Inforce 6410Plus Qualcomm Single Board Computer Adds GPS, MIPI CSI and DSI Interfaces

[Update on June 16 with comments from Inforce Computing:

1. The Inforce 6410Plus is a product/application ready SBC that can be mass-manufactured to be designed-in directly by OEMs into end-products. Of course developers, DIY enthusiasts, and research houses may use it as a development board, but essentially it’s a product ready SBC.
2. CSI and DSI interfaces – A single 40-pin LSHM MIPI connector on the previous generation product has been replaced with a single 51-pin FI-R MIPI CSI connector. A single connector enables support for 2 cameras/up to 20MP. Similarly, we’ve replaced the LVDS interface with a single 51-pin MIPI-DSI connector that supports two simultaneous displays.

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Inforce IFC6410 board is one of the few low cost Qualcomm Snapdragon development boards / SBCs available on the market. Released in 2013, it features a Snapdragon 600 processor (APQ8064) coupled with 2GB RAM, 4GB eMMC, and various connectors. Inforce Computing has now introduced an upgraded version of the board, simply called Inforce 6410Plus, which adds GPS, one extra MIPI CSI interface, two MIPI DSI interfaces, and a few other changes, while keeping the same $143 price tag.

Inforce 6410Plus specifications (Upgrades / changes highlighted in bold):

• SoC – Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 (APQ8064) Quad Core Krait 300 processor  @ 1.7GHz + Adreno 320 GPU
• System Memory – 2GB on-board PCDDR3, up to 533MHz
• Storage – 4GB eMMC + μSD card connector + SATA interface
• Connectivity:
  • 802.11 b/g/n WiFi (Atheros QCA6234)
  • Bluetooth 4.0 (Atheros QCA6234)
  • 10/100/1000bps Ethernet (Atheros 8151)
  • GPS/GLONASS

• Video and Audio Interfaces:
  • μHDMI (1080p)
  • LVDS (Not supported anymore)
    
  • MIPI-CSI2 (4-lane, up to 20MP camera @ 15 fps) +  an extra MIPI-CSI2 interface
  • Dual MIPI-DSI (4 lane) – Primary : up to QWXGA (2048 × 1536), 60 Hz refresh rate; Secondary:  up to QHD (960 × 540), 60 Hz refresh rate
    
  • HD Audio and Mic-in compact combo jack for headphone and mic-in
    

• USB – 2x USB 2.0, 1x micro USB OTG
• Misc I/O
  • 1x I2C, 1x SPI, 1x UART, UIM, 12x GPIO
  • On-board 34-pin expansion header to connect to Peripheral Abstraction Core (PAC) mezzanine adapter card
• Debugging – via serial console on 3-pin header
• Power – 12V/1.5A power supply (Instead of 5V/5A)
• Dimensions – 10cm x 7cm (Pico-ITX); Thickness: 16mm
• Temperature Range – Operating: 0 to 70 C | Storage: -20 to 80 C
• Relative Humidity – 5 to 95% non-condensing

The company also claims to have improved heat dissipation, and implemented a fastboot switch for Android to enter into fastboot as recommended by Google. Android 4.4.2 and Ubuntu 14.04 board support packages (BSP) can be provided with the board. There’s no mention about Linaro support, although the older IFC6410 board gets images released monthly and published on the Download page. [Update from Inforce Computing: “The Ubuntu 14.04 BSP is in fact based on a Linaro Linux release, so we do support Linaro.”

You can find more details including software and hardware documentation on Inforce 6410Plus product page, with some links required credentials only available to customers. Inforce Computing will start taking orders on June 15.

Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)

Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.

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