SMARC SOM Incorporates Wireless and AI Support
Ezurio's Nicrogen93 SMARC system-on-module (SOM) is based on NXP's i.MX93 system-on-chip (SoC). The SOMs are available with and without wireless support for Wi-Fi 6/6E and Bluetooth 5.4 (see figure). The neural processing unit (NPU) is an Arm Ethos-U65.
The i.MX93 chips include a dual-core, 1.7-GHz Cortex-A55 application processor core. They also feature a 250-MHz Cortex-M33 for real-time tasks. The 1-GHz Ethos-U65 NPU delivers up to 0.7 TOPS of performance.
The SMARC 2.11 standard module maintains up to 2 GB of LPDDR4 DRAM and 16 GB of non-volatile storage. The display outputs include MIPI-DSI and LVDS. Camera input is via MIPI-CSI ports. In addition, there are two I2S audio interfaces.
Connectivity includes Gigabit Etherenet, USB 2.0, CAN-FD, UART, I2C, and SPI. Wireless support uses MHF4 connectors that can be applied to pre-certified antennas.