TX8P
NXP i.MX 8M Plus 1.6 GHz Quad Cortex®-A53 |
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2GB LPDDR4, 8GB eMMC |
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-30 °C to 85 °C |
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68 x 26 x 4 mm |
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Datasheet |
The TX8M is a member of the TX module series, specially designed for i.MX multimedia processors. TX modules are complete computers, implemented on a board smaller than a credit card, and ready to be designed into your embedded system. With a focus on longevity TX modules includes an i.MX processor, power supply and memory.
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i.MX 8M Plus Applications Processor
Machine learning, vision, advanced multimedia and industrial IoT applications -
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TX8P at a glance
- Main CPU
NXP i.MX8M Plus
4 x Cortex-A53, 1.6 GHz- MCU/DSP
Cortex-M7 800 MHz
Hi-Fi4 DSP 800 MHz- Memory
2GB 32-bit LPDDR4
8GB eMMC- GPU
GC7000UL (2 shaders),
OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.0/3.1,
OpenVG 1.1, Vulkan, OpenCL 1.2
GC520L (2D)- Security
CAAM, RDC, TrustZone
- AI/ML
Neural Processing Unit 2.3 TOPS
- Camera
2 x MIPI CSI (4-lanes)
2 x ISP up to 12 MP resolution- Display
LVDS
MIPI DSI (4-lanes)- Video Decode
1080p60 HEVC, H.264, VP9, VP8
- Video Encode
1080p60 H.265, H.264
- Expansion I/O
2x USB with PHY, PCIe Gen 3
- Network/Storage
Ethernet 10/100Mbps with PHY
Gb Ethernet RGMII
2x CAN, SD/eMMC- IO
4x UART, 4x I2C,
3x SPI, 4x PWM, SAI -
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Processor features
The i.MX 8M Plus family focuses on machine learning and vision, advanced multimedia, and industrial IoT with high reliability. It is built to meet the needs of Smart Home, Building, City and Industry 4.0 applications.
- Powerful quad or dual Arm® Cortex®-A53 processor with a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) operating at up to 2.3 TOPS.
- Dual Image Signal Processors and two camera inputs for an effective Vision System.
- The multimedia capabilities include video encode (including h.265) and decode, 3D/2D graphic acceleration, and multiple audio and voice functionalities.
- Real-time control with Cortex-M7. Robust control networks supported by dual CAN FD and dual Gigabit Ethernet with Time Sensitive Networking (TSN).
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TX Family
Scalability
Often, devices are required in different performance and price classes. This is where Ka-Ro’s TX standard comes into its own. With one single hardware design, embedded engineers can produce a range of pin- and software-compatible products. Ka-Ro introduced the TX CoM standard over six years ago. Until today, the Ka-Ro Starter Kit V has served as the unchanged development environment for all Ka-Ro TX modules, underlining Ka-Ro’s long-term product and family strategy. All TX modules can be used on a TX development kit, which enables great scalability and flexibility.
Reduce to the max
The philosophy behind Ka-Ro’s TX CoM family is to reduce a CoM down to the absolute minimum of components. In doing so, application designers and engineers using Ka-Ro CoM's can achieve maximum flexibility. Ka-Ro TX CoM modules solely feature the processor plus memory and the power supply. Any additional functions can be added to the base board.
Longevity
This focus on CoM's with a minimum number of components is on the one hand the key to very competitive pricing, on the other hand it enables Ka-Ro to ensure long-term availability. While processor manufacturers like NXP offer a long-term availability of 10 to 15 years, this must also apply to any further components integrated onto a module or these must be available via second sourcing and without any necessary software alterations. With these components integrated on a module, as is the case with many other manufacturers, this long-term availability is at risk or - from the very beginning - cannot be guaranteed.
Development Kits
Linux Headless Development Kit
The TX Mainboard 7 is a ready-to-use development system for building applications based on the TX embedded processor boards.
Linux is pre-installed and ready for application development. Other features include:
- Single 5VDC power supply
- RJ45 Ethernet connector
- 3.5mm audio jack
- TX DIMM signals available on solder pads
- SD-Card socket
- RS232 Debug UART on SUB-D header
- RS232 UART on 10pin flat cable header
- RS485 UART on 10pin flat cable header
- CAN on 10pin flat cable header
- LVDS Display on Hirose DF13 connector
Variants
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An overview of the current standard variants.
Customized versions on request.
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Part Number TX8P-ML81 Part Name TX8P/ML8C/2GS/8GF/E85 Processor NXP i.MX 8M Plus SDRAM 2 GiB Flash 8 GB Display-IF LVDS / MIPI-DSI / HDMI Temperature -30 °C to 85 °C
Product comparison
| TX | QS | Silicon Vendor | SOC | Core | # | Clock | Grade | L2-Cache | I-Cache | D-Cache | Emb. SRAM | NEON | VFP |
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| TX93 | QS93 | NXP | i.MX 93 |
Cortex®-A55 Cortex®-M33 |
2 1 |
1.5 GHz |
Ind. | 64 KB | 32 KB | 32 KB | 640 KB | √ | √ |
| TXRZ | QSRZ | RENESAS | RZ/G2L |
Cortex®-A55 Cortex®-M33 |
2 1 |
1.2 GHz 200 MHz |
Ind. | 256 KB (L3) | 32 KB | 32 KB | 128 KB | √ | √ |
| TX8P | QSXP | NXP | i.MX8M Plus | Cortex®-A53 | 4 | 1.6 GHz | Ind. | 512 KB | 32 KB | 32 KB | 256 KB | √ | √ |
| TX8M | QS8M | QSXM | NXP | i.MX8M Mini |
Cortex®-A53 Cortex®-M7 |
4 1 |
1.6 GHz 750 MHz |
Ind. | 512 KB | 32 KB | 32 KB | 256 KB | √ | √ |
| TX8M | QS8M | NXP | i.MX8M Nano | Cortex®-A53 | 2 | 1.4 GHz | Ind. | 512 KB | 32 KB | 32 KB | 256 KB | √ | √ |
| TX6QP | NXP | i.MX6QuadPlus | Cortex®-A9 | 4 | 800 MHz | Ind. | 1 MB | 32 KB | 32 KB | 256 KB | √ | - | |
| TX6Q | NXP | i.MX6Quad | Cortex®-A9 | 4 | 1 GHz | Com. | 1 MB | 32 KB | 32 KB | 256 KB | √ | - | |
| TX6DL | NXP | i.MX6DualLite | Cortex®-A9 | 2 | 800 MHz | Ind. | 512 KB | 32 KB | 32 KB | 128 KB | √ | - | |
| TX6S | NXP | i.MX6Solo | Cortex®-A9 | 1 | 800 MHz | Ind. | 512 KB | 32 KB | 32 KB | 128 KB | √ | - | |
| TX6UL | NXP | i.MX6UltraLite | Cortex®-A7 | 1 | 528 MHz | Ind. | 128 KB | 32 KB | 32 KB | 128 KB | √ | - | |
| TXMP | QSMP | STMicroelectronics | STM32MP1 |
Cortex®-A7 Cortex®-M4 |
1-2 1 |
650 MHz 209 MHz |
Ind. | 256 KB | 32 KB | 32 KB | 708 KB | √ | √ |
| TX | QS | NPU | ISP | Graphics Acceleration | Video Codec | Camera Interface | LCD Interface |
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| TX93 | QS93 | √ | - | √ (Blending/Composition, Resize, Color Space Conversion) | - | √ | LVDS |
| TXRZ | QSRZ | - | - | √ | √ | √ (TXRZ) / - (QSRZ) | 24bit and MIPI |
| TX8P | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | LVDS + MIPI + HDMI | |
| QSXP | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | MIPI | |
| TX8M | QS8M | QSXM | - | - | √ | √ (8M Mini) / - (8M Nano) | √ | MIPI |
| TX8M | - | - | √ | √ | √ | LVDS | |
| TX6 | - | - | √ | √ | √ | 24bit or LVDS | |
| TXUL | - | - | - | - | √ | 24bit | |
| QSMP | - | - | - | - | √ | 24bit | |
| TXMP | QSMP | - | - | √ | - | √ | 24bit and MIPI |
| TX | QS | RAM Size | RAM Type | RAM width | ROM Size | ROM Type |
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| TX93 | QS93 | 1 GB | LPDDR4 | 16 bit | 4 GB | eMMC |
| TXRZ | QSRZ | 512MB / 1 GB | DDR3L-1333 | 16 bit | 4 GB | eMMC |
| TX8P | QSXP | 2 GB | LPDDR4 | 32 bit | 8 GB | eMMC |
| QSXM | 2 GB | LPDDR4 | 32 bit | 4 GB | eMMC | |
| TX8M - MINI | 1 GB / 2 GB | DDR3-1600 | 32 bit | 4 GB | eMMC | |
| TX8M - NANO | 512 MB | DDR3-1600 | 16 bit | 4 GB | eMMC | |
| QS8M | 512MB / 1 GB | DDR3-1600 | 16 bit | 4 GB | eMMC | |
| TX6QP | 2 GB | DDR3-1066 | 64 bit | 4 GB | eMMC | |
| TX6Q | 1 GB | DDR3-1066 | 64 bit | 128 MB / 8 GB | SLC NAND / eMMC | |
| TX6DL | 1 GB | DDR3-800 | 64 bit | 128 MB / 4 GB | SLC NAND / eMMC | |
| TX6S | 256 MB / 512 MB | DDR3-800 | 16 bit / 32 bit | 128 MB / 4 GB | SLC NAND / eMMC | |
| TX6UL | 256 MB | DDR3-800 | 16 bit | 128 MB / 4 GB | SLC NAND / eMMC | |
| TXMP | QSMP | 256 MB / 512 MB | DDR3-1066 | 16 bit | 128 MB / 4 GB | SLC NAND / eMMC |
| USB | Ethernet | UART | I2C | SPI | SD / MMC | Serial Audio | CAN | SATA | External Memory Interface | |
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| TX93 | 2 | 2 | 8 | √ | √ | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| QS93 | 2 | 2 | 5 | √ | √ | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| TXRZ | 2 | 2 | 7 | √ | √ | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| QSRZ | 2 | 1 | 4 | √ | √ | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| TX8P | 2 | 2 | 4 | √ | √ | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | PCIe |
| TX8M | 2 / 1 | 1 | 4 | √ | √ | 2 | 4 | - | - | PCIe |
| QS8M | 2 / 1 | 1 | 4 | √ | √ | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| QSXM | 2 | 1 | 4 | √ | √ | 1 | 1 | - | - | PCIe |
| QSXP | 2 | 1 | 4 | √ | √ | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | PCIe |
| TX6QP | 2 | 1 | 5 | √ | √ | 2 | 2 | 2 | √ | 16 bit / PCIe |
| TX6Q | 2 | 1 | 5 | √ | √ | 2 | 2 | 2 | √ | 16 bit / PCIe |
| TX6DL | 2 | 1 | 5 | √ | √ | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 16 bit / PCIe |
| TX6S | 2 | 1 | 5 | √ | √ | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 16 bit / PCIe |
| TX6UL | 2 | 2 | 8 | √ | √ | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| TXMP | 2 | 1 | 8 | √ | √ | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| QSMP | 2 | 1 | 7 | √ | √ | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Supply Voltage | U-Boot [mW] | Linux [mW] | Sleep [mW] | |
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| TX93-5210 | 5V / 3.3V | 1110 / 1025 | 725 / 655 | 150 / 125 |
| QSRZ-G2L0 | 3.3V | 782 | 657 | 500 [1] |
| TXRZ-G2L0 | 5V / 3.3V | 1040 / 941 | 960/ 871 | 985 / 900 [1] |
| TX8P-ML81 | 5V / 3.3V | 1900 / 1800 | 1685/ 1600 | 115 / 100 |
| TX8M-1610 | 5V / 3.3V | 1110 / 1110 | 900 / 880 | 130 / 120 |
| TX8M-1620 | 5V / 3.3V | 1275 / 1277 | 1055 / 1059 | 260 / 244 |
| TX8M-ND00 | 5V / 3.3V | 860 / 845 | 670 / 650 | 85 / 80 |
| TX6Q-8037 | 5V | 2400 | 850 | 180 |
| TX6Q-1030 | 5V / 3.3V | 2125 / 2015 | 800 / 760 | 80 / 80 |
| TX6U-8033 | 5V / 3.3V | 1925 / 1840 | 800 / 760 | 80 / 80 |
| TX6S-8034 | 5V / 3.3V | 1425 / 1310 | 550 / 530 | 80 / 80 |
| TXUL-5010 | 5V / 3.3V | 710 / 620 | 550 / 460 | 29 / 28 |
| TXUL-5011 | 5V / 3.3V | 760 / 650 | 550 / 460 | 29 / 22 |
| TXUL-8013 | 5V / 3.3V | 775 / 675 | 365 / 340 | 100 / 76 |
| TXMP-1570 | 5V / 3.3V | 875 / 775 | 800 / 695 | 60 / 45 |
| QSMP-1570 | 3.3V | 660 | 560 | 20 |
| QSMP-1530 | 3.3V | 620 | 520 | 15 |
| QS8M-MQ00 | 3.3V | 840 | 510 | 60 |
| QS8M-ND00 | 3.3V | 670 | 500 | 45 |
| QSXM-MM60 | 3.3V | 1161 | 739 | 40 |
| QSXP-ML81 | 3.3V | 1520 | 1230 | 86 |
[1] Renesas RZ/G2L has no different power domains, voltages cannot be switched off and DRAM self-refresh is not supported.
| glmark2 score | CoreMark | DhryStone |
Whetstone [MIPS] |
Memcpy [MB/s] |
Memset [MB/s] |
STREAM copy [MB/s] |
STREAM scale [MB/s] |
STREAM add [MB/s] |
STREAM triad [MB/s] |
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| TX93-5210 | - | 12762 | 9330534 | 32258 | 2657 | 4725 | 5738 | 3307 | 4230 | 4239 |
| QSMP-1570 | 74 | 3788 | 2199518 | 10204 | 620 | 1437 | 1345 | 794 | 705 | 584 |
| QS8M-ND00 | 192 | 9222 | 6922571 | 24390 | 372 | 1228 | 808 | 814 | 710 | 677 |
| TXRZ-G2L0 | 212 | 8853 | 6850488 | 22727 | 1095 | 2322 | 2358 | 2286 | 2363 | 2377 |
| QS8M-MQ00 | 280 | 21075 | 7912644 | 27777 |
1132 |
2830 | 2570 | 2647 | 2341 | 2004 |
| QSXM-MM60 | 361 | 21028 | 7912644 | 27777 | 1885 | 8533 | 4243 | 2950 | 2716 | 2301 |
| QSXP-ML81 | 863 | 21104 | 7912957 | 27777 | 2008 | 10690 | 4673 | 2910 | 2617 | 2216 |
