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
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
Angle view of two FSA adapters mounted on the bottom side of the GW6200 SBC and fitted with M.2 and mPCIe modules
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.
Gateworks Catalina GW6200 block diagram
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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