Powered by Qualcomm’s Dragonwing QCS8550 processor, this production-ready module provides low-power, on-device Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) capabilities, simplifying design and enabling developers to more quickly bring innovative edge products to market.
The Open-Q 8550 has been designed to meet the higher AI/ML requirements of extreme Edge computing, including advanced video and AI applications such as video collaboration, video transcoding, camera applications and integration with Edge AI gateways.
This embedded compute platform provides a complete solution comprised of hardware, software, Device Management and Services, enabling customers to get to market faster. It is intended for the development of industrial Edge AI products, including drones, controllers, robotics and industrial handheld devices for a variety of industries, including smart warehousing, manufacturing, transportation, logistics and retail.
The Open-Q 8550CS SOM features an on-device AI engine supporting the higher AI/ML requirements for extreme Edge computing, including Edge devices, Edge servers and Edge AI boxes.
Key features include:
- Low power consumption with a 4nm process
- Kryo Octa-core CPU up to 3.2 GHz and Adreno A740 GPU
- Dual eNPU delivering 48 INT8, 12 FP16 TOPs
- Security features include Trusted Management Engine, Hypervisor, Secure Processing Unit, and DDR encryption
- Enterprise-level connectivity with Wi-Fi 7 MU-MIMO supporting up to 5.8Gbps
- Best-in-class performance across compute processing, camera, AI, security and audio.
- Up to 8GB LPDDR5 RAM + 128GB UFS Flash
- Android 13 and Linux Yocto Kirkstone
- Dedicated Computer Vision Engine
- Multiple MIPI camera and display ports
- Multiple high speed connectivity options
- Support for Qualcomm Sensing Hub 3.0
Benefits include the ability to:
- Enhance video conferencing meeting experiences, automated guided vehicle pathing, smart camera image quality and Edge AI box scalability with its octal-core computing capabilities and 48 AI TOPS tensor performance
- Perform complex 3D rendering and computer vision tasks with a powerful Adreno 740 GPU supporting ray tracing, Open GL ES, Vulkan and Open CL profiles and 4K240/8K60 video decoding and 4K120/8K30 encoding; and
- Connect Edge AI boxes leveraging high-speed 2.5G and 10G Ethernet ports.
Lantronix’s Open-Q 8550CS SOM Development Kit is designed to facilitate easy evaluation of the SOM’s key features, such as the low-power AI subsystem with a dedicated DSP and AI accelerator supporting always-on audio, sensors, contextual data streams and an always-on camera.
The kit supports the evaluation of C-PHY and D-PHY MIPI CSI and GMSL cameras, dual MIPI DSI, DisplayPort, audio, sensors, GNSS, Gigabit Ethernet and many more features. It comes with Lantronix’s Open-Q 8550CS SOM, an open-frame carrier board exposing all the available I/O, and a range of accessories to fast-track product development.
