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SL1680 Embedded IoT Processor

Product Overview

The Synaptics SL-Series combines multiple functions into a single system on chip (SoC) with Linux^® and Android^™ support. It features hardware accelerators for edge inferencing, data security, and audio, video and graphics handling.

The SL1680 leverages a powerful GPU for advanced graphics and AI acceleration, quad-core Arm^® Cortex^®-A73 64-bit CPU subsystem performance, a multi-TOPS NPU and multimedia accelerators for image signal processing (ISP), 4K video encode/decode and audio. These compute engines enable the embedded processor to power consumer, industrial and enterprise IoT workloads.

As part of the Synaptics Astra^™ platform, the SL1680 delivers a seamless experience combining standards-based open-source software frameworks, powerful AI tools and Synaptics’ superior wireless solutions.

Software and SDK

Documentation

Type	Title	Format
Product Brief	SL1680 Product Brief	PDF
Datasheet	SL1680 Datasheet	PDF
Functional Specifications	SL1680 Functional Specifications	PDF
Application Note	SL1680 General PCB Design LPDDR4(x) Interface Layout Guide	PDF
Application Note	Astra Machina SL16x0 SoC Interface-to-10base-T1S Ethernet App Note	PDF
Application Note	Astra Machina SL-Series Power Consumption Application Note	PDF

AI-Native Edge SOC

High Performance Per Watt

Dual Camera Support

Proven Security Model

Compute, Memory, AI

Quad-core Arm® Cortex®-A73 @ 2.1GHz
Cache: 64KB I-cache and 32KB D-cache per core,1MB shared L2
DRAM Controller: 64-bit LPDDR4/LPDDR4x-3733
7.9+ TOPS secure NPU with support for multiple DNN frameworks

GFX, Vision, Display

GPU: Imagination™ PowerVR™ Series9XE GE9920
Multi-standard video decoding with AV1, H.265/264, VP9/8, MPEG2
Multi-stream encoding for H.264, VP8
Simultaneous 2160p60 decode and 1080p60 encode
OpenGL® ES™ up to 3.2, DirectFB, OpenCL™ 1.2, Vulkan® 1.1, Android™ NN

Audio

Far-field voice, keyword detection, decompression, post-processing

Security

Secure CPU, Secure Boot with RSA, memory scrambling
Integrity checking, physical attack mitigation, true random number generator

Connectivity, I/O, Sensing

GbE networking, PCIe, eMMC 5.1, SPI, SDIO, UART, USB, GPIO, ADCs
Always-on domain for multi-protocol wake-up events

Multi-modal IoT SoC lowers system cost
Powerful NPU enables out-of-the-box AI
Pairs with best-in-class Synaptics connectivity
Enables fast time to market

Smart appliances
Home security gateways
Industrial control systems
Signage and displays
Point-of-sale systems
Scanners

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