Arduino Portenta X8

The groundbreaking Portenta X8 is a powerful, industrial-grade System On Module (SOM) with Linux^® OS preloaded onboard, making it a plug-and-play solution capable of running device-independent software thanks to its modular container architecture. Onboard Wi-Fi^®/Bluetooth^® Low Energy connectivity allows you to carry out OS/application updates remotely, always keeping the Linux kernel environment at top performance levels.

The Portenta X8’s hybrid combination of microprocessor and microcontroller offers unprecedented flexibility to simultaneously and securely run Linux apps and perform real-time tasks.

Key features

• Dual industrial products: combines Arduino's ease with Linux's versatility
• High performance: 9 cores in a compact form for powerful processing
• Real-time control: dedicated core for real-time I/O and control
• AI and ML: deploy powerful AI and machine learning on the edge

Additional features

• NXP^® i.MX 8M Mini: Includes the powerful NXP^® i.MX 8M Mini processor with 4x ARM^® Cortex^®-A53 core platforms up to 1.8GHz per core and 1x Cortex-M4 core up to 400MHz.
• STM32H747XI dual Cortex^®-M7+M4 32bit low power Arm^® MCU: X8's integrated microcontroller is the dual-core STM32H747, including a Cortex^® M7 running at 480 MHz and a Cortex^® M4 running at 240 MHz. The M4 core can be programmed through the Arduino IDE to run sketches for multiple real-time applications, like control of motors or other time-critical machinery at a barebones level. The M7 core runs an Arduino custom firmware, normally invisible to the User, able to map all its peripherals as Linux devices.
• NXP^® SE050C2: The Crypto chip allows users to keep security in mind by ensuring a secure connection at the hardware level.
• Two industrial-grade products in one: The X8 offers the best of two approaches: the flexibility of usage of Linux combined with real-time applications. This approach allows developers to leverage the Arduino environment to perform e.g. automation control while accomplishing high-performance processes on Linux cores at the same time.
• Containerizing system: With the so called encapsulated application, developers can isolate a single package of software, which means that the applications can run within a controlled environment. This allows developers to design device-independent software while achieving modularization, thanks to the container composition.

Applications

• Industrial internet of things gateway
• Edge computing, AI/ ML
• High speed modular embedded development
• Embedded Linux