Boards/Backplanes

The new Compute Module 4 (CM4) from Raspberry Pi is now available at Farnell. The distributor has made a heavy investment in stock to meet volume orders.

Farnell is celebrating the manufacture of 5 million BBC micro:bit devices since its launch in 2016.

congatec has announced the launch of 12 brand new Computer-on-Modules in parallel with the Intel IOTG (Internet of Things Group) launch of the 11th Gen Intel Core processors. Based on the new low-power high-density Tiger Lake SoCs the new modules offer greater CPU performance and higher GPU performance along with PCIe Gen4 and USB4 support.

iWave Systems has announced a new System on module based on the powerful Intel Arria 10 FPGA GX devices. The Arria 10 FPGA SOM is power-packed with up to 1150K Logic Elements, duel DDR4 RAM with 64 bit and 32-bit storage capabilities. High speed I/Os and interfaces enable the module to fulfil complex data integrity requirements while ensuring faster throughput, reduced latency, and low power execution, accelerating the development of FPGA-based a...

Pixus Technologies has announced new 3U OpenVPX backplane designs in multiple configurations. Pixus has developed OpenVPX backplanes utilising the BKP3-CEN07-15.2.3 VITA 65 profile. The seven-slot backplane is standardly designed to PCIe Gen3 speeds with options for higher levels.  

In-stock availability and full design support capabilities for a new family of development kits from Microchip Technology is announced by distributor Richardson RFPD.

The high-performance MSC C6C-TLU COM Express Type 6 module family based from Avnet Integrated is based on the 11th Generation Intel Core processors (formerly codenamed “Tiger Lake UP3”).

Simultaneous with Intel's introduction of the multi-core Intel Atom x6000E Series processors, Avnet Integrated has incorporated these processors into all four established embedded standards, including COM Express Type 6 and Type 10, SMARC 2.1 and Qseven 2.1.

Kontron has combined its established form factors with new features of the 11th Gen Intel Core processors.

An mmWave Radio Development Kit for Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC Gen-3 has been released by Avnet.