The i.MX 8 Series: SOM Comparison

The phyCORE-i.MX 8M Mini SOM is the perfect entry point given the balance between high performance and low power. Although compact in size, the SOM provides a generous 319-pin interconnect for interfaces. Designing in this SOM allows for scalability as your application evolves with support for drop-in i.MX 8M mini and i.MX 8M nano processor variants as well as density of onboard RAM and Flash.

Highlighted features:

• I2C
• SPI
• MIPI CSI-2 camera
• MIPI-DSI to LVDS converter
• PCIe

The phyCORE-i.MX 8M Plus combined with on-chip machine learning accelerators provide a platform for your next-gen application. Meaning you can run your TensorFlow Lite model directly on the device independent of the processor cores. This SOM is also one of PHYTEC’s low power designs, a feature made possible due to the NXP 14LPC FinFET process technology at the applications processor. The low power design elements are continued on the SOM with selections such as LPDDR4 and use of the NXP codesigned PMIC.

Highlighted features:

• Dual MIPI CSI-2 camera
• USB 3.0
• Dual Gigabit Ethernet
• PCIe
• MIPI-DSI
• LVDS
• HDMI

Replace multiple PCBAs with the quad Cortex-A53 cores on the phyCORE-i.MX 8X SOM. This featured packed module will speed up your development process with its Cortex-M4F core running RTOS. The phyCORE-i.MX 8X also features the additional 28nm FD-SOI technology which optimizes system performances (low leakage and power management). The final cherry on top, all-in-one solution for graphics, video, image processing, audio, and voice functions due to the NXP i.MX 8X GPU and Tensilica® HiFi 4 DSP. The phyCORE-i.MX 8X is expected to have continuous production until 2035+.

Highlighted features:

• 4k video streaming
• Dual display
• Dual camera
• Gigabit Ethernet
• PCIe
• USB 3.0
• 28 FD-SOI technology