Specifications
Starter Kit
Development Kit
Included SOM
VAR-SOM-AM43
VAR-SOM-AM43
Included Carrier Board
VAR-AM43CustomBoard
VAR-AM43CustomBoard
Display

7" WVGA

Touch Panel

Capacitive

Micro-USB Debug Cable
Ethernet Cable
5V Power Supply
Antenna
Boot/Rescue SD Cards
Carrier Board Design Package
Part number

VAR-STK-AM43

VAR-DVK-AM43

VAR-SOM-AM43 with Dual GbE, no Wi-Fi/Bluetooth
VAR-SOM-AM43 with Single GbE & Wi-Fi/Bluetooth
System on Module
CPU Name

Texas Instruments AM4378

Texas Instruments AM4378

CPU Type

Cortex-A9

Cortex-A9

CPU Cores

1 Core

1

CPU Clock

1 GHz

1 GHz

RAM

1024 MB

1024 MB

NAND Flash

512 MB SLC NAND

512 MB SLC NAND

eMMC

8 GB

8 GB

Ethernet

Dual GbE Ethernet PHY

Single GbE Ethernet PHY

Wi-Fi

-

Certified Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth

-

Bluetooth 5.1 + CSA2 support / BLE

Audio codec

Yes

Yes

OS support

Linux / Android

Linux / Android

Temperature

-0 to 70°C

-0 to 70°C

Part number

VAR_SOM_AM4378_1000C_1024R_512N_8G_AC_EC_WB_CT

VAR_SOM_AM4378_1000C_1024R_512N_8G_AC_EC_CT (supporting Dual Lan)

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VAR-AM43CustomBoard
Carrier Board
SODIMM 200 socket

Supporting the VAR-SOM-AM43

LVDS

3 pair 18-bit

Resistive

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

Capacitive

Capacitive touch panel, (6-pin FFC/FPC)

Headphone

3.5 mm connector

Line - in

3.5 mm connector

Digital microphone

on-board

Camera

Parallel CMOS sensor interface

SD-CARD

uSD Card Socket

USB Host

1 port, Type A connector

USB OTG

Type Mini AB connector

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STK

Starter kit

DVK

Development kit

W

With Wi-Fi / Bluetooth support - only x1 Gigabit Ethernet interface

LO

L: Linux

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