Kontron is presenting boards and DIN rail controllers at SPS

The integrated NPU offers up to 2.3 TOPS for demanding applications, making the Arm-based board perfect for machine learning and vision systems.

The BL i.MX8M Plus features a high-performance Arm Cortex A53 microprocessor with a clock speed of 1.8GHz and its memory can be expanded to 8GB LPDDR4-RAM. The integrated Arm Cortex M7 coprocessor ensures real-time control of machine-related processes.

The board comes with the latest multi-media functions: a 4K HDMI connection, an 2D/3D GPU, and a video processing unit (VPU). The VPU supports H.265 (high efficiency video coding) 1080p60 video encoding and decoding. The BL i.MX8M Plus is ideal for demanding applications in HMIs, medical devices, and control solutions thanks to its improved use of memory and bandwidth combined with higher video quality. The board’s dual display solution provides an LVDS interface for a local display and a HDMI interface for an external monitor. It also comes with a serial display MIPI CSI interface that provides four lanes. Alternatively, camera systems can be connected via the external USB 3.0 type C or Gigabit-Ethernet interfaces.

The integrated Cortex M7 processor core enables real-time control via the CAN FD interface as well as the dual GbE connection. The LAN port supports the Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) standard for secure and quick real-time data transmission. The low latency is suitable for time-critical applications that place high demands on data transmission and synchronisation. The powerful NXP i.MX8M Plus SoC features an integrated neural processing unit (NPU) with a 2.3 TOPS AI processor. This supports the processing of large amounts of data in real time, making it ideally suitable for applications in the areas of machine learning and vision systems.

The first prototype for customers will be available starting in Q1/2025.