SL1640 OPTIMA SOM Evaluation Kit
High Performance, AI Accelerator
Quad-core Arm
Cortex-A55
Wi-Fi - 2.4/5/6 GHz
BLE 5.2
10/100Mbps Ethernet
mikroBUS
Expansion connectors
Product Overview
A feature-rich evaluation platform designed to accelerate the development, validation, and prototyping of applications based on the SL1640 OPTIMA SOM. Powered by the Synaptics SL1640 processor, featuring a Quad-Core Arm® Cortex®-A55 CPU running up to 1.9GHz, the evaluation kit provides comprehensive access to the SoM’s rich set of interfaces and connectivity options, enabling rapid software development, hardware validation, AI application development, and seamless system integration. With support for high-speed multimedia, advanced graphics, edge AI acceleration, PCIe, Gigabit Ethernet, USB, camera, and display interfaces, it serves as an ideal platform for smart retail, industrial automation, intelligent vision, HMI, healthcare, and next-generation IoT edge solutions.
Features
Optimized Performance
Unparalleled performance for responsive embedded computing, real-time control, and rich user interfaces while maintaining power efficiency.
Out-of-the-Box Software Enablement
Prevalidated BSPs, bootloaders, and Linux distributions optimized for the underlying SoM, allowing developers to concentrate on application development rather than board bring-up.
Precision Build Quality
Crafted with precision engineering to ensure consistent performance and accuracy in every application.
Power Efficient
Combines advanced processing with energy efficiency to meet the demands of modern industrial and IoT deployments.
Specifications
Processor:
- Processor: SL1640
- MPU Core: Dual – Arm Cortex-A55
- MPU Frequency: 1.9GHz
Memory:
- RAM: Upto 2GB LPDDR4
- eMMC: 8/16GB
Peripheral List:
- USB 2.0 Host
- USB 2.0 OTG
- RS485
- CAN
- RTC + Backup
- SD Card
- MikroBUS Connector – UART/SPI/I2C/ADC/PWM/GPIO
Connectivity:
- Gigabit Ethernet
Multimedia:
- MIPI DSI
- Parallel Display
Miscellaneous:
- JTAG
- Debug UART
Design Resources
Software Releases
Technology Use Cases
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Resources
A versatile System on Module featuring the Synaptics SL1640 processor. It boasts a powerful 1.9GHz Quad Core Arm Cortex™-A55 processor with a 1.6+ TOPS secure NPU with support for multiple DNN frameworks, feature-rich GPU for advanced graphics and AI acceleration, and multimedia accelerators for 4K video encode/decode, and audio.
