Toradex Announces New OSM, Lino Computer-On-Module Ranges for Edge AI, Industrial, and IoT
Tiny 1.18×1.18" modules deliver application-class performance and edge AI acceleration in a compact footprint.
Swiss embedded computing specialist Toradex has announced the launch of two new computer-on-module (COM) families targeting industrial automation and the Internet of Things (IoT): OSM and Lino.
"Both families deliver new compact, reliable, industrial edge AI compute platforms," claims Toradex chief executive officer Samuel Imgrueth of the new OSM and Lino COM ranges. "While OSM adds a solderable standard form factor, Lino provides connector-based ease of use for rapid integration and serviceability. This empowers customers to design next generation, intelligent, space-constrained devices with confidence, scalability, and long-term support."
The OSM family is based on the Open Standard Module specification, Size-S variant — meaning it packs everything into a 30×30mm (around 1.18×1.18") space with a ball grid array (BGA) footprint for direct soldering onto a host carrier board. The Lino family, by contrast, offers the same size but with dual 100-pin board-to-board connectors underneath — allowing it to be removed from its carrier board for easy replacement.
Both formats share the same core hardware. The base-level model is the Lino or OSM iMX91, built around the NXP Semiconductors i.MX 91 system-on-chip with a single Arm Cortex-A55 core running at up to 1.4GHz, up to 2GB of LPDDR4 RAM, and 16GB of eMMC flash expandable to 256GB. For those who need more, the Lino or OSM iMX93 upgrades to the NXP i.MX 93 with two Cortex-A55 cores running at up to 1.7GHz, a companion real-time Cortex-M33 core running at up to 250MHz, and the option of adding a neural coprocessor delivering 0.5 tera-operations per second (TOPS) of minimum-precision compute for on-device machine learning and artificial intelligence workloads.
At the same time, Toradex has also announced the Verdin-Lino adapter — an interstitial board that accepts a Lino COM and adapts it to the SODIMM form factor of the company's earlier Verdin COMs, allowing Lino to be used as a drop-in upgrade. On the software side, Toradex offers a Yocto reference Linux image and support for its own Torizon platform.
More information on the OSM and Lino COM families is available on their respective product pages.
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