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E1M-AEN

Always-on AI at sub-1 mW. Cortex-M55 + Ethos-U55 scaling from 250 GOPS (E3/E5/E7) up to 500 GOPS (E4/E6/E8) for wake-word, vibration anomaly, and ultra-low-power sensing.

Starting from

$29

E1M-AEN

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§ Specs in detail

Compute

MCU 2× Arm Cortex-M55 @ 160–400 MHz
MPU 0 / 1 / 2× Arm Cortex-A32 @ 800 MHz (per SoC: E3/E4 none, E5/E6 single, E7/E8 dual)
NPU 2× Arm Ethos-U55 (250 GOPS · E3/E5/E7 or 500 GOPS · E4/E6/E8)
SoC family Alif Ensemble E3 / E4 / E5 / E6 / E7 / E8

Interfaces

MIPI CSI-2 1× 2-lane
MIPI DSI 1× 2-lane
Parallel Camera 1× (8-bit parallel)
Ethernet 1 GbE PHY
USB USB 2.0 HS
CAN-FD 1 channel
Connectivity Wi-Fi 6 + BLE 5
Memory bus OSPI Flash + OSPI RAM
Video ISP + JPEG encoder built-in

Memory

RAM 13.5 MB SRAM on-chip
ROM 5.5 MB Flash on-chip

Mechanical

Dimensions 35 × 35 mm
Pad count 312

Environment

Operating −40 °C to +85 °C

§ Interface map

Tap an interface group in the 3D viewer to highlight its location on the module. Or read the layout below.

vision
  • · MIPI CSI-2 (1× 2-lane)
  • · Parallel camera (8-bit)
  • · MIPI DSI (1× 2-lane)
io
  • · Ethernet 1 GbE
  • · USB 2.0 HS
  • · CAN-FD ×1
  • · I²C / SPI / UART
  • · PDM ×2
wireless
  • · Wi-Fi 6
  • · BLE 5

§ Ordering options

MPN SoC MPU # MHz MCU # MHz ROM RAM GPU ISP AI WiFi/BLE Temp.
E1M-AEN701
E7 A32 2 800 M55 2 160–400 5.5 MB 13.5 MB Y 250 GOPS Y −40 °C ~ +85 °C
E1M-AEN501
E5 A32 1 800 M55 2 160–400 5.5 MB 13.5 MB Y 250 GOPS Y −40 °C ~ +85 °C
E1M-AEN301
E3 M55 2 160–400 5.5 MB 13.5 MB Y 250 GOPS Y −40 °C ~ +85 °C
E1M-AEN801
E8 A32 2 800 M55 2 160–400 5.5 MB 9.75 MB Y Y 500 GOPS Y −40 °C ~ +85 °C
E1M-AEN601
E6 A32 1 800 M55 2 160–400 5.5 MB 9.75 MB Y Y 500 GOPS Y −40 °C ~ +85 °C
E1M-AEN401
E4 M55 2 160–400 5.5 MB 9.75 MB Y Y 500 GOPS Y −40 °C ~ +85 °C

Alp Lab supports custom options. Contact sales for a quote.

§ Start prototyping

The E1M-AEN Dev Kit bundle.

Everything you need to boot, flash, and build in one box. One quote, one ship. No part-picking.

  • E1M-AEN SoM

    with mounted heat-spreader

  • EVK carrier board

    USB-C debugger · all I/O broken out

  • Cable + power kit

    USB-C × 1, JTAG, 12 V supply

  • Alp SDK pre-flashed

    examples + datasheet pack

Bundle starts from

$29

Get a kit quote ↗

One quote covers the full bundle · ships from EU stock

E1M-AEN module

SoM

EVK carrier

EVK

§ Module gallery

Photography and block diagrams of E1M-AEN. Click any image to zoom.

§ Where to buy

Order E1M-AEN through our distributors

Order modules, dev kits, and production quantities. Local stock, local logistics, local support.

Don't see your region?

We ship directly from Sweden for development quantities, and we'll help you find a local partner for production runs.

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§ Documentation

All documents are open — no email gate, no registration.

7 files

Type Title Revision Date
Brochure v1.0 Jan 2026
Datasheet v0.2 Apr 2026
Guide v0.1 Apr 2026
Guide v0.1 Apr 2026
CAD v0.9 Apr 2026
CAD v0.9 Dec 2025
3D v0.9 Apr 2026

§ Run on this SoM

Unified Alp SDK

Same C/C++ API across all E1M variants. Switch SoMs without rewriting your application — verified against the E1M Spec.

OS targets
Bare-metal Zephyr RTOS
SDK version
v0.6 candidate Bring-up
AI / NPU runtimes
  • · Arm Ethos-U Vela compiler
  • · TensorFlow Lite Micro
Peripheral drivers
Upstream (5)
GPIO · I2C · SPI · UART · PDM
In-house (2)
PMIC · Secure element

§ Run on this SoM in 30 seconds

Same C/C++ API across every E1M module.

Drop a board.yaml at the project root, point at your SKU, and the Alp SDK builds Zephyr / Yocto / bare-metal firmware for E1M-AEN with no per-chip rewrites. Swap to another E1M module by changing one line.

board.yaml E1M-AEN
# E1M-AEN firmware project
schema_version: 2

som:
  sku: E1M-AEN701
  hw_rev: r1

carrier:
  name: E1M-EVK

cores:
  bare_metal:
    os: bare-metal
    app: ./fw
    peripherals: [gpio, i2c, uart]
fw/main.c portable across E1M
#include <alp/gpio.h>
#include <alp/i2c.h>
#include <alp/e1m_pinout.h>

int main(void) {
  alp_gpio_t led = alp_gpio_open(E1M_GPIO0);
  alp_i2c_t  bus = alp_i2c_open(E1M_I2C0);

  while (1) {
    alp_gpio_write(led, 1);
    alp_i2c_write(bus, 0x50, buf, len);
    alp_gpio_write(led, 0);
  }
}
terminal · zsh
$ git clone https://github.com/alplabai/alp-sdk && cd alp-sdk
$ bash scripts/bootstrap.sh
$ alp validate board.yaml          # schema + pin allocation check
$ alp generate all                 # bare-metal conf / DTS overlay / CMake
$ alp build && alp flash           # west build + flash for E1M-AEN701

§ Compare with siblings

No sibling variants in this family yet.

§ Where it fits in the lineup

AI compute ladder · log scale · TOPS

range

0.25–0.5 TOPS 33 TOPS

always-on sensing edge inference real-time + linux

§ Evaluation kit

E1M-AEN EVK — boot, flash, build in 30 minutes.

A complete bring-up platform for E1M-AEN: the module on a full-featured carrier board with every E1M peripheral broken out, plus a USB cable, a debugger, and the alp-sdk pre-flashed example firmware.

  • · Carrier board with full E1M peripheral break-out
  • · USB-C debugger + power
  • · Bundled with the unified Alp SDK
  • · Source-available reference schematics + PCB
E1M-AEN Evaluation Kit

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