Grinn AstraSOM-1680 System-on-Module
Grinn AstraSOM-1680 System-on-Module (SoM) is an end-to-end solution built on the high‑performance Synaptics SL1680 multimedia System-on-Chip (SoC), which integrates a quad‑core Arm® Cortex®‑A73 processor and a neural processing unit (NPU). The Grinn AstraSOM-1680 delivers robust edge‑AI performance for smart‑display Internet of Things (IoT) applications, enabling seamless integration of video, smart‑speaker functionality, and local touch‑display control.
The Synaptics SL1680 SoC is optimized with the SyNAP toolkit, allowing rapid development, tuning, and deployment of secure machine‑learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications across video, vision, and audio workloads. Integrated MIPI CSI‑2 interfaces and ISP processing provide native camera support for on‑device vision inference, reducing the need for additional external components.
Powered by a quad‑core Cortex‑A73 CPU, PowerVR Series9XE GE9920 GPU, and dedicated neural network accelerator, the Grinn AstraSOM‑1680 delivers outstanding compute performance. Equipped with 4GB LPDDR4 memory and 16GB eMMC storage, the SoM supports advanced video input/output pipelines, making the device ideal for applications such as smart cameras, industrial automation, and intelligent IoT devices.
Features
- LGA196 package, 37mm x 42.6mm footprint
- Simple design of the end device
- Quad-core Arm Cortex -A73 processor with security extensions
- Each core with up to 2.1GHz and dedicated Arm NEON™ and VFPU
- Arm TrustZone®
- 16GB eMMC memory
- 2x 2GB LPDDR4x RAM
- Dedicated NPU for localized neural network (NN)/ML applications (up to 7.9+ TOPS)
- Support for multiple DNN frameworks - TensorFlow Lite™ Android™ NNAPI and SyNAP™
- AV1 main profile (8- or 10-bit, YUV 4:2:0) 2160p60
- H.265 main 8-bit and 10-bit (ITU-R BT.2020)
- VP9 Profiles 0 and 2 (8- or 10-bit, YUV 4:2:2)
- H.264 baseline, main, and high profiles - Multiview Video Coding (MVC)
- MPEG-2 simple and main profiles
- VP8
- Flexible support for PIP (2160p60/2160p60) and multi-view (1x 2160p60 and 3x 1080p60)
- Support for single-stream 2160p H.265/VP9 decode that can reach up to 90fps to 100fps
Support for up to 1080p120 single-stream decode
- Still picture - H.264, MPEG2 I picture decode
- Support for up to two streams encoding - 1080p60, H.264 or VP8 (per stream)
- Support for simultaneous 2160p60 decode and 1080p60 transcode
- Two independent display output paths
- Integrated ISP
- HDMI Rx and Tx
- MIPI DSI® v1.2 output
- MIPI CSI-2 input with dual camera support
- Audio decoding/processing, including far-field voice (FFV) and keyword detection
- Imagination™ PowerVR™ Series9XE GE9920 GPU
- Video/graphics display pipeline supporting dual display with QDEO™
- 1x USB2.0, 1x USB3.0, 1x PCIE, 2x SPI, 3x UART, 4x I2C, 2x ADC, 3x I2S, 2x STS, and 1x SPDIF
- Up to 73 GPIOs
- 3.7V to 5.5V supply voltage range
- Temperature ranges
- 0°C to +70°C consumer-grade ambient operating
- -40°C to +850°C industrial-grade ambient operating
Applications
- Multi-camera object detection
- Natural language processing
- Medical imaging and analysis
- Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs)
Resources
Functional Block Diagram
Videos
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