SOMDEVICES µSMARC RZ/V2N is a system-on-module powered by the Renesas RZ/V2N AI MPU and offered in a micro SMARC (µSMARC) form factor that’s quite smaller at 82x30mm than standard 82x50mm SMARC modules.
The company told CNX Software it’s still 100% compatible with SMARC 2.1 with a 314-pin MXM 3.0 edge connector. It’s also cost-effective with a compact PCB and can be used in space-constrained applications. The µSMARC features up to 8GB LPDDR4, up to 128GB eMMC flash, two gigabit Ethernet PHY, and an optional WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.1 wireless module.
µSMARC RZ/V2N specifications:
- SoC – Renesas RZ/V2N
- CPU
- Quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 @ 1.8 GHz
- Arm Cortex-M33 @ 200 MHz
- GPU – Arm Mali-G31 3D graphics engine (GE3D) with OpenGL ES 3.2 and Open CL 2.0 FP
- VPU – Encode & decode
- H.264 – Up to 1920×1080 @ 60 fps (Renesas specs, but SOMDEVICES also mentions up to 4K @ 30 FPS)
- H.265 – Up to 3840×2160 @ 30 fps
- AI accelerator – DRP-AI Up to 4 dense TOPS / 15 sparse TOPS
- CPU
- System Memory – 512MB to 8GB LPDDR4 RAM
- Storage – 4GB to 128GB eMMC flash
- Networking
- 2x Gigabit Ethernet PHY
- Optional WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac and Bluetooth 5.1 module
- 314-pin MXM 3.0 edge connector as per SMARC specifications:
- Storage – SDIO
- Display Interface
- 4-lane MIPI DSI
- Optional dual-channel LVDS via DSI to LVDS bridge (not in specs, but shown in the block diagram below)
- Camera – 2x 4-lane MIPI CSI-2
- Audio – 1x I2S
- Networking – 2x 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
- USB – 1x USB 2.0 OTG, 1x USB 3.2 HOST
- PCIe – 2-lane PCIe interface
- Low-speed I/Os
- 2x CAN Bus
- 3x I2C, 1x SPI, 3x UART (2x flow-control 4-wire, 2x 2-wire)
- 13x GPIOs
- Up to 3x PWM
- Power Supply – 5V DC input; PMIC on module
- Dimensions – 82 x 30 mm (µSMARC form factor)
- Temperature Range – -40ºC to 85ºC
- Humidity – 93% relative Humidity at 40ºC, non-condensing (IEC 60068-2-78)
The company provides a Linux BSP with support for the Yocto Project, Ubuntu, and Debian. SOMDEVICES did not directly mention an evaluation carrier board for the module, but I could find the COP1-H0 carrier board as part of development kits for their earlier NXP i.MX 6ULL, i.MX 8M Mini, and i.MX 8M Nano µSMARC system-on-modules that should also be compatible with the new µSMARC RZ/V2N module. I’ve asked the company, but they did not reply in time before the publication of this article. The company explains the module is especially suitable for autonomous robots and machine vision in factory automation.
Two standard µSMARC RZ/V2N modules are available: the C0P5-V10 with 2MB LPDDR4, 16GB eMMC flash, a WiFi and Bluetooth module, and two Ethernet PHY, as well as the COP5-V11 in the same configuration minus the wireless module. Other configurations are available upon request.
It’s the second Renesas RZ/V2N module we’ve covered after the IMDT V2N with board-to-board connectors, and the first compatible with the SMARC 2.1 standard. Other SMARC (80x50mm) and OSM modules based on the new Renesas microprocessor are in the works, but we’ll cover those once they become available and more technical details are published.
SOMDEVICES did not provide public pricing information. Additional information may be found on the product page.
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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