The Google Coral development board is a single-board computer that's ideal for fast machine learning (ML) inferencing in a small form factor. It provides a fully-integrated system, including NXP's iMX 8M system-on-chip (SoC), eMMC memory, LPDDR4 RAM, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. It has unique power from the Google edge TPU coprocessor.
Features & Benefits
Edge TPU Module (SOM)
NXP i.MX 8M SOC (Quad-core Cortex-A53, plus Cortex-M4F) Google Edge TPU ML accelerator coprocessor Cryptographic coprocessor Wi-Fi 2x2 MIMO (802.11b/g/n/ac 2.4/5GHz) Bluetooth 4.1 8GB eMMC 1GB LPDDR4
USB connections
USB Type-C power port (5V DC), USB 3.0 Type-C OTG port, USB 3.0, Type-A host port, USB 2.0 Micro-B serial console port
Audio connections
3.5mm audio jack (CTIA compliant), Digital PDM microphone (x2), 2.54mm 4-pin terminal for stereo speakers
Video connections
HDMI 2.0a (full size), 39-pin FFC connector for MIPI DSI display (4-lane), 24-pin FFC connector for MIPI CSI-2 camera (4-lane)
MicroSD card slot Gigabit Ethernet port 40-pin GPIO expansion header Supports Mendel Linux (derivative of Debian)
