Last March, Gateworks introduced the Catalina SBC family, starting with the GW9200 board, based on NXP i.MX 95 SoC for industrial Edge AI applications, and featuring Flexible Socket Adapter (FSA) sockets to accommodate either mini PCIe or M.2 module adapters, depending on requirements.
We missed the original announcement, but the new SBC family was brought to our attention when Ezurio announced the acquisition of Gateworks last week. The GW9200 board comprises a system-on-module with the NXP i.MX 95 chip, 4GB LPDDR5 and 8GB eMMC flash by default, as well as a carrier board with 10GbE and GbE RJ45 ports, a MIPI DSI/CSI display/camera interface, two FSA sockets for M.2 or mini PCIe expansion, and a range of I/Os.
Ezurio/Gateworks Catalina GW9200 specifications:
- SoC – NXP i.MX 95
- CPU
- Up to 6x Arm Cortex-A55 application cores clocked at 1.8 GHz with 32KB I-cache and D-cache, 64KB L2 cache, and 512KB L3 cache
- 1x Arm Cortex-M7 real-time core clocked at 800 MHz
- 1x Arm Cortex-M33 safety core clocked at 333 MHz
- GPU – Arm Mali-G310 V2 GPU for 2D/3D acceleration with support for OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0
- VPU
- 1080p60/4Kp30 H.265 and H.264 encode and decode
- JPEG Encoder, JPEG Decoder
- Decoding – 4Kp30/1080p60 HEVC/H.265, VP9, VP8, AVC/H.264 (Baseline / Main / High Profile)
- Encoding – 4Kp30/1080p60 HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264
- AI Accelerator – NXP eIQ Neutron 2 TOPS neural processing unit (NPU) with 750 inf/sec
- CPU
- System Memory – 4GB LPDDR5 (up to 16GB)
- Storage
- 8GB eMMC flash (up to 64GB)
- MicroSD card slot
- Display/Camera Interface – MIPI DSI or CSI connector
- Networking
- 10GbE RJ45 jack
- 2x Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 jacks
- Optional Wi-Fi 6/7 and Bluetooth via Mini PCIe or M.2 adapter in FSA site
- Optional 4G LTE or 5G module via FSA site plus two nano SIM card slots.
- GNSS – Optional u-blox GPS with GLONASS
- USB – USB 2.0 Type-C port
- Serial
- 2x RS232 or 1x RS485
- 2x CAN Bus
- Expansion
- 2x Flexible Socket Adapter (FSA) sockets for Mini PCIe or M.2 adapters.
- SPI connector
- Digital I/O connector with I2C, ADC, UART
- Security
- Optional NXP EdgeLock SE052F Security Chip
- Optional TPM
- Debugging – JTAG connector
- Misc
- User push-button
- Power LED
- 3-Axis accelerometer
- Coin-cell battery for RTC
- Fan connector
- Power Supply
- 8 – 60V DC via power “header”
- 802.3af/at PoE via optional PoE adapter)
- Dimensions – 100 x 90 mm
- Temperature Range – -40 to +85°C (Industrial)
The company provides support for Linux (Ubuntu, Buildroot, and more), and the GW11059 development kit with the board itself, a JTAG programmer, a power supply, and relevant cables. Check out the software documentation website for details.
The FSA (Flexible Socket Adapter) is an interesting concept, as customers can select whether to use M.2 or mini PCIe sockets during configuration or production to meet their specific requirements. I could not find any photos of the FSA connector, but we’re told that the “mating connector between the FSA and the SBC is very fine pitched” and “only rated for 30 mating cycles maximum”. Four FSA to M.2/mini PCIe are available:
- GW16FE0 – FSA to M.2 E Key (WiFi)
- GW16FB0 – FSA to M.2 B Key (Modems)
- GW16FM0 – FSA to M.2 M Key (NVME)
- GW16FP0 – FSA to Mini-PCIe
The GW6200 comes with two FSA sockets, but the upcoming, larger GW6400 (160 x 100 mm) SBC will feature four FSA sockets.
Gateworks/Ezurio says the GW6200 SBC is available now, and the larger GW6400 board is shown as being planned for Q2 2026 (about now). There’s no public pricing, and interested parties are asked to “request a quote”. Additional information may be found on the product page.
Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.
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