ARMxy: The Ultimate Choice for AIoT Edge Computing and Intelligent Control Solutions
In the wave of Industry 4.0 and AIoT, the edge requires intelligent hardware that combines powerful computing, rich interfaces, extreme reliability, and ease of development. The ARMxy series of ARM-based embedded industrial computers, launched by Shenzhen Beilai Technology Co., Ltd., is precisely the all-rounder born to meet these complex demands. It isnot a single product but a family of highly customizable, out-of-the-box, stable, and reliable hardware platforms designed to be the cornerstone of AIoT solutions across countless industries.
The core advantage of the ARMxy series lies in its flexible configurability, especially in the choice of the core SoC (System-on-Chip), providing users with a complete performance ladder from entry-level to flagship.
Entry-Level Performance (1 TOPS NPU): The BL410 and BL370 series, based on the Rockchip RK3568/RK3562 platforms, offer 1 TOPS of AI computing power. They are the economical choice for connecting traditional equipment to the intelligent world, perfectly suited for tasks like data acquisition, protocol conversion, and lightweight AI inference (e.g., sensor data anomaly detection).
Mainstream Performance (6 TOPS NPU): The BL440 and BL450 series, based on the Rockchip RK3576 and RK3588 platforms respectively, boost AI computing power to 6 TOPS. These are the workhorse models for machine vision, complex behavior analysis, and advanced algorithm processing, capable of running advanced deep learning models like YOLO and OpenPose smoothly.
High Performance & Ecosystem Compatibility: The BL460 series, based on the Broadcom BCM2712 (aligned with Raspberry Pi CM5), provides powerful Cortex-A76 CPU performance while offering seamless compatibility with the vast Raspberry Pi software and hardware ecosystem. This means users can directly leverage tens of thousands of global open-source projects and expansion modules, significantly accelerating prototyping and time-to-market.
This "tailor-made" SoC selection strategy ensures users can always find an ARMxy controller that perfectly matches their project's performance, power consumption, and cost requirements, avoiding over-specification or performance bottlenecks.
If the powerful SoC is the brain, then the rich I/O is the nervous system. The ARMxy series' innovative modular architecture of "Host + X-series IO Board + Y-series IO Board" takes flexibility to the extreme.
X-series IO Boards: Primarily handle communication and general control, offering various combinations including RS232/RS485, CAN (FD), Digital Input (DI), Digital Output (DO), and GPIO.
Y-series IO Boards: Focus on specialized signal acquisition and output, with an extremely rich variety, making them key to precise measurement and control. Among them, the Pulse Counting & PWM Output Y-boards (e.g., Y95/Y96) are the core for motion control applications, with their functions detailed below:
4-channel PWM Output: Generates precise square wave signals for controlling the speed and position of servo/stepper motors, or for regulating dimming and speed control devices.
4-channel Pulse Counting: This is a standout feature, designed with a "1 High-Speed + 3 Standard-Speed" hybrid architecture to meet different scenario needs:
High-Speed Pulse Channel (1 channel): Supports counting frequencies up to 1MHz, capable of accurately capturing high-frequency pulse signals from devices like servo motor encoders, high-speed photoelectric sensors, or vortex flow meters, ensuring not a single pulse is lost during high-speed motion or rapid flow measurement.
Standard Pulse Channels (3 channels): Suitable for counting medium-to-low speed signals from standard photoelectric sensors, proximity switches, tachometers, or water/gas meters, offering stable and reliable performance.
Electrical Specifications: Available in both NPN (Y95) and PNP (Y96) models, fully compatible with mainstream sensor and encoder types, allowing users to select based on their field devices.
Typical Applications: AGV vehicle odometry, production line workpiece counting, winding machine revolution control, motor speed monitoring, flow meter totalization, etc.
Beyond the powerful pulse counting boards, the Y-board family also includes:
Analog IO: Y31/Y33/Y34/Y36 (AI Input), Y41/Y43/Y46 (AO Output), for connecting pressure/temperature transmitters or driving valves and frequency converters.
Temperature Acquisition: Y51/Y52/Y53/Y54 (PT100/PT1000 RTD), Y58 (Thermocouple), connecting directly to temperature sensors without needing additional transmitters.
Relay Output: Y24, for controlling high-power loads or achieving electrical isolation.
General Digital IO: Y01/Y02 (4DI+4DO), Y11/Y12/Y13 (8DI), Y21/Y22 (8DO).
By inserting different X and Y boards into the host's onboard IO slots, users can theoretically achieve over 1000 different hardware function combinations. This means that whether it's a gateway needing to connect to various industrial PLCs, a detection device acquiring multiple temperature and pressure sensors, or a motion controller driving servo motors, ARMxy can be quickly configured through simple board selection, truly achieving "One Hardware Platform, Adapting to Myriad Scenarios".
The strength of ARMxy lies not only in its hardware but also in its embrace and deep optimization of the world's most active open-source ecosystems and industry-standard software, providing users with comprehensive support from underlying drivers to upper-layer applications.
AI Vision (YOLO, etc.): Leveraging the powerful NPU and open-source computer vision libraries (like OpenCV), ARMxy is an ideal platform for running deep learning object detection algorithms like YOLO. We provide pre-optimized models and inference examples to help users quickly deploy high-precision, high-efficiency visual AI applications such as defect detection, safety behavior recognition, and intelligent security.
Industrial Automation & Motion Control (EtherCAT, CANopen): Pre-installed and optimized IgH/EtherCAT Master enables ARMxy to function as a powerful soft-PLC or motion controller, directly controlling servo drives, IO modules, and other slave devices, meeting high-precision, high-real-time motion control requirements.
Lightweight SCADA & HMI (FUXA, Node-RED): Natively supports Node-RED flow-based programming, allowing users to quickly build IoT logic and data flows through drag-and-drop. It also works perfectly with modern, open-source Web SCADA systems like FUXA, helping users create cross-platform monitoring dashboards and device management interfaces at a very low cost.
Containerization & Cloud-Native (Docker): The full series supports Docker container technology, allowing users to package their application and all its dependencies into a single, portable image. This greatly simplifies software deployment, updates, and maintenance, achieving application environment isolation and consistency.
This robust software ecosystem support ensures users can stand on the shoulders of giants, directly leveraging the world's cutting-edge open-source technologies without reinventing the wheel, significantly shortening the cycle from proof-of-concept to mass deployment.
The exceptional performance and reliability of the ARMxy series have been fully validated in demanding applications across numerous industry leaders. We are proud to have provided critical hardware support for global renowned enterprises including, but not limited to:
Siemens Power: In its smart power distribution and energy management systems, Siemens utilizes ARMxy as an edge communication management unit. Leveraging its powerful protocol conversion capabilities and multi-port features, it achieves unified data acquisition from various field power devices and efficient data upload, ensuring the real-time nature and reliability of grid data.
Yanhuang Group: As a leader in the domestic industrial control field, Yanhuang embeds the ARMxy series into multiple industrial automation and smart manufacturing solutions. Utilizing its modular IO expansion capabilities, they rapidly build specialized controllers for different production lines, demonstrating excellent flexibility and stability.
China Railway Group: In auxiliary monitoring systems for rail transit and station intelligent equipment management, ARMxy, with its industrial-grade quality featuring wide-temperature and vibration resistance, operates stably in various field environments. It is responsible for environmental data acquisition, equipment status monitoring, and linkage control, ensuring the safe operation of rail transit.
CIMC Group: In smart logistics equipment and automated container terminal systems, the high-performance computing and high-speed pulse acquisition functions of ARMxy (using Y95/Y96 boards) are used in core links such as AGV navigation control and gantry crane positioning, achieving precise motion control and efficient logistics automation.
The successful application of these leading enterprises serves not only as an authoritative endorsement of ARMxy's product quality but also demonstrates its exceptional capability to serve high-end industrial scenarios.
Hardware is the foundation; software is the soul. The ARMxy series significantly lowers the development threshold and deployment cycle for AIoT applications, thanks to its pre-installed suite of proprietary software.
BLIoTLink Industrial Protocol Gateway: Built-in powerful protocol conversion capability, supporting hundreds of industrial protocols like Modbus, OPC UA, IEC104, BACnet, and easily connecting to mainstream IoT platforms like AWS, Alibaba Cloud, Huawei Cloud, and SCADA software like Ignition. Users don't need to develop communication logic from scratch; simple configuration enables data upload and command delivery.
BLRAT Remote Access Tool: Solves the pain point of widely distributed industrial equipment and difficult maintenance. Engineers can securely and remotely log in from anywhere in the world for debugging, program updates, and fault diagnosis, greatly improving operational efficiency and reducing on-site support costs.
QuickConfig Rapid Configuration & AI-Assisted Programming: Through an intuitive graphical interface, users can quickly complete basic configurations like device network settings, IO parameters, and cloud platform connections as if "piecing together a puzzle." More groundbreaking is its support for "What You Describe Is What You Get" AI-assisted programming, which can translate natural language requirements into executable code logic, enabling non-expert developers to quickly innovate and greatly liberating productivity.
We understand that while standard products are good, some unique scenarios require special solutions. To this end, Beilai Technology offers in-depth hardware and software customization services.
Hardware Customization: Custom development of motherboard size, interface layout, and special functional modules (e.g., higher-performance NPU, specific industrial buses) based on customer requirements.
Software & System Customization: Provides a full-chain software customization service, from BSP, drivers, operating system kernel tailoring, to pre-installation of specific industry application software. We can help you deeply integrate proprietary algorithms and software to create a unified product bearing your company's imprint.
Joint Development & White-Label Services: For customers with volume requirements, we offer joint development or even white-label (OEM/ODM) services, providing one-stop support from product definition, design to manufacturing, helping you quickly launch competitive products.
For industrial sites, stability and reliability are paramount principles above all else. The ARMxy series has adhered to this principle from its initial design.
Industrial-Grade Components & Wide-Temperature Design: Products support an operating temperature range of -40°C to 85°C, ensuring stable operation in extremely cold or hot harsh environments.
Comprehensive EMC & Environmental Testing: Strictly follows GB/T and IEC standards, passing rigorous tests like Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), Surge, Electrical Fast Transient (EFT), as well as environmental reliability verifications like vibration, drop, and temperature cycling, possessing strong anti-interference and environmental adaptability.
Industrial-Grade Protection & Installation: Features a sturdy aluminum alloy shell, provides IP30 protection rating, and supports standard DIN35 rail mounting for easy integration into various industrial control cabinets.
Hardware Watchdog: An onboard independent hardware watchdog ensures the device can automatically reset in case of abnormality, enabling 24/7 uninterrupted operation.
The ARMxy series, through its flexible and scalable SoC computing platform, over 1000+ specialized modular IO combinations (especially advanced functions like high-speed pulse counting), powerful industry software ecosystem support, validated widespread application by leading enterprises, out-of-the-box proprietary software stack, professional custom development services, and military-grade reliability design, has successfully built a comprehensive, multi-dimensional competitive advantage.
It is not just a controller but a complete, evolvable solution ecosystem. Whether you are building a visual inspection unit for a smart factory, an energy management system for an energy storage plant, or a robotics project requiring complex motion control and high-speed signal acquisition, ARMxy can provide you with full-chain support from standard products to deep customization, making it undoubtedly the ultimate choice for your AIoT solution.
