Congatec, a leading company in embedded and edge computing technologies, is introducing Texas Instruments (TI) processors, reducing initial costs and accelerating time to market compared to custom designs.

Congatec announced on the 21st that it is expanding its strategic solutions portfolio in the ARM processor field by introducing a new processor from TI.

The first solution platform in the portfolio is the conga-STDA4, a SMARC computer-on-module featuring the TDA4VM processor based on the industry-standard ARM Cortex.

The TDA4VM processor leverages TI's system-on-chip (SoC) architecture to support enhanced vision capabilities, AI processing, real-time control, and functional safety.

Based on dual ARM Cortex-A72 processors, the module is designed for industrial mobile machines that require close-range analytics, such as automated guided vehicles (AGVs), autonomous robots, and construction and agricultural machinery.

Vision-based medical and industrial solutions that require powerful and energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI) processors at the edge are also representative applications.

Integrating TI's TDA4VM processor into a standard computer-on-module streamlines the design process for powerful processors, allowing designers to focus more on their core competencies.

Especially for small-volume solution production companies, it is more cost-effective than custom design.It can accelerate time to market while reducing overall costs.

“Working with congatec, a leading computer-on-module company, on application-ready modules is a significant advantage for engineers using ARM Cortex-based processors like the TDA4VM,” said Srik Gurrapu, industrial business leader for TI’s Processors Division. “Industrial OEMs that lack the resources to build custom designs can now leverage SMARC COM to simplify designs, increase security and reduce initial development costs.”

“We see accelerator digitalization and AI and computer vision-based autonomous driving as key growth drivers for embedded and edge computing technologies. TI offers highly integrated processors for these markets, and we are confident that congatec’s high-value Computer-on-Module approach will open up new markets for AI-based, high-throughput technologies at the edge server level,” said Martin Danzer, Director Product Management at congatec. “The inclusion of TI processors in our extended ecosystem, which now includes credit-card-sized SMARC Computer-on-Modules, provides a highly reliable and responsive high-performance resource from design into volume production for OEM systems, including rapid prototyping and application development and cost-effective carrier board design.”