VIA Technologies accelerates the deployment of IoT projects for signage

The VIA SOM-6X50 card helps in the deployment of ticketing applications, signage and kiosks, optimizing the design and construction of screens used in automated information systems and sales processing.

VIA Technologies, represented in Spain, Portugal and Chile for Anatronic, has presented the VIA SOM-6X50 IoT Acceleration Platform card that allows speeding up the development of various Internet of Things projects (IoT) in digital signage applications, interactive kiosks and ticketing (Ticketing) automated.

“Self-service systems that offer customers access information or purchase items after touching a screen or through their own smartphone seek to improve the user experience, whether in a store or in a parking lot. With the new VIA SOM-6X50 we help operators accelerate the design and construction of automated information displays and sales processing systems, who face strict deployment requirements”, afirma Richard Brown, vicepresidente de Marketing International de VIA Technologies.

The VIA SOM-6X50 plate is a system-on-module (SEAM) ultra compact (6,76×4,3 cm) what, integrating a VIA Cortex-A9 SoC from 1.0 GHz, Provides an optimal balance between performance and multimedia functions, into a flexible solution for a wide range of IoT and HMI automation applications.

I/O and display expansion options include two USB ports 2.0, a USB port 2.0 device, one HDMI port, a single-channel 18/24-bit LVDS panel, six UART, a CSI camera input, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet, once GPIO y un slot SD Card.

The VIA SOMDB1 multi-I/O evaluation carrier card is also available and a custom motherboard is possible to suit specific application needs..

The features of the VIA SOM-6X50 are completed with Linux BSP with kernel (3.4.5), bootloader source codes (bootloader) and a Tool Chain to tune the kernel and support VIA SOMDB1 carrier card I/O and other hardware functions.