Advantech bases industrial SMARC 2.0 module on NXP i.MX8M
For industrial multimedia applications, the ROM-5720 is a SMARC 2.0 module from Advantech. It is powered by the NXP ARM Cortex-A53 i.MX8M processor, noted for its graphics performance and low power consumption.
The ROM-5720 supports 4Kp60 resolution via HDMI 2.0 and 4Kp60 H.265 decoding with HDR. It features a variety of interfaces, namely USB3.0, PCIe, Dual Gigabit Ethernet, two MIPI-CSI, and a four-lane MIPI-DSI. It is designed for a range of industrial applications such as infotainment, automation, human machine interface (HMI) and healthcare.
The efficient interfaces extend peripheral devices like high-speed storage, camera, wireless modules and the ROM-5720 works with touch and legacy devices to empower self-service kiosks and interactive multimedia applications, adds Advantech.
The module adopts the NXP i.MX8M SoC, which features up to four Arm Cortex-A53s and one additional general-purpose Cortex-M4 core processor for low power processing. The Arm Cortex-A cores can be powered off while the Cortex-M4 subsystem performs low power, real-time system monitoring. The Vivante GPU supports the latest OpenGL ES, OpenCL, OpenVG and Vulkan for advanced graphics and accelerated compute workloads such as the deep learning inference. ROM-5720 also supports display output with HDMI2.0 (4096 x 2160 at 60Hz), one four-lane MIPI-DSI for multiple display and two MIPI-CSI camera inputs. There is also a high resolution display and the module meets camera requirements for different machine vision and multimedia applications.
Advantech supports allied, industrial, and modular (AIM) frameworks for Linux to accelerate software development with flexible and responsive long-term support. AIM-Linux Services offers verified embedded OS platforms and industrial-focused apps and SDKs through which users can easily select the embedded software tools they need to focus on their vertical software development.
There is multiple operating system (OS) support in Yocto Linux and Android.
The ROM-5720 operates at temperatures between 0 to 60 degrees C or -40 to +85 degrees C.
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