Conga-SMC1 SMARC-x86

2020: Representation of a payment carrier of SMC1 Smarc-x86

On May 28, 2020 the company congatec announced a 3.5-inch payment carrier of conga SMC1 / SMARC- x86. The bearing SMARC 2.1 payment optimized by the size in a 3.5-inch size is completely ready to application in small and medium series in combination with the available modules SMARC from congatec company. Developed for modular construction 3.5-inch SBC, the payment carrier is optimized for processors Intel Atom, Celeron and Pentium the 5th generation (the code name Apollo Lake) and also for future generations of processors of architecture of x86 with low power consumption. Its slot for the processor modules SMARC 2.1 provides independent scalability of processor options that does OEM solutions flexible and available on long terms of release. With smaller quantity of layers, the constructive solution of a payment of the 3.5-inch carrier is less difficult and less expensive in comparison with completely individual execution. One more feature of a payment carrier is the possibility of customization that provides high effectiveness of individual design, namely - adding or removal of certain interfaces is expedited that allows to enter quicker the market, is rather simple, economic and it is offered at the batch sizes about 500 payments a year. For the requiring economic project deliverables with large volumes of release the consolidation COM (computer on the module) with a payment carriers is an optimal variant, consider in congatec. Clients can also receive the using modules SMARC free access to necessary schemes of the carrier as support of their own constructions of the bearing payment.

"Computers on modules are capable to bring modularity built in, industrial and to the IoT-world. The bearing SMARC 2.0 payment in a 3.5-inch form factor is a starting point of our development plan directed to making the built-in computers if it is possible so to speak, even more modular", 'Martin Danzer, the director of product management in congatec company noted'

According to the producer, conga-SMC1/SMARC-x86 differs in the audiocodec and implementation of USB-C which is optimized for processor Intel Atom technology. Besides, it is also optimized for the cameras MIPI which can be connected directly and without any additional hardware. Thanks to two MIPI-CSI 2.0 connectors it is possible to develop systems which provide three-dimensional sight and, therefore, they can be used for situational awareness in autonomous vehicles. In combination with the support of the artificial intelligence (AI) and neural networks which is built in the processor this ready platform offers what is necessary for developers for the systems of machine vision. The complex software maintenance with already previously compiled binary files supplements this offer of congatec company.

As noted in congatec, the payment carrier of conga-SMC1/SMARC-x86 SMARC 2.0 in a 3.5-inch form factor is optimized for the Intel processors Apollo Lake, from Intel Atom (E3950, E3940 and E3930) to Celeron (N3350) and Pentium processors (N4200). On the compact size of 146 x 102 mm, conga-SMC1/SMARC-x86 offers support of two network ports GbE, 5x USB and an USB hub and also SATA 3 for external hard drives or SSD drives. For the user expansions on a payment there is miniPCIe slot and also the slot of the M.2 E E2230 type with I2S, PCIe and USB, but also the M.2 B B2242/2280 type with 2x PCIe and 1x USB. Also, near the industrial built-in interfaces, such as 4x UART, 2x CAN, 8x GPIO, I2C and SPI, the built-in slot of MicroSim for connection of mobile communication in the field of IoT is available. Displays can be connected via the HDMI, LVDS/eDP/DP and MIPI-DSI interfaces. The payment also offers two inputs of MIPI-CSI for connection of the camera. The sound of I2S can be implemented through an audioconnector. The payment is delivered with support of a hypervisor of Windows from RTS company which allows execution of different types of tasks on one system, for example management and communication in real time together with a cover of the user and the module for communication with cloud/Internet by services in the isolated and protected operating systems. For community of an open source code congatec also offers previously compiled images of Linux, Yocto and Android with the configured loader and also necessary drivers which are available to clients of congatec on GitHub.