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Spotter

Powered by Open-Q™ 6490CS SOM

Spotter is a compact, production-ready robotics platform designed to accelerate the development of AI-enabled and autonomous systems across aerial, ground and maritime applications. Powered by Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS6490 chipset, Spotter combines high-performance vision processing, sensor integration, vehicle-control interfaces and high-speed connectivity in a compact 42 × 120 mm form factor.

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Reduce Your Time to Market

Spotter’s production-grade hardware carries your design from proof of concept to deployment faster.

Secure Supply Chain

Open-Q™ SOMs provide verified component traceability, controlled sourcing, and dependable hardware provenance for mission-critical applications.

Compact Form Factor

42 × 120 mm form factor.

Long-Term Product Confidence

Flexible connectivity and a 10+ year lifecycle helps to reduce redesign risk and supports long-term deployments.

Overview

Production-Aligned Edge AI and Flight Integration for Next-Gen UxV’s

Built for real-world autonomous platforms, Spotter integrates the key interfaces required for cameras, telemetry, navigation sensors, control systems and external payloads. Dual MIPI CSI, analog video, Ethernet, USB and flexible GPIO, SPI, I²C and UART interfaces provide a versatile foundation for perception, navigation, inspection, surveillance and other edge-AI workloads.

Unlike general-purpose embedded development kits, Spotter is engineered around the requirements of mobile robotic and drone systems. Its integrated hardware and software architecture helps OEMs reduce system-integration effort, accelerate proof-of-concept development and move more efficiently toward a production-ready autonomous platform.

Features

Qualcomm^®Dragonwing™ QCS6490 SoC
Up to 8GB LPDDR5 RAM + 64GB eMMC
Up to 12.5 TOPS of AI performance
Dual MIPI CSI camera interfaces with C-PHY / D-PHY support
Analog / CVBS video input and output
Qualcomm Linux for long term deployment
Optional STM32H7-class flight / vehicle controller
Dual IMU, compass and barometer sensor integration
Multiple high speed connectivity options

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FOCUS APPLICATIONS

AI-enabled UxV Platforms

Multi-drone Coordination and Teaming

Vision-based Detection and Tracking

Short-Range Reconnaissance-class Systems

Autonomous Mobile Robots and Warehouse Automation

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Specifications

Lantronix Spotter AI Platform
- Processors
  - Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS6490 SoC built on 6nm technology:
  - Kryo™ 670 Octa-core CPU: 1 Prime @ 2.7 GHz + 3 Gold @ 2.4 GHz + 4 Silver @ 1.8 GHz
  - Hexagon™ 770 with Hexagon Vector eXtensions (HVX)
  - Adreno™ 643L GPU @ Fmax Spectra™
  - Spectra™ 570L ISP
  - Adreno™ 633 video processing unit
  - Adreno™ 1075 display processing unit
  - 6th Gen Qualcomm AI Engine
  - Secure processing unit
  - MCU: Optional STM32H7
  - Arm® Cortex®-M7 core up to 480 MHz with DSP and double-precision
  - FPU; 2 MB Flash + 1 MB RAM; advanced timers, PWM, ADC and high speed peripheral interfaces for real-time vehicle and flight control.
- Memory/Storage
  - Up to 8GB LPDDR5 and 64GB eMMC configuration (other configurations available upon request)
- Display Interfaces
  - Support for USB3.1 Type-C with DisplayPort v1.4 and USB 2.0 Analog Video Output
- Camera Interfaces
  - Digital: 2x 4-lane MIPI CSI D-PHY 1.2; Spectra 570L ISP supporting 36 MP + 22 MP at 30 fps or three 22 MP at 30fps ZSL.
  - Analog: CVBS / analog camera input
- Video Performance
  - Decode: Video decode up to 4K60. Native decode for H.265/H.265/VP9
  - Encode: Video encode up to 4K30. Native encode for H.265/H.265; Support for HDR10 and HDR10+ playback
  - Dec & Enc: Concurrent 1080p60 Decode and 1080p60 Encode or 4K30 Decode and 4K30 Encode
- Integrated Sensors
  - Dual 6-Axis IMUs — 2.8 mdps/√Hz gyro noise, 70 μg/√Hz accel noise
  - Precision Barometer — ±0.03 hPa relative accuracy, ~±25 cm altitude
  - 3-Axis Magnetometer — 0.3 μT/LSB resolution, up to 200 Hz output
- High Speed Connectivity
  - 1x GBE Port
  - 1x USB 3.1 with support for Type-C + DisplayPort v1.4 with USB SS data concurrency
  - Addon Connectivity via USB-C for WiFi Debugging
  - 1x PCIe Gen3 2-lane; 1x PCIe Gen3 1-lane for connectivity
- I/O Interfaces
  - 8x PWM, MAVLink, UART, I2C, I3C, SPI, configurable GPIOs, sensor I/O to dedicated Hexagon™ sensor DSP
- RC Interface
  - Dedicated configurable ELRS interface
- Power Consumption
  - <7 Watts (typical)
- Operating Environment
  - Input voltage: 4.2V nominal
  - Operating Temperature: -20°C to +85°C
- Form Factor
  - 42x120mm with 30×30 Mounting Holes
Software
- OS Support
  - Qualcomm Linux; Betaflight / PX4 /Mavlink Support
- Audio Interfaces
  - RCA 2 Channel Audio input
  - RCA 2 Channel Audio output
  - TRS connector Audio input
  - DMIC
- I/O Interfaces
  - 4× USB 2.0 ports, 1× USB 3.1 Type-C port
  - Micro USB debug UART and serial debug UART connectors
  - MicroSD socket
  - GPIO, I²C, UART, CAN, and JTAG interfaces
  - Digital I/O expansion headers
  - M.2 M-Key connector for PCIe
  - 2× Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
- Power
  - 12V input
- Form Factor
  - 200mm x 170mm
- OS Support
  - Android 13 and Qualcomm Linux

* QCS6490 Chipset Performance, see SOM/SIP Release Notes for details on tested configurations and platforms.

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