How System-on-Modules Represent Electronics Convergence Migration

Oct. 18, 2022

The electronics industry is constantly being driven by convergence pressures, resulting in more highly integrated and functional solutions. We talk to Ohad Yaniv, CEO of Variscite, about the company's embedded SOMs.

Alix Paultre

Related To: Electronic Design

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Convergence pressures constantly drive the electronics industry, resulting in more highly integrated and functional solutions. We talk to Ohad Yaniv, CEO of Variscite, about the company's embedded system-on-modules (SOMs). Variscite recently released the VAR-SOM-MX8M-NANO Evaluation Kit, based on the NXP i.MX 8M Nano CPU. The VAR-SOM-MX8M-NANO System on Module, featuring a 1.5-GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 plus 650-MHz Cortex-M7 real-time processor, is suited for products that require high power efficiency and high-performance graphics.

The VAR-SOM-MX8M-NANO is part of the VAR-SOM Pin2Pin product family, supporting a maximum scalability range from i.MX6UL/6ULL up to the i.MX 8QuadMax. The SOM provides extensive connectivity options, such as certified single-band 802.11 b/g/n or dual-band 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n, BT5.2/BLE, GbE, and USB 2.0.

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About the Author

Alix Paultre | Editor-at-Large, Electronic Design

An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the US military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications in the embedded electronic engineering space. Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Also check out his YouTube watch-collecting channel, Talking Timepieces.