Vecow AIC-100A NXP i.MX 6ULL Cortex-A7 Arm IoT Gateway with 32GB eMMC, Dual RS-232/485, Mini PCIe SIM Slot and -25 to 70 °C

Some gateway projects need more on-board storage than a NAND flash build provides, for local buffering, logs or extra packages. The Vecow AIC-100A is the eMMC build of the AIC-100 series, an Arm IoT gateway on the NXP i.MX 6ULL with 32 GB of eMMC, two LAN ports and two serial ports for energy, building and charging-station projects.

The NXP i.MX 6ULL is a single Arm Cortex-A7 core at 900 MHz with 512 MB of DDR3L, which keeps power low, at a typical 12 V DC and 500 mA. The AIC-100A ships with Debian Stretch R01 on Linux kernel 4.9, supports Python, NodeJS and the Node-RED browser-based flow editor, and stores the OS on 32 GB of eMMC, with a micro SD socket for SDHC cards up to 128 GB.

I/O covers two 10/100 Ethernet ports on RJ45, one USB 2.0 Type A port and two RS-232/485 serial ports on a terminal block. Isolated DIO and CAN bus are not fitted on this model. A full-size mini PCIe socket with a nano SIM slot takes an optional 4G LTE and GPS module, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth module or LoRaWAN module, with three antenna positions.

Power is 9 to 50 V DC on a three-pin terminal block, and the AIC-100A runs from -25 °C to 70 °C with no fan, with shock and vibration tested to IEC 60068-2-27 and IEC 60068-2-64. The EMC list covers CE and FCC, and the gateway is designed to EN 50155 and EN 50121-3-2 requirements. It wall-mounts on a bracket or fits an optional DIN rail kit. The AIC-100 uses NAND flash instead, and the AIC-110A adds isolated DIO and CAN bus.