Furthermore, its resistance to extreme temperatures, from -40 °C to 85 °C, makes it an ideal solution for industrial applications, watertight designs or outdoor applications that require a reduced size.
The QS93 stands out for its innovative approach to design and production. As a solderable System-on-a-Module (SoM), it simplifies the development and manufacturing process. A SoM, which goes beyond a System-on-a-Chip (SoC), integrates connectivity, multimedia, a display, GPIO, an operating system, and other components into a single module. While SODIMM modules have been widely used in the industry, soldered SoMs are rapidly gaining ground due to their lower cost, ease of management and production testing, and the superior economies of scale they offer.
SoM-based designs are scalable and allow for fully customized electronic assembly in terms of interfaces and form factors. SoMs can be replaced or upgraded within a carrier board, providing designers with flexibility. By choosing a SoM, customers enjoy significant advantages, including cost savings, reduced market risk, fewer design requirements, and a compact footprint. The only limitation compared to designing a SoC from scratch is the smaller number of pins on a SoM.
The NXP i.MX93 processor offers efficient machine learning (ML) acceleration, a flexible energy architecture, and state-of-the-art security to support energy-efficient edge computing. i.MX93 processors deliver fast and efficient ML inference, along with a broad range of high-performance application cores and peripherals, making them suitable for the automotive, industrial, and consumer IoT market segments.
The QS93 stands out for its exceptional features. In addition to its powerful CPU, it boasts a 250 MHz Cortex®-M33 MCU, 1GB of LPDDR4 memory, 2MB of NOR Flash, and 4GB of eMMC storage. It also incorporates a GPU for 2D graphics processing and NXP's renowned EdgeLock® secure enclosure for robust security. Furthermore, the QS93 offers a wide range of connectivity options, including LVDS displays, USB ports with PHYs, Gigabit Ethernet RGMII, CAN ports, SD/eMMC support, and a variety of I/O interfaces, including UART, I2C, and SPI.
i.MX93 processors are ideal for diverse applications across various sectors. In the automotive industry, they can be used for domain controllers, driver monitoring systems, audio, voice recognition, and gateways. In industrial automation, they are ideal for gateways, remote I/O controllers, industrial scanners, HMIs, and machine vision. They also find their place in building and energy control, smart homes, smart cities, and more.
