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VIA VAB-950 User Manual
1. Product Overview
Accelerate your time-to-market for groundbreaking Edge AI devices with the VIA VAB-950. Powered by the
high-performance, power-efficient MediaTek i500 AIoT platform, the board combines advanced AI technology
for display, object recognition, and voice with rich wireless and I/O connectivity features.
The VIA VAB-950’s multimedia capabilities include hardware-accelerated H.265/H.264 Full HD video decoding
and support for MIPI displays and cameras – making it the ideal solution for an unlimited array of home,
commercial, industrial, and educational applications and use cases.
The VIA VAB-950 harnesses the power of the MediaTek i500 AIoT platform to deliver blistering edge processing
and multimedia performance. In addition to quad-core ARM Cortex-A73 and quad-core Cortex-A53 processors,
the i500 platform also features an integrated AI processor for deep learning, neural network acceleration, and
computer vision applications, including facial recognition, object identification, and OCR.
Based on the EPIC 14cm x 10cm form factor, the VIA VAB-950 offers a wealth of connectivity options, including
an integrated SIM card slot for LTE/4G, dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi, two 10/100Mbps Ethernet ports, and
Bluetooth 5.0. The board also features one USB 2.0 port and one Micro USB 2.0 client port, as well as HDMI,
MIPI DSI and MIPI CSI-2 display and camera support with multi-function pins for I²C, SPI and GPIO connectivity.
Onboard storage is provided by 16GB eMMC flash memory.
1.1 Key Features
• High-performance octa-core MediateK i500 processor
• Integrated AI processor for AIoT applications
• Full HD hardware accelerated H.265/H.264 video decoding
• Dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi with Bluetooth 5.0, plus onboard SIM card slot
• 16GB onboard eMMC Flash memory
• MIPI DSI display, and MIPI CSI-2 camera support
• Supports up to twelve GPIO devices
• Supports Android 10 and Yocto 2.6 operating systems
• Fanless and low power consumption
