AI Gateway combines Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 with Google Coral Edge TPU

Techbase quickly unveiled an update to their Modberry industrial controllers with Modberry 500 CM4 DIN Rail computer as soon as Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 was launched.

The company has now introduced another Raspberry Pi CM4 based product with ModBerry AI GATEWAY 9500-CM4 gateway combining the Broadcom BCM2711C0 system-on-module to Google Edge TPU to cater to applications leveraging AI acceleration.

ModBerry AI GATEWAY 9500-CM4 preliminary specifications:

• SoM – Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4
• AI accelerator – Google Coral Edge TPU module with up to 4 TOPS connected over the RPi CM4’s PCIe interface
• Peripherals (customizable as needed)
  • USB, HDMI, and Ethernet.
  • Serial RS-232/485 ports
  • Digital and analog I/Os with or without opto-isolation
  • Relays,
  • 1-Wire, CAN bus, M-Bus Master and Slave
• PCIe modules for wireless support
  • Cellular – 4G/LTE and 5G modem, interchangeable with Coral TPU, plus on-board eSIM
  • LPWAN – NB-IoT, LoRa, Sigfox, Wireless M-Bus
  • ZigBee
  • Additional Wi-Fi/Bluetooth interface or Wi-Fi Hi-Power
  • Custom wireless interfaces
• Misc – Reset and software update pinholes, LEDs, optional accelerometer, OLED screen, SuperCap backup power support.
• Security – Optional TPM security chip
• DIN-Rail enclosure

Techbase explains the Coral AI accelerator can easily be used in Linux with Raspberry Pi Computer Module 4 with full support for TensorFlow Lite framework and AutoML Vision Edge solution. The company also mentions this works in Windows, which I suppose means Windows 10 IoT.

ModBerry AI GATEWAY 9500-CM4 is not quite available yet, but Techbase says delivery time for various configurations will be around 2 months. There’s not much for information at this stage, and interested parties are invited to submit their requirements via IIoT shop.

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