Synaptics Astra™ Machina SL2600 Development Kit

Synaptics Astra™ Machina SL2600 Development Kit is designed for easy and rapid prototyping of multimodal AI-native IoT applications. This development kit supports a core compute module, an I/O base board, daughter cards for integrated Wi-Fi®/Bluetooth® connectivity, debug, and programmable I/O. The Astra™ Machina SL2600 development kit supports the Synaptics SL2619 SoC family, which delivers unmatched price-performance for IoT applications. This SoC is enabled through a unified, open-source software stack built on Yocto Linux®. This development kit supports the Synaptics Torq™ Edge AI platform that features the T1 NPU and the Coral™ NPU Machine Learning (ML) core from Google. The daughter card interface options include MIPI® DSISM, MIPI® CSI-2®, 40-pin JTAG header, and 4-pin PoE+.

Features

  • Easy and fast prototyping
  • Unified software experience
  • Comprehensive AI toolkit
  • Pre-paired wireless options
  • Modular design
  • Core modules:
    • Synaptics Astra™ SL2619 SoC
    • Storage (eMMC 5.1), memory (DRAM), PMIC, and SD card slot
    • Audio input/output
    • Digital microphones (DMICs)
    • RGMII-TX/RX
  • Daughter card interface options:
    • MIPI® DSISM, MIPI® CSI-2®
    • JTAG, 40-pin header
    • 4-pin PoE+
  • I/O board:
    • HDMI Type-A Tx
    • M.2 E-key 2230 slot for SDIO, PCIe®, and UART
    • USB 3.0 Type-A with 4 ports, host mode
    • USB 2.0 Type-C with OTG host or peripheral mode
    • Push buttons with USB-BOOT selection and system RESET
    • 2-pin Header with SD-BOOT selection
    • Type-C power supply with 15V @ 1.8A

Applications

  • Multimodal AI-native IoT:
    • Smart home
    • Industrial automation
    • Robotics
    • Retail
    • Healthcare diagnostics
  • Enables on-device AI for:
    • Audio
    • Video
    • Text processing

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Synaptics Astra™ Machina SL2600 Development Kit
Published: 2026-03-16 | Updated: 2026-03-25