congatec conga-TR4 COM Express Type 6 module

congatec has introduced its conga-TR4 COM Express Type 6 modules with AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 Series processors for the industrial temperature range from -40 to +85°C. They are available with optional burn-in and cold-soak stress screening.

Demanding graphics and compute workloads benefit from the module’s four cores, eight threads and eight GPU compute units delivering the massive processing throughput of AMD’s Zen microarchitecture in an ultrarugged shape. The TDP is scalable from 12 to 25 W, enabling immersive 4K UHD system designs with passive cooling only.

Typical applications for the industrial-grade COM Express modules can be found in rugged edge computing with embedded vision and artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous vehicles, railcars and wagons, outdoor equipment in the oil and gas industries, mobile ambulance equipment, broadcasting vans or in security and video surveillance, as well as base station equipment for 5G.

The maximum performance of the module depends on the environmental conditions and is specified with 1.6 to 2.8 GHz turbo boost in the subzero temperature range, and 2 to a maximum of 3.6 GHz in the positive temperature range. The high performance of the module has been made available in a real-time capable design and also includes real-time hypervisor support by Real-Time Systems for virtual machine deployments and workload consolidation in edge computing scenarios.

The product allows complete USB-C implementation on the carrier board including USB 3.1 Gen 2 with 10 Gbps, Power Delivery and DisplayPort 1.4, for example to connect external touchscreens with a single cable. Further performance-oriented interfaces include 1x PEG 3.0 x8, 4x PCIe Gen 3 and 4x PCIe Gen 2, 3x USB 3.1 Gen 2, 1x USB 3.1 Gen 1, 8x USB 2.0, 2x SATA Gen 3 and 1x Gbit Ethernet. I/Os for SD, SPI, LPC and I²C, as well as 2x legacy UART from the CPU and High Definition Audio, round off the range of interfaces. Supported operating systems include Linux, Yocto 2.0 and Microsoft Windows 10, or optionally Windows 7.