave and Power Manager also utilize RISC-V cores.
MaaXBoard 8ULP is engineered as two PCBs, a small SOM (43mm x 36mm) connected via 2×100-pin connectors to a baseboard (BB) in compact Raspberry Pi form-factor, which supports a versatile set of I/O interfaces.
MaaXBoard Mini
MaaXBoard Mini is a low-cost, NXP i.MX 8M Mini processor-based, single-board computer ideal for embedded computing and smart edge IoT applications. The i.MX 8M Mini family of application processors are based on the Arm® Cortex®-A53 and Cortex-M4 cores, which provide industry-leading audio, voice and video processing for applications that scale from consumer home audio to industrial building automation and embedded computers. The MaaXBoard Mini is production ready, FCC, CE and RoHS certified. It is available in quantities from one to thousands.
MaaXBoard Nano
MaaXBoard Nano is a low-cost, NXP i.MX 8M Nano processor-based, single board computer ideal for embedded computing and smart edge IoT applications. The i.MX 8M Nano family of application processors is based on the Arm® Cortex®-A53 and Cortex-M7 cores which provide industry-leading audio, voice and video processing for applications that scale from consumer home audio to industrial building automation and embedded computers. The MaaXBoard Nano is production ready, FCC, CE and RoHS certified. It is available in quantities of five hundred or greater.
MaaXBoard OSM93
The MaaXBoard OSM93 features an energy-efficient, combination CPU/MPU/NPU, high-performance OSM compute system based on the NXP i.MX93 processor.
The i.MX 93 device is architected with 3 separate processing domains:
- An application domain that includes two Arm® Cortex®-A55 (2.7 GHz) cores,
- a real time domain includes an Arm® Cortex®-M33 (250 MHz) core,
- and an on-board AI accelerator, Arm® Ethos-U65 MicroNPU for machine learning and computer vision applications.
The MSC-OSM-93 solder down module connects the i.MX93 processor to 16bit wide LPDDR4 (2GB) and eMMC (16GB) memory. Optimizing power on the module is the NXP PCA9451 PMIC designed to support the i.MX93. Provided on the carrier side is a QSPI flash (16Mbit).
MaaXBoard RT
MaaXBoard RT is a dual-purpose SBC board based on NXP’s i.MX RT1176 processor. Optimized for use as low-cost development board and to embed in OEM products, it provides advanced security, high-performance low-latency real-time operation, with a versatile set of peripheral interfaces ideal for implementation of eg. industrial automation and power-efficient audio/visual AI-enabled applications. i.MX RT1170 series cross-over processors are based on Arm ® Cortex ®-M7 and Cortex-M4 cores for real-time industrial performance and microcontroller usability at a cost-effective price.
Software enablement includes a comprehensive NXP RT1170 SDK that accelerates application development with drivers, middleware, code snippets and FreeRTOS based examples (AzureRTOS support will follow soon). Out-of-box Avnet example reference designs are also provided to jump-start development.
Accessories
RZBoard V2L
RZBoard V2L is a power efficient, vision-AI accelerated development board in popular single board computer format with well supported expansion interfaces. This Renesas RZ/V2L processor-based platform is ideal for development of cost-efficient Vision-AI and a range of energy-efficient Edge AI applications. It’s RZ/V2L processor has two 1.2GHz Arm® Cortex®-A55 cores plus a 200MHz Cortex-M33 core, a MALI 3D GPU and Image Scaling Unit. This processor SoC further differentiates itself with an on-chip DRP-AI accelerator plus H.264 video (1920 x 1080) encode/decode function in silicon, making it ideal for implementing cost-effective embedded-vision applications.
RZBoard V2L is engineered in a compact Raspberry Pi form-factor with a versatile set of expansion interfaces, including Gigabit Ethernet, 801.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5, two USB 2.0 host and a USB 2.0 OTG interface, MIPI DSI and CSI camera interfaces, CANFD interface, Pi-HAT compatible 40-pin expansion header and Click Shuttle expansion header.
