Specifications
Starter Kit
Development Kit
Included SOM
SPEAR-MX8
SPEAR-MX8
Included Carrier Board
VAR-SP8CustomBoard
VAR-SP8CustomBoard
Display

7" WVGA

Touch Panel

Capacitive

Micro-USB Debug Cable
Ethernet Cable
12V Power Supply
Antenna
Boot/Rescue SD Cards
Carrier Board Design Package
Camera Module

Optional - VCAM-5640S-1ST, VCAM-5640S-DUO

Optional - VCAM-5640S-1ST, VCAM-5640S-DUO

Part number

VAR-STK-SP8

VAR-DVK-SP8

System on Module
CPU Name
CPU Type

2x Cortex™-A72 + 4x Cortex™-A53

CPU Cores

6

CPU Clock

1600MHz Cortex A72 with 1200MHz Cortex A53

RAM

4 GB LPDDR4

eMMC

16 GB

Ethernet

2x GbE PHY

Audio codec

Yes

OS support

Linux / Android (coming soon)

Temperature

-25 to 85°C

Part number

SPEAR-MX8QM_1612C_4096R_16G_AC_EC1_EC2_ET

More Info
Symphony-Board
Carrier Board
B2B socket

Supporting the SPEAR-MX8

LVDS

Dual 18-bit / 24-bit

HDMI in

1x HDMI 2.0a

HDMI

2.0a

DP

1.3

eDP

1.4 via display extension board (not included)

DSI

Header

Backlight Driver

PWM Control

Resistive touch panel

4-wire touch panel (4-pin FFC/FPC)

Capacitive touch panel

Capacitive touch panel (6-pin FFC/FPC)

Headphone

3.5 mm connector

Line - in

3.5 mm connector

Digital microphone

On-board

PCI-Express

mini-PCIe connector

SATA

SATA Connector on PCIe/SATA Interface

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VAR-[DVK / STK]-MX8_[x]O
STK

Starter kit

DVK

Development kit

[x]O

L: Linux, A: Android

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VPS-12V
VCAM-5640S-DUO
Camera Board
VLCD-CAP-GLD-LVDS
VAC-ANT_5_FlexPIFA
VAC-ANT_5_Dipole
VCAM-5640S-1ST
Camera Board

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In-house manufacturing with comprehensive quality control - certified to ISO9001 and ISO13485 medical standards.
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Pin2Pin
Our Pin2Pin product families maximize scalability and enable seamless migration to future technologies without redesigning the carrier board.
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15-year guaranteed hardware availability, backed by continuous software updates and support.
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