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Chinchilla Smart – Product Overview
Chinchilla Smart Computing provides ultra-compact System on Modules (SoM), edge / carrier boards, and VR/AR reference platforms for industrial, AI, and wearable devices.
This page gives an overview of the main products and links to both:
- Internal technical documentation (DokuWiki pages)
- Public product pages on chinchillasmart.com
SoM Products
NXP i.MX Series
SSOM-i.MX8MP-Chinchilla
- SoC: NXP i.MX 8M Plus (Cortex-A53 + Cortex-M7, NPU)
- Use case: Ideal for migration from i.MX6 (2-port Ethernet systems) to i.MX 8M Plus with AI capability.
- Internal docs:
- Public page:
SSOM-i.MX8MM-Chinchilla
- SoC: NXP i.MX 8M Mini
- Use case: Compact SoM compatible with NXP i.MX 8M Mini EVK (via adapter).
- Internal docs:
- Public page:
SSOM-i.MX935-Chinchilla
- SoC: NXP i.MX 93
- Use case: Low-power SoM for industrial edge and IoT gateways.
- Internal docs:
- Public page:
Rockchip Series
SSOM-RK3588-Chinchilla (V1)
- SoC: Rockchip RK3588 (4× Cortex-A76 + 4× Cortex-A55, NPU)
- Use case: High-performance AI, 8K multimedia, robotics, edge computing.
- Internal docs:
- Public page:
SSOM-RK3588-Chinchilla (V2)
- SoC: Rockchip RK3588
- Use case: Next-generation RK3588 SoM optimized for VR/AR, wearables and high-function portable devices.
- Internal docs:
- Public page:
SSOM-RK3588S-Chinchilla
- SoC: Rockchip RK3588S
- Use case: Ultra-small SoM for VR/AR headsets, AI boxes and graphics-intensive devices.
- Internal docs:
- Public page:
SSOM-PX30-Chinchilla
- SoC: Rockchip PX30
- Use case: Low-power, cost-effective SoM for HMI, smart home and general IoT.
- Internal docs:
- Public page:
Edge & Carrier Boards
Chinchilla Jetson 001
- Type: Universal carrier board for NVIDIA Jetson, Raspberry Pi CM4 and SSOM-RK3588.
- Supported modules:
- NVIDIA Jetson Orin / Xavier / TX2 / Nano (SODIMM)
- Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4
- SSOM-RK3588-Chinchilla (via adapter)
- Key features:
- M.2 Type-E (Wi-Fi/Bluetooth), Type-B (4G/5G), Type-M (SSD)
- GbE, USB, HDMI, CSI, GPIO, CAN and other rich I/O
- Internal docs:
- Public page:
VR / AR Platforms
VR / AR Development Platform
- Type: Reference platform for VR/AR headsets and smart glasses.
- Use case: OEMs / ODMs who need a base design with display, optics, sensors and battery integrated.
- Internal docs:
- Public page:
Smart Glass Development Platform
- Type: Base design for smart glasses using Chinchilla SoMs.
- Use case: Wearable devices with displays, sensors and power management in a glasses form factor.
- Internal docs:
- Public page:
Chinchilla VR/AR Platform (i.MX8MP based)
- SoC: SSOM-i.MX8MP-Chinchilla with NPU.
- Use case: VR/AR evaluation with three cameras and dual eye displays, powered by USB Type-C.
- Internal docs:
- Public page: