SECO's goal has always been to be at the forefront of innovation, providing its customers with the latest technologies available on the market. Today SECO is pleased to unveil its latest product: the SM-C93, a SMARC® Rel 2.1.1 compliant module with the Intel Atom x6000E Series and Intel Pentium and Celeron N and J Series processors.

Thanks to the close partnership with Intel and being part of the early access program for this platform, SECO was able to develop a solution that would encompass its great potential.

The Intel Atom x6000E Series and Intel Pentium and Celeron N and J Series processors are Intel ’s first enhanced for IoT platforms, with CPU and GPU performance to support IoT applications requirements: with up to 4 cores and excellent performance/watt ratio (4.5W - 12W TDP), it boosts up to 40% faster CPU and 2x 3D graphics performance when compared to Intel Apollo Lake.

Additional improvements are Intel UHD Graphics and integrated Gigabit Ethernet: up to 3 Ethernet ports at 2.5 Gb with Time Sensitive Network (TSN) capabilities, a technology aiming at standardizing the transmission of time-sensitive data over Ethernet networks. Software optimized tools such as Intel System Studio and Intel Distribution of OpenVINO Toolkit simplify and accelerate IoT application development.

The Intel Atom x6000E Series and Intel Pentium and Celeron N and J Series processors are also extremely flexible supporting multiple operating system options and addressing a variety of needs for embedded and industrial devices such as reliability, safety and low power consumption. From industrial to healthcare, through visual and transaction retail and gaming, their features target many applications, providing a unique value proposition for all vertical markets addressed.

One of the main strengths of this platform is to be designed for integration in application requiring Functional Safety (FuSa), aiming at detecting, monitoring and preventing systematic failures – bugs in software, hardware, design and tools - and random hardware failures occurring while using the system.  The Intel Atom x6000E processors are among Intel ’s first products designed with Functional Safety capabilities, which makes them well suited for those applications where growing complexity of hardware and software systems increases the risk of failures. This platform is SIL2/ Cat. 3 PL d certified[1] and SIL3/Cat.4 PL e capable when implemented in a dual-channel system.

To exploit this great potential in a standard form factor, SECO developed the SM-C93, a SMARC® Rel. 2.1.1 compliant module with the Intel Atom x6000E Series processors for FuSa applications. It is the first SMARC module specifically made for Functional Safety (FuSa) of safety-related systems, thus being designed in compliance with IEC 61508 and ISO 13849 FuSa standards.