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High-performance, cost-effective products with Embedded Linux at their core. With a range of products that have been deployed in a diversity of demanding industries - including aerospace and telecommunications - we have the utmost confidence in our in-house developed products.

Snapper mx6

Meeting the growing complexity of electronic product design, Snapper System Modules offer integrated high-speed digital cores on compact PCBs.

Snapper modules fit seamlessly into a wide range of high performance requirement products, including portable devices.

Prioritize power efficiency and signal shielding for enhanced system reliability, meet market demands for feature-rich products, and integrated solutions with shorter design cycles.

The latest generation of Snapper modules are also strongly machine learning capable, bringing powerful hardware in support of ML models to cost sensitive edge devices.

  • • Form factor: 40mm x 70mm, high density 360 pin board connector

    • Microprocessor: NXP i.MX6Q

    • Clock speed: 1.20 GHz

    • Interfaces:

    • GPU 3D Vivante GC2000

    • GPU 2D Vivante GC355

    • Video Decode 1080p60

    • Video Encode 1080p30

    • 1GB DDR3

    • 4GB NAND Storage

    • 4x USB2.0

    • Ethernet 1 Gbps + IEEE®1588

    • 3x SD/MMC 4.4,

    • 5x SPI

    • 5x UART

    • 3x I²C

    • Decrease development costs.

    • Reduce time to market.

    • Improve product unit cost.

    • Simplify board design and avoid design 8 - 12 layer PCBs with complex BGAs.

    • Gain immediate access to cutting edge technology with minimal learning curve.

    • Focus on the important and unique aspects of your design.

Snapper mx8

The Snapper MX8 is DesignA’s latest and most powerful powerful module - boasting a broad 4x performance increase over the MX6.

This latest Snapper System Module is well suited to demanding edge applications including AI model deployments, voice recognition, processing and video encoding.

    • Quad core Cortex-A53 @ 1.8GHz

    • Cortex-M7 co-processors at 800MHz

    • 6GB 32-bit DDR4

    • 32GB high speed eMMC Storage

    • Neural Processing Unit (NPU): Delivers up to 2.3 TOPS

    • GPU: 16 GFLOPS (high-precision) OpenGL® ES 3.1/3.0, Vulkan®, Open CL™ 1.2 FP, OpenVG™ 1.1

    • Video encode/decode 1080p60

    • Gigabit Ethernet

    • 2x CanFD

    • 2x USB 3.0

    • 5x I2C

    • 4x UART

    • 3x SPI

    • Decrease development costs for products with high performance and high speed bus requirements.

    • Edge capable ML and AI model deployments in a power efficient package

    • Reduce time to market.

    • Improved product unit cost.

    • Simplify board design and reduce design 8 - 12 layer PCBs with complex BGAs.

    • Gain immediate access to cutting edge technology with minimal learning curve.

    • Focus on the important and unique aspects of your design.

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Introducing our Low-Cost Embedded Linux Devices — helping unlock the full power of Linux in deeply embedded products in highly focused and feature rich form factors.

Slash time-to-market, boost functionality, and enhance developer UX. Linux's seamless integration handles complexities, offering strong third-party library availability and leveraging on-going support via the open source community. Crafted around modern single and multicore Linux-capable processors, our expertise ensures optimal hardware selection and software integration to match your product requirements.

    • Dual Core Cortex-A7 @ 1.2GHz

    • HiFi4 DSP

    • 128MB DDR3

    • Up to 32GB eMMC

    • 1x CSI camera interfaces

    • LVDS display interface

    • RGB display interface

    • Video encoding (1080p60)

    • USB 2.0: 1x OTG, 1x Host

    • Gigabit Ethernet

    • 5x UART

    • 2x I2C

    • 2x SPI

    • 2x CAN

    • Gain access to Linux functionality and capability in an edge accessible form factor.

    • Decrease development costs and time to market.

    • Low unit cost allows for large scale deployments of highly capable hardware.

    • Full range of supported peripherals including LCDs, audio devices, RFID readers and more.

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