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AM69 and AM69A starter kit for vision AI and general purpose processors

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Overview

The SK-AM69 Starter Kit/Evaluation Module (EVM) is based on the AM69x AI vision processor which includes an image signal processor (ISP) supporting up to 1440MP/s, 32 tera-operations-per-second (TOPS) AI accelerator, eight 64-bit Arm®-Cortex® A72 microprocessor, and H.264/H.265 video encode/decode. The SK-AM69x is an ideal choice formachine vision, traffic monitoring, retail automation, and factory automation.

The starter kit also includes two RPI 22-Pin CSI connector and two MIPI CSI-2 40-Pin expansion connectors for up to 12 cameras, making it suitable for a variety of embedded vision and AI applications on the edge.  Our ISP can handle different lighting conditions in video streams by using HDR encoding for camera support. Our deep-learning accelerator enables classification and object detection at low latency and high frame rate.

Processor SDK AM69A software development kit (SDK) supports Linux application development. On-chip emulation logic allows for emulation and debugging using standard development tools such as Code Composer Studio™ (CCS).

Features
  • Performance: AM69 processor enables 32 TOPS deep-learning performance and hardware-accelerated edge AI at low power                                            
  • Camera interfaces: three CSI-2 ports compatible with Raspberry Pi or a high-speed 40-pin Samtec camera connector allowing up to twelve cameras (requires multi camera hub)                                            
  • Connectivity: three SuperSpeed USB Type A ports, one SuperSpeed USB Type C port, one ethernet port, one M.2 key E connector and one M.2 key M connector, four CAN-FD interfaces, four UART terminals over one USB bridge                                   
  • Memoy: four DRAM, LPDDR4‐4266, 32 gigabytes total memory, support for inline ECC                          
  • Display: DisplayPort with up to 4K resolution with MST support and 1080 HDMI    
Arm-based processors
AM69 — General purpose octal core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A72 with graphics, PCIe Gen 3, Ethernet, USB 3.0 AM69A — 32 TOPS vision SoC for 1-12 cameras, autonomous mobile robots, machine vision, mobile DVR, AI-BOX
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SK-AM69 — AM69x starter kit for Sitara™ processors

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JACINTO-EVM-POWER-SUPPLIES — External power supply for the TDA4VM starter kit

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PROCESSOR-SDK-LINUX-AM69A — Processor SDK Linux for AM69A

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AM69A — 32 TOPS vision SoC for 1-12 cameras, autonomous mobile robots, machine vision, mobile DVR, AI-BOX
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SK-AM69 — AM69 and AM69A starter kit for vision AI and general purpose processors
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PROCESSOR-SDK-LINUX-AM69A — Processor SDK Linux for AM69A

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Arm-based processors
AM69A — 32 TOPS vision SoC for 1-12 cameras, autonomous mobile robots, machine vision, mobile DVR, AI-BOX
Hardware development
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SK-AM69 — AM69 and AM69A starter kit for vision AI and general purpose processors

Release Information

Thank you for your interest in the PROCESSOR-SDK-LINUX-AM69A Software Development Kit (SDK). Please refer to SDK Documentation Link for details on getting started with the SDK.

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AM69A-ACADEMY — Designed to simplify and accelerate embedded development on AM69A processors

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AM69A — 32 TOPS vision SoC for 1-12 cameras, autonomous mobile robots, machine vision, mobile DVR, AI-BOX
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SK-AM69 — AM69 and AM69A starter kit for vision AI and general purpose processors

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AM69A — 32 TOPS vision SoC for 1-12 cameras, autonomous mobile robots, machine vision, mobile DVR, AI-BOX
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SK-AM69 — AM69 and AM69A starter kit for vision AI and general purpose processors

Release Information

AM69A Academy for customers to provide training on the specific device as well as Linux overview and getting started. This academy helps familiarize customer with ecosystem. 
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EDGEAI-ACADEMY — Edge AI academy

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TDA4VM — SoC with Dual Arm® Cortex®-A72, 8 TOPS of AI, C7xDSP, and GPU for vision perception and analytics
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SK-TDA4VM — TDA4VM processor starter kit for edge AI vision systems

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TDA4VM — SoC with Dual Arm® Cortex®-A72, 8 TOPS of AI, C7xDSP, and GPU for vision perception and analytics
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SK-TDA4VM — TDA4VM processor starter kit for edge AI vision systems

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JACINTO-EVM-POWER-SUPPLIES — External power supply for the TDA4VM starter kit

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JACINTO-EVM-CAMERA-INPUT — External camera input for the TDA4VM starter kit

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Why do I need this? This is only needed if you are using vision camera input. Out-of-box demos in the software development kit (SDK) are validated to be working with this camera.
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PROCESSOR-SDK-LINUX-AM69 — Processor SDK Linux for AM69

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AM69 — General purpose octal core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A72 with graphics, PCIe Gen 3, Ethernet, USB 3.0
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SK-AM69 — AM69 and AM69A starter kit for vision AI and general purpose processors
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PROCESSOR-SDK-LINUX-AM69 — Processor SDK Linux for AM69

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AM69 — General purpose octal core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A72 with graphics, PCIe Gen 3, Ethernet, USB 3.0
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SK-AM69 — AM69 and AM69A starter kit for vision AI and general purpose processors

Release Information

Thank you for your interest in the AM69 Software Development Kit (SDK). Please refer to SDK documentation link for details on getting started with the SDK.

What's new

  • First 2025 LTS (Linux 6.12 and u-boot 2025.01) Reference Release Including RT combined branch model
  • ATF v2.12.0+
  • OPTEE 4.5.0
  • Yocto Scarthgap/5.0
  • HSM firmware loading support added
  • HMAC support added in crypto driver
  • MCU_1_1 in split mode support added
Online training

AM69-ACADEMY — Designed to simplify and accelerate embedded development on AM69 processors

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Why do I need this? Device specific academy to get started
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Supported products & hardware

Products
Arm-based processors
AM69 — General purpose octal core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A72 with graphics, PCIe Gen 3, Ethernet, USB 3.0
Hardware development
Evaluation board
SK-AM69 — AM69 and AM69A starter kit for vision AI and general purpose processors

AM69-ACADEMY — Designed to simplify and accelerate embedded development on AM69 processors

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Release date: Sep 27, 2023
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AM69 — General purpose octal core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A72 with graphics, PCIe Gen 3, Ethernet, USB 3.0
Hardware development
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SK-AM69 — AM69 and AM69A starter kit for vision AI and general purpose processors

Release Information

AM69 Academy for customers to provide training on the specific device as well as Linux overview and getting started. This academy helps familiarize customer with ecosystem. 

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Evaluation board

SK-AM69 — AM69x starter kit for Sitara™ processors

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* EVM User's guide SK-AM69 Processor Start Kit User's Guide (Rev. A) PDF | HTML Mar 18, 2024
Certificate SK-AM69 EU RoHS Declaration of Conformity (DoC) Feb 24, 2023

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