About The Connectcore® 8X; Features And Functionality - Digi ConnectCore 8X Hardware Reference Manual

About the ConnectCore® 8X
The ConnectCore 8X delivers a secure and extremely cost-effective connected System-on-Module
platform that is slightly bigger than a postage stamp. Its innovative Digi SMTplus™ (patent-pending)
surface mount form factor allows you to choose simplified design integration leveraging proven and
easy-to-use edge-castellated SMT technology, or a versatile LGA option for ultimate design flexibility
with access to virtually all interfaces.
Built on the NXP i.MX 8X application processor, the module is the intelligent communication engine for
today's secure connected devices. It seamlessly integrates dual-Ethernet and pre-certified dual-band
Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) with Bluetooth 4.2 dual mode connectivity.

Features and functionality

The ConnectCore 8X System-on-Module is based on the i.MX 8X processor from NXP. This processor
offers a number of interfaces, some of them multiplexed and not available simultaneously. The module
has the following features:
i.MX 8X dual/quad Arm Cortex-A35 and single Cortex-M4F cores:
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Cortex-A35 cores operate up to 1.2 GHz, and support Arm virtualization extensions.
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Cortex-M4F core operates up to 266 MHz.
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AArch64 for 64-bit support.
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AArch32 for backward compatibility with Armv7.
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System Control Unit (SCU):
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Power control, clocks, reset.
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Boot ROMs.
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PMIC interface.
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Resource Domain Controller.
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Graphics Processing Unit (GPU):
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4x Vec4 shaders with 16 execution units.
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Supports OpenGL 3.0, 2.0; OpenGL EX 3.1, 3.0, 2.0 and 1.1: OpenCL 1.2 FP and 1.1; OpenVG
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1.1; and Vulkan.
High-performance 2D Blit Engine.
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