Synaptics Astra™ Machina Foundation Series
Product Overview
The Astra Machina Foundation Series evaluation kit enables easy and rapid prototyping for the Synaptics SL-Series of multi-modal AI-native embedded IoT processors. A modular design supports swappable compute modules on a common I/O board, with daughter cards for integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, debug, and flexible I/O.
The evaluation system supports the full range of the Synaptics SL1600 series of SoCs including the SL1680, SL1640, and SL1620. Pair this compute flexibility with a unified software experience, to optimally assess AI-enabled edge compute solutions for consumer, enterprise and industrial IoT system designs.
The Astra Machina evaluation systems are supported by an open, Yocto Linux distribution delivered as part of the Synaptics ESSDK, available on Synaptics Astra GitHub. With the Synaptics AI toolkit, users benefit from a feature-rich, robust, and open, edge AI platform designed for all stages of the AI journey from beginner to advanced.
Utilize industry-standard open-source libraries and frameworks such as GStreamer and V4L2 to create video and display pipelines. Leverage multi-TOPS Neural Processing Units (NPUs) to securely run inferencing for a range of functions including object detection, classification, and segmentation. Work with AI-enabled audio algorithms for far-field voice, wake words, echo cancellation, noise reduction, and voice biometrics.
Features
Core Module
- Synaptics SL1680 / SL1640 / SL1620 SoCs
- Storage (eMMC 5.1), Memory (DRAM), PMIC, SD Card Slot
- HDMI Micro Rx interface
- Audio Input/Output
Daughter card interface options
- MIPI DSI®, MIPI CSI-2®
- JTAG, 40-pin header
- 4-pin PoE+
- 4-pin connector
I/O board
- HDMI Type-A Tx
- M.2 E-key 2230 slot for SDIO, PCIe®, UART
- USB 3.0 Type-A: 4 ports, host mode
- USB 2.0 Type-C: OTG host or peripheral mode
- Push buttons: USB-BOOT selection and system RESET
- 2pin Header: SD-BOOT selection
- Type-C power supply with 15V @ 1.8A
Related Products
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SL1620
The SL1620 is designed and optimized for embedded applications that require powerful processing, advanced AI capability, and 3D graphics. This chip comes with Linux® OS, superior audio algorithms, a variety of peripherals, dual displays, companion Synaptics SoC for connectivity and audio front end.
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SL1640
The SL1640 is a cost and power optimized secure embedded SoC with high-performance compute engines including a quad-core Arm® Cortex®-A55, 1.6+ TOPS NPU, Imagination GE9920 GPU with 90 GFLOPS 16-bit operations, Ultra HD video encode and decode pipelines, and audio DSP.
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SL1680
The SL1680 incorporates high-performance compute engines, including a quad-core Arm® Cortex®-A73 64-bit CPU subsystem, a multi-TOPS NPU, a highefficiency, feature-rich GPU for advanced graphics and AI acceleration, and multimedia accelerators for image signal processing (ISP), 4K video encode/decode, and audio.
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Modular developer kit for Astra SL-Series of high-performance IoT processors with integrated wireless connectivity.
Support & Resources
System Block Diagram
SL1680 Core Module
SL1640 Core Module
SL1620 Core Module
I/O Module
Resources
Astra Machina plug-in modules unlock unprecedented levels of evaluation efficiency.
SL1680 Core Module Guide
SL1640 Core Module Guide
SL1620 Core Module Guide
Linux, SDK, and Documentation
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