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Viola Carrier Board
The Viola Carrier Board is targeted at cost sensitive applications which require a small form factor. Measuring just 74 mm x 74 mm, Viola is one of the smallest, lowest cost Single Board Computer (SBC) equivalent solutions on the market. Standard interfaces provided by the Colibri modules are supported by the Viola carrier board using a combination of real-world connectors, card slots and 2.54 mm pitch pin headers. Communication interfaces include USB 2.0 host and 100 Mbit Fast Ethernet. Support for common industrial interfaces including I2C, SPI, UART and GPIO makes the Viola carrier board perfectly suited for industrial and embedded applications.
Highlights
The Viola Carrier board is compatible with the Colibri Arm family of modules. The Viola carrier board is targeted at cost sensitive applications which require a small form factor. Measuring just 74 mm x 74 mm, Viola is one of the smallest, lowest cost Single Board Computer (SBC) equivalent solutions on the market. Sharing a similar feature set to the Raspberry Pi and BeagleBoard, Viola is targeted specifically at the embedded and industrial markets with long lifetime, availability and support. The Viola Carrier board is ideal for low cost volume production of embedded devices. This carrier board is not intended for evaluation purpose as offering debug and development environment will increase the BOM (Bill of Materials) cost. For development and evaluation projects on Colibri modules, it is advisable to use Colibri Evaluation Board or Iris Carrier Board. The Viola Carrier board is designed to be used with the Colibri iMX8X (based on NXP i.MX 8 SoCs), Colibri iMX6ULL (based on NXP i.MX 6ULL SoCs), Colibri iMX6 (based on the NXP i.MX 6 SoCs) and the Colibri iMX7 (based on NXP i.MX 7 SoCs) Computer on Modules.
Standard interfaces provided by the Colibri modules are supported by the Viola carrier board using a combination of real-world connectors, card slots and 2.54 mm pitch pin headers. The standard interfaces exposed by both Viola and Viola Plus Carrier Boards include USB 2.0 host, 100 Mbit Fast Ethernet, and industrial interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO). Support for LCD panels and touch interfaces is provided through the Unified Interface Display.
The Viola Plus Carrier Board offers additional interfaces and better out-of-box experience in comparison to the Viola Carrier Board. The following interfaces are already assembled on Viola Plus Carrier Board.
- USB Client
- Extension Connector
- Audio Connector
- Barrel Power Supply Connector
- External RTC
The above interfaces can be assembled additionally on the Viola Carrier Board.
Accessories
Toradex offers off-the-shelf accessories that can be directly used in end products. For a few of these accessories, design files including assembly drawings, schematics and Altium projects are available.
Toradex tests the peripherals listed in its webshop and works directly with vendors of Cameras, Modems, Displays, Sensors, and more, to make the integration with Toradex SoMs as easy as possible.
- Plug and Play (Windows Compact Embedded 6/7 compatible)
- BPSK, QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM, DBPSK, DQPSK, and CCK modulation schemes
- WEP, TKIP, and AES, WPA, WPA2 hardware encryption Schemes
- Can be setup as a ad-hoc network via peer to peer communications
- No external power supply required
- Parallel data output format: 8-Bit Parallel ITU-R BT.656 with external HSync and VSync
- No external power supply required
- Compatible with Colibri Evaluation Board and Apalis Evaluation Board
Roadmap
Min. Product Commitment
2034+
Hardware Roadmap
This roadmap indicates how the product is planned from a Toradex hardware development point of view. This is not a detailed release date representation, but visualization of our internal product development timeline.
For details about the Toradex phase-over policy please refer to the PCN Policy Page.
For more details about PID8 level changes and historical releases please refer to the developer page.
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
- 2026
- 2027
- 2028
0137 Viola Carrier Board
0142 Viola Plus Carrier Board
- Volume Production
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2 Modules, 2 Accessories
V1.2B
PN: 01371201
Connectivity: USB 2.0: 2x Host, 1x Client (Shared), 10/100 Mbit Ethernet, 1x I2C, 1x SPI, 4x PWM, 4x ADC, 1x (Available with Colibri VFxx and iMX) CAN, up to 35 GPIOs
Multimedia: 4-wire Resistive Touch
Physical: 5V DC +/- 5% Supply Voltage, 5V (External), 3.3V 3A On-Board Power Supplies, Size: 74 x 74 mm
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Quantity1-99>99
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Unit Price$33.60
Intended Use: For End Products
V1.2B Plus
PN: 01421201
Connectivity: USB 2.0: 2x Host, 1x Client (Shared), 10/100 Mbit Ethernet, 1x I2C, 1x SPI, 4x PWM, 4x ADC, 1x (Available with Colibri VFxx and iMX) CAN, up to 35 GPIOs
Multimedia: Audio out: 1x (Stereo), Audio in: 1x (Stereo), 1x Camera Parallel Interface, 4-wire Resistive Touch
Physical: 5V DC +/- 5% Supply Voltage, 5V (External), 3.3V 3A On-Board Power Supplies, Size: 74 x 74 mm
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Quantity1-99>99
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Unit Price$40.30
Intended Use: For End Products
V1.0A
PN: 21041000
LM816 USB WiFi for Apalis and Colibri Family
Plug and Play (Windows Compact Embedded 6/7 compatible). BPSK, QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM, DBPSK, DQPSK, and CCK modulation schemes. WEP, TKIP, and AES, WPA, WPA2 hardware encryption Schemes. Can be setup as a ad-hoc network via peer to peer communications. -10° to 60° C Temp, Range. Size: 17 x 15 x 8 mm.
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Quantity1-99>99
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Unit Price$28.05
Intended Use: For Evaluation/Development
V1.0A
PN: 01141000
HDMI Adapter for Colibri modules
No external power supply required, Range. Size: 32 x 32 mm.
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Quantity>0
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Unit Price$26.90
Intended Use: For Evaluation/Development
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