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January 14, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

IBASE INA1607 is a fanless uCPE/SD-WAN appliance powered by an Intel Atom x7405C Amston Lake SoC

IBASE Technology’s INA1607 is a fanless uCPE (universal Customer Premises Equipment) and SD-WAN (Software-defined WAN) appliance powered by an Intel Atom x7405C Amston Lake processor coupled with up to 16GB ECC or non-EEC DDR5 memory. The embedded computer comes with offers up to 64GB eMMC flash, features a 2.5-inch SATA bay, offers four 2.5GbE RJ45 ports, two dual-function GbE ports (RJ45/SFP), and supports wireless expansion for WiFi 6 or 4G LTE/5G modules through mini PCIe and M.2 slots and up to six antennas. IBASE INA1607 specifications: SoC – Intel Atom X7405C quad-core Amston Lake processor @ up to 2.2GHz with 6MB cache; TDP: 12W System Memory – Up to 16GB DDR5 4800MHz ECC/Non-ECC via SODIMM socket Storage 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB eMMC flash M.2 2280 B-Key 3042/3080 socket for SATA III or PCIe SSD 2.5-inch SATA drive bay Networking 4x 2.5GbE RJ45 ports via Intel i226-V controllers 2x GbE RJ45 […]

January 8, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 2 Comments

Arduino Portenta Proto Kit ME aims to ease prototyping for professionals

Arduino has introduced the Portenta Proto Kit ME (Motion Environment) at CES 2025 with the kit designed to allow engineers, designers, and innovators to turn ideas into functional prototypes quickly. The kit does not include new hardware, but it is based on the Arduino Portenta H7, Mid Carrier, and Nicla Sense ME module, as well as other off-the-shelf parts such as a 4G LTE and GNSS module and some Modulino modules, plus three months of Arduino Cloud access. The company expects the prototyping kit to be used for predictive maintenance, environmental sensing, and industrial automation prototypes. Arduino Portenta Proto Kit ME kit content: Portenta H7 board based on STMicro STM32H747 Arm Cortex-M7 @ 480 MHz + M4 @ 200 MHz MCU capable of handling ML workloads and advanced processing Portenta Mid Carrier with gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0 port, MIPI CSI and Arduino camera connectors, CAN Bus, mPCIe socket, GPIO header, […]

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 1 Comment

EDATEC ED-SBC3300 is an industrial mini-ITX motherboard for the Raspberry Pi CM5

EDATEC ED-SBC3300 is an industrial mini-ITX motherboard designed for the Raspberry Pi CM5 with plenty of ports and headers including HDMI 2.1 and LVDS display interfaces, seven USB 3.0/2.0 interfaces, up to two Gigabit Ethernet ports, a mini PCIe slot for 4G LTE cellular connectivity, RS232 and RS485 interfaces, and more. Like many Raspberry Pi CM5 hardware platforms, the EDATEC ED-SBC3300 mini-ITX motherboard is not exactly new since it’s basically the same as the EDATEC ED-SBC2300 Raspberry Pi CM4-powered industrial Mini-ITX motherboard, but fitted with a Raspberry Pi CM5 instead. Let’s still have a look at the specifications to see if anything has changed. EDATEC ED-SBC3300 specifications: SKUs – EDATEC ED-SBC3300 series – ED-SBC3310, ED-SBC3311, ED-SBC3320, and ED-SBC3321 SoM – Raspberry Pi CM5 SoC – Broadcom BCM2712 CPU – Quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 processor @ 2.4GHz GPU – VideoCore VII GPU with support for OpenGL ES 3.1 graphics, Vulkan 1.2 […]

December 17, 2024 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

Nuvoton NuMicro MA35D1 SoM and SBC target industrial control, edge IoT gateway, and HMI applications

Forlinx OK-MA35-S21 SBC for Numicro MA35D1 SoM

Forlinx Embedded OK-MA35-S21 SBC is based on the company’s FET-MA35-S2 SoM powered by a Nuvoton Numicro MA35D1 Arm Cortex-A35/M4F microprocessor, and offered with up to 1GB RAM and an 8GB eMMC flash. Designed for applications such as charging piles, HMI, industrial control, medical equipment, new energy, edge gateways, smart buildings, and smart agriculture, the MA35D1 SoM supports dual Gigabit Ethernet, CAN FD, up to 17x UART, 16x analog input, etc.. and the SBC further integrates RS485 and RS232 terminal blocks, WiFi and Bluetooth, and optional 4G LTE connectivity Forlinx FET-MA35-S2 SoM Specifications: SoC – Nuvoton NuMicro MA35D1 CPU 2x Arm Cortex-A35 cores at up to 800 MHz Arm Cortex-M4 processor core at up to 180 MHz GPU – 2D Graphic Engine (GFX) VPU – H.264 video decoder up to 1920×1080 @ 45 Hz; JPEG Image Decoder System Memory – 512MB/1GB DDR3L Storage – 8GB eMMC flash Carrier board interfaces – […]

December 12, 2024December 13, 2024 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 2 Comments

Sfera Labs Strato Pi Max DIN rail industrial controllers now support the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5

Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 industrial controllers

The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (CM5) was launched at the end of last month, and we are starting to see companies slowly announce upgraded CM4 designs. Yesterday, we wrote about EDATEC ED-IPC3100 DIN-Rail mountable industrial computers, and today, we’ll cover Sfera Labs’ addition of the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 to their Strato Pi Max DIN rail industrial controllers. The controllers still feature a gigabit Ethernet port, a 10/100M Ethernet port, two USB 2.0 ports, a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller for power management and boot sequence control, and support expansion modules for up to sixteen RS-485 or RS-422 ports, four CAN V2.0B ports, digital and analog I/O, and more. Strato Pi Max specifications (as of December 2024): Base Module Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Zymbit SCM options. Microcontroller – Raspberry RP2040 dual ARM Cortex-M0+ at 133 MHz. Storage – eMMC, microSD (dual for XL), M.2 PCIe […]

December 11, 2024December 12, 2024 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

EDATEC ED-IPC3100 Raspberry Pi CM5-based industrial computers offers RS232/RS485, dual Ethernet, 4G LTE, and more

EDATEC ED-IPC3100 is a range of four DIN-Rail mountable industrial computers based on the new Raspberry Pi CM5 (Compute Module 5) with two Ethernet ports, and various RS232 or RS485 COM port options depending on the selected model. The ED-IPC3100 computers are offered with the CM5 with up to 16GB LPDDR5, 64GB eMMC flash, and optional WiFI 5 and Bluetooth 5. All also feature one HDMI port, two USB 2.0 ports, 9V to 36V DC input, and the EDC-IPC3120 model also adds a 3.5mm audio jack and internal connectors for a speaker, MIPI DSI and HDMI video output interfaces, and a MIPI CSI camera. EDATEC ED-IPC3100 specifications: SoM – Raspberry Pi CM5 SoC – Broadcom BCM2712 quad-core Cortex-A76 processor @ 2.4GHz with VideoCore VII GPU System Memory – 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, or 16GB LPDDR4-4267 SDRAM Storage – Options for 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB eMMC flash Wireless – Optional dual-band WiFi […]

December 8, 2024 by Sayantan Nandy - No Comments

reComputer R1113-10 industrial IoT gateway offers isolated RS485, RS232, DI, DO, and dual Gigabit Ethernet

Seeed Studio has launched the reComputer R1100 series industrial IoT gateway family based on Raspberry Pi CM4. The first model, the reComputer R1113-10, is powered by a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 module with 2GB RAM and 8GB eMMC storage. It includes two isolated RS485 ports, two isolated RS232 ports, DI and DO interfaces, and twelve LED indicators. Additional connectivity options include dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, LoRa, 4G LTE, and Zigbee. The device also features two USB-A 2.0 ports, a USB-C 2.0 port for OS flashing, an HDMI 2.0 output, and a MicroSD card slot. There are many such industrial IoT gateways based on Raspberry Pi CM4 and other SoMs or SoCs on the market, and we covered a bunch including the Compulab IOT-DIN-IMX8PLUS, Digi IX40, Dusun DSGW-380, Cytron IRIV PiControl, and Robustel EG5101 and EG5200, among others, each with their own unique set of features. reComputer […]

December 2, 2024December 28, 2024 by Sayantan Nandy - No Comments

u-blox SARA-R10001DE LTE Cat 1bis Module integrates an eSIM with Multi-IMSI and eUICC support

u-blox has introduced the SARA-R10001DE, an LTE Cat 1bis module with integrated eSIM featuring multi-IMSI technology and eUICC functionality. The module is pre-provisioned with Wireless Logic’s Conexa IoT Network SIM profiles for global IoT deployments. The eSIM supports OTA using Remote SIM Provisioning, allowing the module to switch between multiple stored SIM profiles to connect to the best available network. Multi-IMSI technology allows eSIMs to store multiple International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) profiles, enabling dynamic network switching for uninterrupted connectivity. eUICC functionality, based on the GSMA standard, facilitates OTA updates and profile management, simplifying operator switching and ensuring global compliance. Although SARA-R10001DE is u-blox’s first LTE Cat 1bis module with an embedded SIM (eSIM), we previously covered the u-blox LEXI-R10 LTE Cat 1bis module and associated evaluation kit, as well as Cavli C17QS Cat 1bis module built around the Qualcomm QCX217 microcontroller. u-blox SARA-R10001DE module specifications: LTE module – SARA-R10001DE […]