Qualcomm® RB5 Gen 2 Development Kit
After a big success, Qualcomm® Robotics RB5 development kit now has a major upgrade. Powered by Qualcomm Dragonwing™ QCS8550 Chipset, the Qualcomm® RB5 Gen 2 development kit is the latest development kit in the line. Compared to RB5, the performance of Gen 2 kit has been improved greatly.
• Contains advanced platform Qualcomm Dragonwing™ QCS8550 processor.
• The AI computing performance reaches to 16 TOPS.
• The platform is built – in with Qualcomm Adreno 740 GPU, which can provide excellent image rendering and video processing capabilities and support high – resolution video playback.
• Being equipped with the Spectra 680 ISP, which supports up to 8K@30fps video encoding or 8K@60fps video decoding at its highest level.
• Supports 2×2 MIMO Wi-Fi 7, providing superior network connection capabilities.
• Follows the design of the rest of RB series of products, it complaints with the 96Board, support for sensors such as multiple cameras, depth sensing solution, GMSL sensor, Ultrasonic Time-of-Flight Sensor with Extended Range, multi-mic and additional sensors like IMU, pressure sensor, magnetometer etc.
• Multiple interfaces and I/Os which can connect multiple sensors.
Applications:
The Qualcomm® RB5 Gen 2 development kit provides a valuable combination of strong performance and advanced features, including powerful AI processing and computer vision, to easily create a broad range of IoT solutions across use cases including enterprise, robotics, industrial, and automation.
Utilizing the Qualcomm Dragonwing™ QCS8550, the Qualcomm® RB5 Gen 2 development kits offer developers considerably increased AI processing capabilities compared to previous generations, higher inferences per second, improved power efficiency, and the ability to run more networks simultaneously. On-device machine learning combined with edge computing allows for near real-time processing for massive amounts of data.
The platform includes a development kit and software. Developers can select the development kit version that best addresses their needs, and design IoT products that demand advanced performance. The platform includes SDKs that make it easy for developers to use and integrate applications and services. The hardware development kit is also compliant with the 96Boards open hardware specification to support a range of mezzanine-board expansions, beginning with the Vision Mezzanine.
The platform includes the Qualcomm® Spectra680 ISP image processing engine for the ultimate photography and videography experience, and comes with a main camera and tracking camera on the Vision Kit. It can connect to and process the output of other cameras such as stereo, depth, and Time-of-Flight (ToF). The platform is built - in with Qualcomm Adreno 740 GPU, which can provide excellent image rendering and video processing capabilities and support high - resolution video playback.
Multi-gigabit Wi-Fi 7 achieves blazing-fast wireless connectivity and low latency, which offers users quicker downloads and uploads, stable connections in crowded areas and better multi-device connectivity for smoother experiences.
With the Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU and a Qualcomm® Hexagon™ processor featuring a fused AI-accelerator architecture, this solution delivers powerful connections and computing performance, and is purpose-built for industrial and commercial IoT applications such as ruggedized handhelds and tablets, human-machine interface systems, point-of-sale systems, drones, kiosks, edge AI boxes, and connected cameras.
Qualcomm® RB5 Gen 2 Development Kit Features
• Advanced ISPs for single or multiple concurrent camera experience with superior image and video capture.
• Blazing-fast wireless connectivity and low latency thanks to multi-gigabit Wi-Fi 7.
• Superior Bluetooth® 5.3 with crystal-clear sound, low latency, and reliability with an extended range.
• Low-speed expansion for GPIOs, I2C, SPI, UART, and/or audio.
• High-speed expansion for PCIe, USB, MIPI CSI/DSI, and/or SDIO, designed for 96Boards mezzanines.
Qualcomm® RB5 Gen 2 Development Kit Applications
Service Robot
Deep Learning
Face Detection and Recognition
Driver Management Systems
Surveillance and Security
Object Detection and Avoidance
Qualcomm® RB5 Gen 2 Development Kit Block Diagram
Qualcomm® RB5 Gen 2 Development Kit
Qualcomm® RB5 Gen 2 Development Kit Contents
Core Kit:
• Development board based on the Qualcomm Dragonwing™ QCS8550 processor
• 12V wall power supply
• USB Type-C cable
• Micro USB cable
• Mini speakers
• Setup guide
• Pick tool for setting switches
Vision Kit only:
• Mounting bracket for CSI cameras
• High-resolution CSI camera
• Low-resolution CSI camera
Compatible With
Specifications of the Qualcomm® RB5 Gen 2 Development Kit
| Component | Qualcomm® RB5 Gen 2 | |
| SOM Platform | Qualcomm Dragonwing™ QCS8550
Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU built on Arm Cortex technology |
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| Storage | 128 GB UFS3.1 Onboard Storage 1 x MicroSD Card Slot |
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| Ethernet | 1 x 1GbE Ethernet 1 x 2.5GbE Ethernet 1 x 10GbE Ethernet |
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| Wireless | Tri-band 2x2 MIMO DBS/HBS Wi-Fi 7 + Bluetooth 5.4 supports simultaneous Wi-Fi operation on 2.4 GHz + 5 GHz, 2.4 GHz + 6 GHz and 5 GHz + 6 GHz On-Board WLAN/BT/GNSS Antennas |
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| USB | 1 x USB 2.0 Micro B (Debug only) 1 x USB 3.0 Type C (ADB Mode, support DP out) 2 x USB 3.0 Type A (Host Mode Only) |
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| Display | 1 x HDMI 1.4 (Type A - full) on Board Connector 1 x DP 1.4 (Type C - full) on Board Connector |
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| Audio | 2 x Class-D on Board Speaker Amplifier, WSA8845 2 x speaker connector on Board 1 x on Board PDM MIC on Mainboard 4 x on Board PDM MIC on NAV MEZZ |
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| Sensor | Accelerometer + Gyro Sensor (TDK ICM-42688/ ICM-42688-P) Barometric Pressure | |
| Camera* | Vision kit* | IMX577 & OV9282 (Only available on Vision kit) |
| Expansion interfaces | Expansion connectors: HS1:1 x 60 pin high-speed connector (1 x QSPI, 1 x 4L MIPI DSI, 1 x USB 2.0, CCI I2C x2, 2L+4L-MIPI CSI) HS2:1 x 60 pin high-speed connector (4L-MIPI CSI x 2, SPI x 1, PCIe 3.0 gen3 1L, USB 3.0 x1, GPIO x 8 for RB5 Gen 2 Core Kit) HS3:1 x 60 pin high-speed connector (4L-MIPI CSI x 2, 4L-MIPI CSI x1(plus 2L CSI in HS1), RF CLK x 2, 2L-PCIe 3.0 x 1, 2L-PCIe 3.0 x 1(plus PCIe 1L in HS2), 4L-MIPI DSI x 1) LS1:1 x 40 pin low-speed connector (UART x 1, SPI, I2S/PCM x 1, I2C x 2, GPIO x 12 for RB5 Gen 2 Core Kit, DC powers) LS2:1 x 46 pin low-speed connector (Speaker x 2, DMIC I/F x 3, CAN, I2S, GPIO x 12 for RB5 Gen 2 Core Kit, PWM x 2, ADC x 2, CCI-I2C x 2, DC powers) LS3:1 x 46 pin low-Speed connector (SPI x 2, SNS I2C x 1, sensor interrupt x 5, GPIO x 19 for RB5 Gen 2 Core Kit, RTC clock, DC powers) |
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| LED | 7 x LED Indicators 4 x User Controllable 2 x For radios (WLAN activity) 1 x Power indicator | |
| Buttons | Power Volume Up/Down Force USB Boot Dip Switch x 3 (6pin x 1+4pin x 2) (only support in Qualcomm® Robotics RB5 Gen 2 Core Kit.) Dip Switch x 5 (6pin x 3+4pin x 2) (only support in Qualcomm® Robotics RB5 Gen 2 Vision Kit.) |
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| Power source | 12 V @2.5A adapter with a DC plug inner diameter 1.75mm and outer diameter 4.75mm | |
| Catagory | Class | Type | Document Name |
| Public Documents | Dev Kit | Quick Start Guide | Setup Guide RB5 Gen 2 Dev Kit QCOM.pdf |
| Private Documents | Get the Private Documents > | ||
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(for cusmtomer)
• 12V wall power supply
• USB Type-C cable
• Micro USB cable
• Mini speakers
• Industrial grade IX to RJ45 Adapter
• Setup guide
• Pick tool for setting switches
$605
• Mounting bracket for CSI cameras
• High-resolution CSI camera
• Low-resolution CSI camera
$805
Qualcomm® RB5 Gen 2 Development Kit:
$164
