VAR-SOM-MX8
Advanced processing power and high-end multimedia
Main Features
NXP i.MX 8 processor
• 2 x 1.8GHz ARM Cortex™-A72 plus 4 x 1.2GHz ARM
Cortex™-A53
• Real-time 2x ARM Cortex™-M4F
• Neon Media Processor Engine (MPE)
• Internal HiFi 4 DSP
• 2 x GC7000XSVX high performance GPU
Memory and Storage:
• Up to 8GB LPDDR4 memory, up to 64GB eMMC storage
Display and video Support
• UltraHD 4K Display
• 4Kp60 HEVC/H.265/H.264 decode, FHD encode
• MIPI DSI 1920X1080 at 60Hz
• HDMI 2.0a/eDP/DP
• Touch screen
• Dual channel LVDS display 1920X1080 at 60Hz
Networking
• 2x 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet
• Certied WiFi 802.11ac/a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.2/BLE
High Speed interfaces
• Dual USB 3.0/2.0
• PCIe
Camera and video input
• Dual MIPI CSI2 serial input
Audio
• Digital audio (SAI)
• Analog, digital microphone (stereo)
• Headphone out, line-in
Other Interfaces:
• CAN, I2C, SPI, PWM, JTAG, UART, SD/MMC, GPIO,
timers
OS Support
• Linux
• Android
Power
• Single 3.3V
Dimensions (W x L x H):
• 67.6 mm x 51.6 mm x 5.0 mm
-40 to 85
o
C industrial temperature support
Low Power consumption
• Optimized power consumption in both operational and
suspend modes
67.6 mm
51.6 mm
Based on NXP i.MX 8QuadMax/QuadPlus/DualMax, the
VAR-SOM-MX8 carries Dual 1.8GHz ARM Cortex-A72,
Quad 1.2GHz Cortex-A53 and 2x 266MHz real-time
Cortex-M4F co-processor. The SoM introduces advanced
processing power, high-end graphics, UltraHD 4K video
capabilities and a variety of high-speed interfaces
and connectivity options like certied dual-band Wi-Fi
802.11ac/a/b/g/n, BT/BLE, dual GbE, dual USB3, PCIe,
CAN FD, UltraHD 4K display support, high-quality audio,
high performance 2D/3D graphics acceleration and
camera inputs.
The VAR-SOM-MX8 is a member of Variscite’s pin2pin
compatible family, which also includes the VAR-SOM-
MX8X, VAR-SOM-MX6, VAR-SOM-SOLO/DUAL and
VAR-SOM-6UL. This compatibility allows Variscite’s
customers to use the same system design with full
scalability, from entry level – i.MX 6UL/ULL, through i.MX
6 Solo/DualLlite/Dual/Quad/QuadPlus, i.MX 8X and up to
iMX8 QuadMax/QuadPlus/DualMax.
The Symphony carrier board complements an attractive
full reference kit of the VAR-SOM-MX8, used by
Variscite’s customers for evaluation, development and
mass production.