Overview

Kontron Electronics offers evaluation boards to get you started quickly with your product and application design.
There are different hardware options to choose from to better fit your specific needs.

Note

Please note, that the Pi-Tron has been tested with the Raspberry Pi OS, but does not come with an OS pre-installed. The user has to install a compatible operating system before the device can be used. Have a look at the Raspberry Pi software page and the Quickstart page for more information.

There is evaluation and demo hardware available with the following specifications:

Models

Name Kontron Part Number Description
KBox A-330-RPI 50575 001 KBox A-330 RPI with CM3+ lite and DIN rail (metal)
KBox A-330-RPI 50575 005 KBox A-330 RPI with CM3+ 32GB eMMC and DIN rail (metal)
KBox A-330-RPI 50575 006 KBox A-330 RPI with CM3+ 8GB eMMC and DIN rail (metal)
KBox A-330-RPI 50575 007 KBox A-330 RPI with CM3+ lite without housing
KBox A-330-RPI 50575 008 KBox A-330 RPI with CM3+ 32GB eMMC without housing
KBox A-330-RPI 50575 009 KBox A-330 RPI with CM3+ 8GB eMMC without housing
KBox A-330-RPI 50575 043 Pi-Tron Demo-Kit with CM3+ lite

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Board History

Revision Module-Number PCB Number Description/Changes
R000 40099 129 Rev000 1 950 1609 (out of production)
R001 40099 129 Rev001 1 951 1609 Changed Plug Rotation (out of production)
R002 40099 129 Rev002 1 952 1609 Changed Plug to different type, added RTC, FRAM and USB-OTG for eMMC programming (out of production)
R003 40099 129 Rev003 1 953 1609 improvements in EMC (out of production)
R004 40099 129 Rev007 1 954 1609 improvements in EMC (current version)

Hardware comparison

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Specifications Baseboard Compute-Module (REV000) (out of production) Pi-xceet (REV001) (out of production) Pi-Tron (REV002) (out of production) Pi-Tron (REV3) (out of production) Pi-Tron (REV4) (current version) Pi-Tron R3 (REV000) (in evaluation)
Compute-Module replaceable over SODIMM-Socket Compute-Module 3 lite Compute-Module 3 lite Compute-Module 3+ lite Compute-Module 3+ 8GB/16GB/32GB/lite Compute-Module 3+ 8GB/16GB/32GB/lite Compute-Module 3+ 8GB/16GB/32GB/lite
SoC BCM2837 BCM2837 BCM2837B0 BCM2837B0 BCM2837B0 BCM2837B0
CPU-Type ARM Cortex-A53 ARM Cortex-A53 ARM Cortex-A53 ARM Cortex-A53 ARM Cortex-A53 ARM Cortex-A53
Cores 4 4 4 4 4 4
Clock 1,2GHz 1,2GHz 1,2GHz 1,2GHz 1,2GHz 1,2GHz
architecture ARMv8-A (64-bit) ARMv8-A (64-bit) ARMv8-A (64-bit) ARMv8-A (64-bit) ARMv8-A (64-bit) ARMv8-A (64-bit)
GPU Broadcom Dual Core VideoCore IV, OpenGL-ES 1.1/2.0, Full HD 1080p30 250MHz Broadcom Dual Core VideoCore IV, OpenGL-ES 1.1/2.0, Full HD 1080p30 250MHz Broadcom Dual Core VideoCore IV 3D, OpenGL-ES 1.1/2.0, Full HD 1080p30 250MHz Broadcom Dual Core VideoCore IV 3D, OpenGL-ES 1.1/2.0, Full HD 1080p30 250MHz Broadcom Dual Core VideoCore IV 3D, OpenGL-ES 1.1/2.0, Full HD 1080p30 250MHz Broadcom Dual Core VideoCore IV 3D, OpenGL-ES 1.1/2.0, Full HD 1080p30 250MHz
RAM 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB
Internal Watchdog Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Storage 1x micro SD-Card 1x micro SD-Card 1x micro SD-Card 1x micro SD-Card or eMMC 1x micro SD-Card or eMMC* 1x micro SD-Card or eMMC
Storage 2 - - 1x 16kbit FRAM 1x 16kbit FRAM 1x 16kbit FRAM 1x micro SD-Card or eMMC
Storage 3 - - - - - 1x 16kbit FRAM
power supply 24V (12V to 36V) 24V (12V to 36V) 24V (12V to 36V) 24V (12V to 36V) 24V (12V to 36V) 24V (12V to 36V) or POE (with RPI-POE-HAT)
HDMI micro HDMI micro HDMI micro HDMI micro HDMI micro HDMI micro HDMI
HDMI-Universal-Connection for adapter Board RGB/LVDS - - - - - Yes (HDMI; I2C;USB; Power)
2-Line DSI up to 1Gbps per lane 2x 2x 1x 1x 1x -
4-Line DSI up to 1Gbps per lane - - - - - 1x
2-Line CSI up to 1Gbps per lane 2x 2x 2x 1x 1x -
4-Line CSI up to 1Gbps per lane - - - - - 1x
RS232 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x
RS485 RS485 or CAN RS485 or CAN 1x 1x 1x 1x
CAN RS485 or CAN RS485 or CAN 1x 1x 1x 1x
Digital IO 4x 4x 4x 4x 4x 4x (on POE only as Input usable)
USB 2x USB 2.0 2x USB 2.0 2x USB 2.0 / 1x USB-OTG 2x USB 2.0 / 1x USB-OTG 2x USB 2.0 / 1x USB-OTG 2x USB 2.0 / 1x USB-OTG
Ethernet 2x 100Mbit 2x 100Mbit 2x 100Mbit 2x 100Mbit 2x 100Mbit 2x 100Mbit ( 1xPOE)
RPI-GPIO-Header 40 Pol 40 Pol 40 Pol (only accessible without housing) 40 Pol (only accessible without housing or special housing needed) 40 Pol (only connect without housing or special housing needed) 40 Pol (only accessible without housing or special housing needed)
I2C; SPI; UART; 1-Wire; DPI; … I2C; SPI; UART; 1-Wire; DPI; … I2C; SPI; UART; 1-Wire; DPI; … I2C; SPI; UART; 1-Wire; DPI; … I2C; SPI; UART; 1-Wire; DPI; … I2C; SPI; UART; 1-Wire; DPI; …
Real Time Clock - - Yes Yes Yes Yes
Debug-UART - - Yes Yes Yes (only accessible without housing or special housing needed) Yes (only accessible without housing or special housing needed)
Onboard eMMC-flash-Port - - Yes Yes Yes* Yes
Housing - plastic housing DIN rail (metal) DIN rail (metal) DIN rail (metal) DIN rail (metal)
Temperature range 0 .. +55°C 0 .. +55°C 0 .. +55°C 0 .. +55°C 0 .. +55°C 0 .. +55°C
Passive cooling ventilation opening, optional heat sink ventilation opening, optional heat sink cooling over the housing cooling over the housing cooling over the housing cooling over the housing
Operating systems all offered for the Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi OS, Windows 10 IoT etc.) all offered for the Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi OS, Windows 10 IoT etc.) all offered for the Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi OS, Windows 10 IoT etc.) all offered for the Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi OS, Windows 10 IoT etc.) all offered for the Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi OS, Windows 10 IoT etc.) all offered for the Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi OS, Windows 10 IoT etc.)


*Onboard eMMC memory:
The Pi-Tron can be obtained with two different types of Compute Module. One without eMMC memory, the "Lite" version, and the "eMMC" version. The notable difference between the Lite and the eMMC Compute Module is, that the "Lite" version can only boot and use the SD card and the "eMMC" version can only boot and use the eMMC memory, but not the SD card.

For more information on this topic, see section Write Image to onboard eMMC, topic Pi-Tron with and without eMMC.