congatec SMARC 2.0 Quick Starter Kit

The SMARC 2.0 Quick Starter Kit for the NXP i.MX 8 QuadMax processor family, from congatec, is said to offer everything developers need for the immediate evaluation of the NXP i.MX 8 processor.

Developers of highly integrated IIoT, industrial and embedded vision applications can reach the next technology level quickly and easily with the NXP i.MX 8 based SMARC 2.0 modules, because they can immediately integrate a credit card-sized off-the-shelf module into their applications with minimum space requirements.

The Quick Starter Kit integrates conga-SMX8 computer modules with either the low-power NXP i.MX 8X or the high-end NXP i.MX 8 (QuadMax) series, as well as a conga-SEVAL evaluation carrier board, which offers access to all interfaces and functions for SMARC 2.0 based NXP i.MX 8 designs.

The evaluation carrier supports a comprehensive set of interfaces, including 4x PCIe x1, 1x mini PCIe, 2x USB 3.0 and 4x USB 2.0 for generic extensions. 2x RJ45 for Gigabit Ethernet, 4x COM, 1x CAN bus and 12 GPIOs are also available. Displays can be connected via dual channel LVDS, eDP, DP and 2x MIPI-DSI, and additional storage media via an SD/MMC socket and 1x SATA 6G. Digital and analog audio I/Os for I2S and HDA complete the interface offer.