Development kit for AI and edge applications now available

Mouser Electronics, Inc. now offers the new Digi ConnectCore MP255 development kit. The ConnectCore MP255 kit boasts a versatile, secure, and cost-effective wireless SOM designed for maximum power efficiency to support battery-powered and industrial AI applications.

The development kit features a robust STMicroelectronics STM32MP255C 64-bit microprocessor tailored for industrial settings, with an NPU and ISP for edge AI and computer vision applications and TSN in a compact SMTplus form factor (30mm x 30mm), making it excellent for small portable devices and Industry 4.0 applications. The kit also delivers access to the STM32MP255C's high-end graphics capabilities, such as an integrated 3D GPU, video encoder and decoder (VPU), high-resolution MIPI, LVDS or parallel display interfaces, and a MIPI camera port with an ISP and the flexibility to run AI applications on the CPU, GPU, or NPU.

The ConnectCore MP255 kit also supports high-end edge computing applications like machine vision, employing multimedia capabilities made possible by the comprehensive ST Edge AI ecosystem, delivering fully integrated wireless connectivity with pre-certified Wi-Fi 6 (tri-band 6E ready), 802.11ax and Bluetooth 5.4, along with PCIe Gen2, USB 3.0, CAN-FD and Gigabit Ethernet with TSN support.