While MediaTek is better known for their mobile SoCs and they also offers processors made for AIoT (AI + IoT) applications such as MediaTek i700, i500 or i300 SoCs.
We only covered a few development / evaluation boards so far, with Pumpkin i500 SBC or Innocom SB30 EVK, but we’ve now got another one with VIA VAB-950 single board computer equipped with MediaTek i500 AIoT octa-core processor, up to 4GB LPDDR4, 16GB flash storage, HDMI, dual Fast Ethernet, dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, and support for 4G LTE cellular connectivity.
- SOM-9X50 system-on-module
- SoC – MediaTek i500 octa-core processor with
- 4x Cortex-A73 @ 2.0GHz, 4x Cortex-A53 @ 2.0GHz
- Arm Mali-G72 GPU up to 800 MHz with support for OpenGL ES 3.0, OpenCL ES 1.1, and Vulkan 1.0
- VPU for 1080p30 H.264/H.265 decoding
- 2x Cadence Tensilica Vision P6 DSPs
- System Memory – 2GB or 4GB LPDDR4 SDRAM
- Storage – 16GB eMMC Flash memory
- Dimensions – 7 x 5.5 mm
- SoC – MediaTek i500 octa-core processor with
- Display I/F
- HDMI 1.3a port
- MIPI DSI connector plus touch screen connector (includes I²C for capacitive touch)
- Camera I/F – MIPI CSI-2 connector
- Audio
- MediaTek MT6358 audio codec
- 3.5mm audio jack (mic+headphone)
- Mono speaker-out connector
- Connectivity
- 2x Fast Ethernet RJ45 ports via Microchip LAN9514 USB hub + Ethernet controller, and ASIX AX88772 USB 2.0 to Fast Ethernet controller
- 2×2 Dual-band Wi-Fi 5 802.11ac with MU-MIMO and Bluetooth 5.0 via MediaTek MT7668
- Optional 4G LTE via mPCIe card plus onboard SIM card slot
- 3x IPEX connectors for RF antennas for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
- USB – 2x USB 2.0 ports, 1x micro USB 2.0 port (for OS image upload only)
- Serial – 1x RS-232 COM port
- Expansion
- 1x MiniPCIe slot with USB 2.0 connectivity
- Pin header with for 1x I²C, 1x SPI, 12x GPIO
- Debugging – JTAG, debug port (RS-232)
- Misc – Power button with LED, reset button, 4x keypad buttons, 2x USB host/device jumpers
- Power Supply
- 12V DC-in connector
- Battery charger connector (supports I²C and gas gauge)
- Dimensions – 14 x 10 cm (“EPIC” form factor)
- Temperature Range – 0°C ~ 60°C
- Humidity – 0% ~ 95% (relative humidity; non-condensing)
VIA VAB-950 SBC is available now at an undisclosed price. Additional information may be found on the product page and press release.
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