SpaceSOM-8Mplus (SLS35)
i.MX8M plus NXP ARM Cortex-A53 quad core + Cortex-M7 industrial SoM computer + NPU (AI and ML) coprocessor
- Powered by NXP i.MX8M plus application processor
- Quad core ARM Cortex-A53 (at speed up to 1.8GHz)
- ARM Cortex-M7 core (at speed up to 800MHz)
- Integrated NPU (Neural Processing Unit) – ML and AI coprocessor
- Up to 4GB LPDDR4
- Up to 32GB eMMC
- Vivante 3D GC7000UL/OpenGL ES3.1 GPU
- Vivante 2D GC520 GPU
- MIPI-DSI, HDMI and 2 x LVDS interfaces with integrated PHYs
- Built-in VPU (encoder/decoder) HD1080p60 H.264, HD1080p60 H.265
- 2 x MIPI-CSI2 interface
- PCIe 3.0 interface
- 2xUSB 2.0/3.0
- 2x 1Gbit Ethernet
- 2xCAN-FD
- Optional Murata dual-band 2.4/5GHz Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) and Bluetooth v5.1 module
- Power-efficient and cost-optimized solution
- Ideal for industrial IoT and embedded applications
- Yocto/Android support
The SpaceSOM-8Mplus family is a SODIMM-sized SoM based on the NXP iMX8Mplus application processor which features a heterogeneous quad cores ARM Cortex-A53 together with an ARM Cortex-M7 core as well as an advanced Neural Processing Unit (NPU, up to 2.3 TOPS), 3D Graphics Processing Unit (GPU Vivante GC7000UL) Open GL 3.1 ES compatible and VPU (encoder/decoder) HD1080p60 H.264, HD1080p60 H.265.
The quad Cortex-A53 and single Cortex-M7 based SpaceSOM module provides full flexibility to support real time application while supporting Linux, Android and advanced HMI.
The SpaceSOM-8Mplus is a general-purpose highly integrated SoM (System on Module), optimized for machine-learning, artificial intelligence and neural networks applications. The module is featuring high computation power. The option is fully certified dual-band Murata Wi-Fi (2.4/5GHz, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac) and Bluetooth (BLE 5.1) 1ZM module. This module simplifies the carrier board design and is ideally suited for wireless application. The VisionSOM-8Mmini provides a variety memory configuration, including flexible range of LPDDR4, eMMC and SD memory card.
The SpaceSOM-8Mplus supports connections to a variety of interfaces:
- two high-speed USB 2.0/3.0,
- two 1 Gb/s Ethernet MAC interfaces,
- HDMI (eARC), 2 x LVDS and MIPI-DSI interfaces,
- advanced Full HD display with 3D coprocessing and VPU encoder/decoder,
- PCIe 3.0 serial interface,
- two CAN-FD interfaces.
In addition, the system supports industrial grade embedded applications.
| Features | SpaceSOM-8Mplus |
|---|---|
| CPU | |
| CPU Name | i.MX8M Plus Quad |
| Application Domain | Quad ARM Cortex-A53 core (at speed up to 1,8GHz) |
| Real Time Domain | ARM Cortex-M7 (at speed up to 800MHz) |
| Memory | |
| RAM (Application Domain) | up to 4GB LPDDR4 |
| Flash (Application Domain) | up to 32 GB eMMC |
| Display | |
| Interface | HDMI (eARC) – up to 4 lane |
| Interface | MIPI-DSI – up to 4 lane |
| Interface | LVDS – up to 8 lane |
| GPU | 3D Vivante GC7000UL/2D Vivante GC520 |
| Resolution | Full HD 1080p60 |
| VPU | 1080p60 H.264, VP8 encoder and more |
| Camera | |
| Interface | MIPI-CSI x 2 – up to 4 lane interface |
| Networking | |
| Ethernet | dual 10/100/1000 |
| WiFi | (option) dual-band 2.4/5GHz (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) |
| BLE | Bluetooth v5.1 |
| Connectivity | |
| PCI | Single PCIe 3.0 |
| CAN | CAN-FD x2 |
| I2C | up to 6x |
| SPI | up to 3x |
| UART | up to 4x |
| USB | 2 x USB 2.0/3.0 |
| Audio | |
| Digital Interfaces | up to 5xSAI (I2S, AC97, TDM, codec/DSP, DSD, EARC) |
| Digital Microphones | up to 18xPDM |
| Security | |
| eFuses | Yes |
| AHB | Yes |
| ARM Trust Zone | Yes |
| RSA | Yes |
| Elliptic Curve Crypto | Yes |
| OS Support | |
| Application Domain | Linux/Android |
| Real Time Domain | FreeRTOS |
| Temperature Range | |
| Industrial | -40 to +85oC |
| Power Supply | |
| Input Voltage | 5V DC |
| Mechanical Dimension | |
| SOM Size | 69.6mm x 35mm x 3.7mm |
| Mechanical Connectors | |
| Antenna connector for Wi-Fi/BLE | U.FL on SOM |
| SoM Footprint | SODIMM260 |
| Other | |
| Altium Designer’s library file is available for all SoM variants (SCH and PCB) | |
SpaceSOM-8Mplus (SLS35)
i.MX8M plus NXP ARM Cortex-A53 quad core + Cortex-M7 industrial SoM computer + NPU (AI and ML) coprocessor
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