Boards/Backplanes

Kontron has announced that it is launching the pITX iMX8M motherboard in a compact 2.5” pico-ITX format, a high-performance SBC solution for embedded applications in manufacturing or for deployment as an IoT gateway. The iMX8M features dual- or quad-core NXP CPUs based on the Arm Cortex-A53 architecture running at up to 1.5GHz.

PICMG has announced that COM-HPC has been approved and ratified, and is now available for public download and distribution.

congatec has focused on customers’ ruggedisation challenges for virtual embedded world 2021, and will be presenting extended temperature range platforms for all performance levels, from high-end COM-HPC to low power SMARC modules. 

Kontron has announced that it is expanding its portfolio of SMARTCASE products, consisting of five variants to date, to include the SMARTCASE S711. The case kit is specifically designed for the D3713-V/R mini-ITX motherboard. 

The MaaXBoard Nano, a new single-board computer (SBC), is the latest addition to Avnet’s portfolio of hardware designed to accelerate time to market and reduce development costs. Production ready it allows developers to focus on software development

Axiomtek has announced the MANO522, a mini-ITX motherboard powered by the LGA1151 socket 9th/8th generation Intel Core i7/i5/i3 processor (code name: Coffee Lake) with the Intel H310 chipset.

Pixus Technologies has announced that it now offers a conduction-cooled model for their 3U OpenVPX Chassis Manager. Compliant to the VITA 46.11 specification for system management and to VITA 48.2 for mechanical design, the Tier 2 Pixus OpenVPX Chassis Manager monitors at least six temperature sensors and ten fans with custom options available. 

Recab UK has announced that it is now supporting engineers to develop more sophisticated embedded computing projects with the availability of Diamond Systems’ Floyd GPGPU products. The new product range, which includes the NVIDIA Jetson compatible Floyd carrier boards and the Jetbox-Floyd complete embedded computing platform, feature extended operating temperatures and are suited to complex computing or imaging applications in harsh sectors...

The SOM-BL STM32MP157 from RDS is ideal for developers and makers, who can use it immediately for a wide variety of projects, for proof of concept or prototyping.

As the Open Group Sensor Open Standards Architecture, or SOSA initiative continues to move towards completion, Elma Electronic has added two 3U backplanes to its growing family of products aligned to Snapshot 3 of the SOSA Technical Standard.