Facing the explosive growth of the IoT devices, massive date should be processed through cloud, different protocols used, difficult data collection, etc. It possesses of the data collection process function and protocol conversion function, through edge computing and intelligent algorithm, to process the data in the edge computing gateway intelligently. To analyze and transmit the important security information in real time, to achieve the purpose of everything linked. The edge computing gateway analyze the data which collected from the IoT gateway, it helps the enterprise analyze various devices or products, it also achieve the abnormal condition warning or alarming, this enables predictive maintenance; It also help the enterprise to improve product performance, reduce enterprise consumption, do security etc.
I.MX8M Plus is the first released high performance processor which integrated with NPU, it is based on i.MX8M Plus processor to release the IAC-IMX8MP-CM SoM. It has high-performance heterogeneous application processors, it has strong scalability, it could also meet the high quality and reliability for the industrial grade application. Android and Linux OS are both supportive, it is very convenient for developer to do secondary developing, it could achieve edge computing in industrial and IoT application area. It is also a good edge computing gateway for a IoT device.
IAC-IMX8MP-CM System on Module (SOM) adopts i.MX8M Plus CPU with 4 Cores of Cortex-A53 architecture, the CPU frequency is up to 1.6Ghz, it supports 32-bit DDR4 and LPDDR4 memory, it supports ECC, and provide strong performance and high stability. Massive storage device, it supports TF card extension, it increases the storage space, it can support local storage for massive data. Inbuilt with NPU @2.3 TOPS, it could achieve AI algorithm process; it integrated with dual ISP, and dual chancel HD camera, it achieve real-time 3D vision. The strong multi-media function supports 1080p60 h.265/4,VP8,VP9 video decoding and 1080p60 H.265/4 video decoding, it could be widely applied to the industrial sites such as multi-channel surveillance, robotic vision, facial recognition, object identification and analysis .
Aim at industrial applications, i.MX8M Plus has done a sequence of optimization, it can support Industrial 4.0 IT/OT melting, it integrated the gigabit ethernet with TSN, it combined the Cortex-M7 real time processor, it provides the wired network connection and processing; To select industrial-level electronics, industrial grade temperature range, with overlong lifetime, it has advantages in industrial application products.
In industrial applications ,there are various of sensors, PLC etc, hence, for the gateway devices, the abundant data acquisition port ,and speedy data transmission and rich network protocols are very important. In telecommunication, the i.MX8M Plus supports dual Ethernet port ,it could achieve high speed transmission; It could support M.2 and USB3.0 which is to connect 4G/5G module, wifi module, LoRa module and other wireless telecommunication module, it achieves gateways online at different networking, and it could backup mutually to avoid data loss; Meanwhile,Qiyang I.MX8M Plus Carrier Board has drawn 4*RS232,1*RS485,1*Type-C, etc, to connect various sensors and PLC devices. It connects the industrial control and data transmission. I.MX8M Plus supports dual CAN-FD, I2C, I2S. etc, the powerful extensive ports could satisfy different industrial applications.
To achieve industrial application localization management, some intelligent gateways will be equipped with high-definition screen. i.MX8M Plus processor supports MIPI, HDMI, LVDS display port, to connect HD screen. To configure the telecommunication port, telecommunication protocol, new-added device through display screen or to surveillance the monitoring data, to analyze the statistical analysis report, to execute the data export operation through display screen, it helps our clients to do localization management better.
In addition to hardware advantage, i.MX8M Plus also has the strengths on software. I.MX8M Plus supports Android and Linux, it provides the standard API port, it provides a stable and convenient platform for developers, the users could call the system interfaces and sources, it can build the differentiate core competitiveness.
Based on Qiyang I.MX8M Plus, the 5G edge computing gateway could widely applied into the smart city, smart grid , smart traffic, and supply chain automations, industrial automation, smart building, fire control, environmental protection, smart medical, Intelligent illumination, intelligent agriculture and colliery, fuel etc. and IoT.
