Seco taps Raspberry Pi CM5 for panel display
Seco in Italy is to use the coming CM5 compute module from Raspberry Pi for a 10.1in panel display and port its Clea software to future microcontrollers.
The two companies have teamed up on the design of the panel display using the CM5 as well as porting the Seco Clea software to the Raspberry Pi 5 board.
The CM5 has not yet been launched and uses the same form factor as the CM4 predecessor with the quad core ARM Cortex-A76 Broadcom processor running at 2GHz rather than the 2.4GHz of the larger Raspberry Pi 5 single board computer.
Raspberry Pi readies CM5 compute module
However the CM5 has a different pinout to the CM4 and a higher power consumption. Developers are warned to expect currents of up to 2.5A at 5V, or 12.5W, and has changed the connectors to accommodate the higher current.
The strategic commercial agreement includes collaboration on hardware and software development for the Internet of Things. The partnership will also explore opportunities in cutting-edge areas, including image recognition, edge AI, and the use of future Raspberry Pi microcontrollers for the IoT
Seco is using its hardware design expertise to bring a 10.1-inch Human-Machine Interface (HMI) panel display using the CM5 and Raspberry Pi OS to simplify integration. Seco and Raspberry Pi will collaborate on hardware development to offer customized versions.
Seco’s Clea IoT software suite will also be integrated into the Raspberry Pi OS, making it available on RPI products, including future microcontrollers. This will be interesting with the RP2350, which has four 150MHz ARM Cortex-M33 cores and two in house RISC-V cores.
Clea provides device management, data orchestration, and AI/ML applications and the Raspberry Pi Connect remote access service will be added to the Seco software stack.
Raspberry Pi will also add Clea into its repository or a similar technical alternative.
“This partnership represents a great opportunity for SECO to leverage Raspberry Pi’s widely adopted hardware technology and combine the strengths of both companies in software development,” said Massimo Mauri, CEO of SECO. “We are confident that our combined expertise will drive business growth and innovation in the industrial IoT space, delivering significant value to our stakeholders.”
Seco has also signed a security deal with NXP Semiconductors, and NXP’s processors are also used for several Seco panel displays.
Eben Upton CEO of Raspberry Pi said “The IPO has opened up a number of partnering discussions with leading industrial OEMS and we are very pleased that one of our first agreements is with SECO. The combination of our combined hardware and software knowhow can deliver customized solutions for end clients that enable new user high performance applications at cost effective price points.”
www.seco.com; www.raspberrypi.com
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