MYIR's MYC-YM62X Systems-on-Modules Pack Some Impressive Potential Into a Tiny Footprint
From no fewer than two gigabit Ethernet ports and nine UARTs to up to 143 GPIOs, these compact surface-mount modules tick a lot of boxes.
Shenzhen-based Make Your Idea Real (MYIR) has announced a new system-on-module (SOM) design built around Texas Instruments' Sitara AM62x family — offering up to 2GB of RAM, 8GB of eMMC storage, and up to four Arm Cortex-A53 processor cores in a surprisingly compact footprint.
"[The SOM] carries out a variety of peripheral and IO signals through the 1.0mm pitch 222-pin castellated-hole expansion interface," MYIR says of its latest launch, "including dual TSN-enabled Gigabit Ethernet ports, USB, MMC/SD, Camera interface, OSPI, CAN-FD and GPMC. It also takes advantages of the AM62x processor to support dual-display and 3D GPU (only for AM625). This makes it particularly suitable for Human-machine Interaction (HMI), Internet of Things (IoT) and gateway applications."
There are three models in the new MYC-YM62X SOM family at launch, all measuring a tiny 43×45mm (around 1.7×1.8"). The entry-level model features a TI Sitara AM6231 chip, offering a single Arm Cortex-A53 core running at up to 1GHz; the AM6252 model doubles the cores and increases the top clock speed to 1.4GHz; while the range-topping AM6254 offers four Cortex-A53 cores at 1.4GHz and a 3D-capable graphics processor.
In all cases, the chips also offer a Cortex-M4F microcontroller core running at up to 400MHz and two PRU-SS programmable real-time units running at up to 333MHz. There's 1GB of DDR4 memory upped to 2GB on the top-end quad-core variant, 8GB of eMMC storage, and 32kB of EEPROM for configuration, while interfaces on the module's 222 pins include two USB 2.0 lanes, nine UART buses, three CAN FD, six I2C, five SPI, one MIPI Camera Serial Interface (CSI), two LVDS and one RGB video outputs, JTAG for debugging, two Reduced Gigabit Media Independent Interfaces (RGMII) for gigabit Ethernet with Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) support, and up to 143 general-purpose input/output (GPIO) pins depending on the use of other peripherals.
To get users started with the new module, MYIR has also announced a carrier board which brings out the bulk of its features including dual LVDS connectivity, USB, dual gigabit Ethernet, HDMI, audio, MIPI CSI, two RS485 buses, and two CAN FD buses, along with microSD storage and an optional 4G/5G cellular module. The demo board also includes a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radio module as standard, the company has confirmed.
Pricing for the modules depends on specifications: the entry-level single-core part is priced at $29, the dual-core version at $33; and the quad-core 2GB model at $43. The evaluation carrier board is priced at $79 when purchased as a bundle with one of the above. More information is available on the MYIR website.