NavQPlus AI/ML Companion Computer EVK for Mobile Robotics, ROS, Ground Stations and Camera Heads

NavQPlus is a reference design for a mission computer, AKA companion computer, for use in mobile robotics using ROS2 and similar applications such as groundstations and smart cameras. It has a SOM identical to the i.MX 8M plus EVK, but is an intermediate “solution board” step between the EVK and a fully custom chip down design. It features a small form factor with Linux Foundation Dronecode connectors, dual USB, dual CAN, dual MIPI-CSI camera interfaces, IX-Industrial Ethernet connector, 100BaseT1 Two-wire ethernet, 9-20V input power management using USB-C PD, industrial real time clock (RTC) with tamper/timestamping and onboard SE050 Secure element with NFC.

Software supporting Ubuntu POC, Python, eIQ and ROS2 has been prepared to support robotics development for low power machine learning, vision, compute, path planning and navigation. Additionally because of the HDMI, LVDS, MIPI DSI display interfaces, NavQPLus is also suitable for use in digital signage, groundstations, industrial remote controllers and other display applications needing connectivity.