AAEON uCOM-Q6490 is a SMARC 2.1-compliant System-on-Module (SoM) built around the Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS6490 octa-core SoC, designed for robotics, healthcare, industrial automation, and digital signage applications.
The 82 × 50 mm module ships with up to 16GB LPDDR5 memory and 64GB UFS storage, and its standard MXM 3.0 edge connector exposes SDIO 3.0, PCIe 3.0, dual GbE, USB 3.1, and USB 2.0 interfaces, along with UARTs, SPI, I2C, I2S, GPIOs, and a DisplayPort 1.4 output supporting 2K at 60Hz. The module is designed for LiDAR sensors, IMUs, cameras, robotic controllers, smart displays, and other industrial peripherals.
SoC – Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS6490 CPU – Octa-core Kryo 670 with 1x Gold Plus core (Cortex-A78) @ 2.7 GHz, 3x Gold cores (Cortex-A78) @ 2.4 GHz, 4x Silver cores (Cortex-A55) @ up to 1.9 GHz GPU – Adreno 643L GPU @ 812 MHz with support for Open GL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, Vulkan 1.x, DX FL 12 DSP – Hexagon DSP with dual HVX and 4K HMX VPU – Adreno 633 VPU up to 4K60 decode for H.264/H.265/VP9, Up to 4K30 encode for H.264/H.265; Support for HDR10 and HDR10+ playback Spectra ISP – 64 MP / 36 + 22 MP / 3×22 MP at 30fps ZSL; 192 MP non-ZSL AI – 6th gen Qualcomm AI Engine that combines Compute Hexagon DSP with dual Hexagon Vector, eXtensions (HVX), Hexagon Co-processor (Hexagon CP) 2.0, and Hexagon Tensor accelerator for up to 12 TOPS of AI performance
CPU – Octa-core Kryo 670 with 1x Gold Plus core (Cortex-A78) @ 2.7 GHz, 3x Gold cores (Cortex-A78) @ 2.4 GHz, 4x Silver cores (Cortex-A55) @ up to 1.9 GHz
GPU – Adreno 643L GPU @ 812 MHz with support for Open GL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, Vulkan 1.x, DX FL 12
System Memory – Up to 16GB onboard LPDDR5
Networking – 2x 2.5Gbps Ethernet PHY (see diagram below, but apparently limited to GbE speed)
Interfaces via 314-pin MXM 3.0 edge connector Storage – SDIO 3.0 interface intended for an SD card Display – DisplayPort (DP 1.4) supporting resolutions up to 2K @ 60Hz Audio – 1x I2S USB 1x USB 3.1 4x USB 2.0 interfaces via hub controller on the SMARC module Serial – 2x UART (4-wire, 1.8V) and 2x UART (2-wire, 1.8V, with one reserved as a debug port) Expansion 14-bit GPIO (including one designated for PWM), 2x SPI, and 3x I2C 1x PCIe 3.0 x1