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Avnet Embedded announces complete starter kit for new SMARC modules based on NXP’s i.MX 93 applications processors

10/03/2023

Stutensee, Germany – February, 2023 – Avnet Embedded is launching a comprehensive starter kit for its scalable MSC SM2S-IMX93 SMARC 2.1.1™ module family based on NXP™ Semiconductors’ i.MX 93 applications processors. The MSC SM2-SK-IMX9-EP1 SMARC 2.1.1 starter kit contains all necessary components to quickly enable the customer to evaluate the MSC SM2S-IMX93 modules and start application development.

Avnet Embedded launches compact SMARC module family based on Intel® Atom® x7000E Series processors with up to eight cores

09/03/2023

Stutensee, Germany – February, 2023 – Avnet Embedded is expanding its comprehensive SMARC™ product portfolio including announcing availability of the scalable MSC SM2S-ALN module family. These boards integrate an Intel® Atom® processors x7000E Series, Intel® Core™ i3 processor or Intel® Processors N Series (former codenamed “Alder Lake N”). Depending on processor type, the thermal design power (TDP) is between 6W and 15W providing less power dissipation. Two, four or eight cores are available to scale the CPU and graphics performance.

Avnet Embedded brings full Windows 10 IoT on industrial Arm-based SMARC module platform with NXP i.MX 8M Plus SoCs

08/03/2023

Stutensee, Germany – March, 2023 – Avnet Embedded has developed an industrial Arm®-based embedded platform with an SMARC™ embedded compute module running the full Microsoft Windows® 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel) operating system without modification. The advantage is that customers can easily install Windows 10 IoT Enterprise on Avnet Embedded’s MSC SM2S-IMX8PLUS modules integrating an i.MX 8M Plus applications processor from NXP™ Semiconductors and are able to use standard API32 PC applications without re-compilation or re-writing. At embedded world 2023, a demo platform is shown on Avnet Embedded’s Booth 510 in Hall 1 and on Avnet Silica’s Booth 111 in Hall 3A.

Latest Insights

New optimized solutions for industrial applications

24/03/2023

Being a close partner to leading processor manufacturers means that we are among the first to launch a new portfolio of embedded compute modules, based on latest processor generations. These new module families – new COM Express, COM-HPC, SMARC, and OSM – mean that our customers can quickly embed the best computing capabilities into their products.

How we’re engineering touch screens to eliminate ghost touch in mission-critical applications

07/03/2023

We build many applications for customers that require absolute precision and reliability for environments where safety and accuracy are important. We have been working with customers recently on engineering touch screens to absolutely eliminate any chance of ghost touch (false signals of touch inputs on a screen). This has required some creative thinking and deep-level engineering from our in-house display experts.

Avnet Embedded: Scalable modules with 12th Gen Intel® Core™ processors meet the challenges of modern medical devices.

02/03/2023

The high-performance medical devices of the future place high demands on their components and parts. Avnet Embedded draws from a wide range of innovative embedded standard modules, based on the current 12th Generation Intel® Core™ processors.

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