NavQPlus AI/ML Companion Computer EVK for Mobile Robotics, ROS, Ground Stations and Camera Heads

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NavQPlus is a reference design for a mission computer, AKA companion computer, for use in mobile robotics using ROS2 and similar applications such as ground stations and smart cameras. It has a SOM identical to the i.MX 8M Plus EVK, with a minor exception that the NavQPlus supports 8GB LPDDR4 while the i.MX 8M Plus EVK SOM supports 6GB LPDDR4. The NavQPlus is an intermediate step between the i.MX 8M Plus EVK and a fully custom board design. It features a small form factor with Linux Foundation Dronecode connectors, dual USB, dual CAN, dual MIPI-CSI camera interfaces, IX-Industrial Ethernet connector, 100BaseT1 Two-wire ethernet, 9-20V input power management using USB-C PD, industrial real time clock (RTC) with tamper/timestamping and onboard SE050 Secure element with NFC.

Software supporting Linux Desktop POC, Python, eIQ and ROS2 has been prepared to support robotics development for low power machine learning, vision, compute, path planning and navigation. Additionally because of the HDMI, LVDS, MIPI DSI display interfaces, NavQPlus is also suitable for use in digital signage, groundstations, industrial remote controllers and other display applications needing connectivity.

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Supported Devices

Processors and Microcontrollers

i.MX 8 Applications Processors

  • IMX8MPLUS: i.MX 8M Plus – Arm® Cortex®-A53, Machine Learning, Vision, Multimedia and Industrial IoT

Interfaces

I²C-Bus Repeaters/Hubs/Extenders

  • PCA9509: Level Translating I2C-Bus/SMBus Repeater

CAN Signal Improvement

  • TJA1463: CAN Signal Improvement Capability Transceiver with Sleep Mode

USB Interfaces

Automotive Ethernet PHYs

  • TJA1103: TJA1103, ASIL B Compliant Automotive Ethernet 100BASE-T1 PHY Transceiver

Analog and Mixed Signal

Real-Time Clocks

  • PCF2131: Nano-Power Highly Accurate RTC with Integrated Quartz Crystal

Power Management

Load Switches

  • NX5P3090UK: USB PD and Type-C Current-Limited Power Switch
  • NX20P3483UK: USB PD and Type-C High-Voltage Sink/Source Combo Switch with Protection
  • NX20P5090UK: High-Voltage USB PD Power Switch

Security and Authentication

Authentication

  • SE050: EdgeLock® SE050: Plug and Trust Secure Element Family – Enhanced IoT Security with High Flexibility

Wireless Connectivity

Wi-Fi® + Bluetooth® + 802.15.4

  • 88W8987: 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band 1x1 Wi-Fi® 5 (802.11ac) + Bluetooth® 5.2 Solution

Features

  • Open reference design, NXP EVK SOM, with customization also available from 3rd party
  • Machine Learning using 2.3TOPS NPU accelerator, eIQ ML Software development environment w/TFLite, ArmNN, ONNX
  • Yocto Linux, Ubuntu POC** and ROS2 enablement
  • Vision – Dual MIPI camera w/ ISPs, hardware codec accelerators
  • WiFi 5 / BTLE 5.0
  • 100BaseT1 “2-Wire” Automotive Ethernet
  • 1000BaseTX Ethernet + IX industrial connector (*not populated on -XE version)
  • 2x USB-C with up to 20V power input + external power input
  • SE050 EdgeLock secure element with NFC interface
  • RTC with tamper timestamping
  • PCIe expansion
  • Supports up to three displays simultaneously MIPI,LVDS,HDMI (w/CEC)
    • Other uses include as a QGC ground station or smart remote controller, or machine interface terminal.
  • 1x InnoWave InnoCAM_DCM_OV5645FF camera module
    • OV5645 image sensor
    • 5MP resolution
    • MIPI interface

** Customized Ubuntu Core also available from Canonical

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  • 8MPNAVQ-8GB-XG

  • NavQPlus i.MX 8M Plus Companion Computer EVK, 8GB LPDDR4, 32GB eMMC.

  • NOTE: -XG version does not include the IX industrial connector or the 1000BaseTX Ethernet PHY.
  • $299.00 USD
  • For a quantity of 1
    • Availability: Pending Stock
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  • NavQPlus i.MX 8M Plus Companion Computer EVK, 8GB LPDDR4, 32GB eMMC.

  • Note: -G version DOES include 1000BaseTX IX industrial Ethernet.
  • $325.00 USD
  • For a quantity of 1
    • Availability: Pending Stock
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