Pico-ITX board with i.MX8M Plus processor for quad Arm Cortex-A53 cores

Called Pico-IMX8PL (PICOIMX8PL-A10-0001) and measuring 72 x 100mm, the “board delivers exceptional computing power and versatility in a remarkably compact form factor”, said Fortec.

To this, the on-board machine learning accelerator adds 2.3 Top/s.

Memory includes 2Gbyte of LPDDR4, 16Gbyte of eMMC 5.1 storage and a microSDcard slot. .

For expansion, there is an M.2 2230 E Key slot and a full-sized mini card slot.

Both HDMI 2.0 and LVDS interfaces are included for video, then dual Gbit/s Ethernet ports for networking and USB 3.0 Gen 1 ports for rapid local data transfer – plus a USB 2.0 port for legacy device support.

IO continues with two COM ports, two CAN ports and eight GPIO pins.

Debian 11 is supported, and operation is from +12V, via a lockable terminal block, and over -40 to +80°C.

A second, enhanced, version (PICOIMX8PL-A10-0002) has TPM 2.0 security and operates from +9 to 36V, as well as having its memory stretched to 4Gbyte of LPDDR4 and 32Gbyte of eMMC.

“The Pico-ITX Board is particularly suitable for transportation applications, whether in automotive, rail or aerospace. The dual CAN ports are essential for vehicle communication networks,” claimed Fortec. And it “excels in gateway and edge computing from industrial automation to multimedia systems”.

Find the Pico-IMX8PL on this Fortec web page