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WHLE-LS1

SINGLE BOARD COMPUTER

NXP Layerscape® LS1 series SoC
based on Arm® Cortex-®A53 and Cortex®-A72.
SmartNIC features and over 45,0000 CoreMark® performance

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WHLE-LS1

High Performance
Single Board Computer

NXP Layerscape® processor
up to 1.8 GHz
up to 8 cores
Packet processing engine

4x 1 Gigabit Ethernet
3x PCIe M.2
2x 10 Gbit/s SFP+
up to 64 GB eMMC

High performance Single Board Computer with extensive connectivity features.

Small form factor, perfect for custom routers and firewalls
Featuring NXP Layerscape® processors based on Arm® Cortex®-A53 and Cortex®-A72.
Hardware network traffic processing engine
Easy to expand thanks to PCIe M.2 connectors

Utilize the full power of WHLE’s Layerscape® processor

Processor with up to 8 cores, up to 1.8 GHz per core. Capable of real-time computation. Comes in two variants - the powerful LS1026/46 with DPAA, or the energy efficient LS1048/88 with DPAA2.

Capable of delivering over 45,000 CoreMark® with SmartNIC features.

WHLE-LS1 WHALE - Specification

SoC	NXP Layerscape® SoC variants: LS1026, 2 core ARM® Cortex-A72® 1.8 GHz CPU with DPAA LS1046, 4 core ARM® Cortex-A72® 1.8 GHz CPU with DPAA LS1048, 4 core ARM® Cortex-A53® 1.4 GHz CPU with DPAA2 LS1088, 8 core ARM® Cortex-A53® 1.6 GHz CPU with DPAA2
Memory	1x SO-DIMM socket supporting DDR4 SDRAM with ECC (up to 2100 MT/s)
Ethernet	4x 1 Gbit/s RJ45 2x 10 Gbit/s SFP+
Mass storage	4-64GB eMMC 16 MB QSPI NOR Flash 8 KB EEPROM
PCIe	M.2 Key-M 2280 D4 PCIe 3.0 x2 NVMe with I2C M.2 Key-M 2280 D5 PCIe 3.0 x1 NVMe with I2C M.2 Key-E 2230 D5 PCIe 3.0 x1 NVMe with USB 2.0, I2C, UART
USB	1x or 2x USB A 3.0 (host mode)
Debug	Conclusive Developer Cable connector providing access to: - System UART - JTAG port - System I2C bus 1x USB Micro-B 2.0 console port (System UART)
Software support	Linux 4.14 to 5.16 and newer Ubuntu 20.04 LTS U-Boot UEFI EDK2 Buildroot Yocto and other distributions on request FreeBSD 13 on request
Additional features	RTC with CR2032 back-up battery Reset button Power switch Boot source selector DIP switch 2x two-color status LED Two channel fan controller 3 pin and 4 pin fan connectors GPIO connector External I2C (3.3 V)
Power supply	12 V DC, 7 A, 2.5 x 5.5 mm barrel connector
Dimensions	130 x 130 mm

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Whale is applicable for

Embedded systems with advanced I/O needs
Power-constrained networking and Packet Analysis
Wired and Wireless Routing
Virtualized Networks

Industrial applications
Smart Factory
Automotive and Machine Control
Edge Compute nodes

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