Arrow subsidiary Einfochips, a provider of product engineering and digital transformation services, has launched a reference development platform (RDP) for smart home, smart city and industrial verticals.

The platform is based on NXP Semiconductors’ i.MX 93 applications processors.

“As an early access partner for the NXP i.MX 93 platform, Einfochips is proud to offer our clients a cutting-edge reference development platform,” said Parag Mehta, business development officer at California-based Einfochips. “This platform enables customers across smart home, smart city and industrial verticals to quickly prototype their ideas and bring them to reality.”

The EIC-i.MX93-210 is an RDP kit based on NXP’s i.MX 93 applications processor. The processor includes the scalable Arm Cortex-A55 core, which enables machine-learning acceleration and security with an integrated EdgeLock secure enclave to support edge computing.

This RDP can help developers kick-start the development of creating more capable high-performance, cost-effective and energy-efficient machine-learning applications.

Einfochips’ expertise spans across hardware development, firmware, edge-AI enablement, end-to-end design and manufacturing.

The i.MX 93 processor provides new use cases and opens a gateway to a faster, more secure, powerful and advanced edge-based system for industrial automation, smart home and intelligent appliances, smart buildings and automotive applications.

“NXP’s i.MX 93 applications processor combines both a level of performance and low power that will enable a wide range of innovative edge devices,” said Jeff Steinheider, vice president at NXP. “Einfochips’ RDP will enable a wide range of customers to rapidly prototype and move into production.”

Einfochips, an Arrow Electronics company, is a provider of digital transformation and product engineering services. It accelerates time to market for its customers with its expertise in IoT, AI, ML, security, sensors, wireless, cloud and power.