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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.

−40 to +85 °C<1 mW always-on

Starting from

$29

E1M-AEN

In partnership with

Alif Semiconductor

§ Specs in detail

Compute

MCU2× Arm Cortex-M55 @ 160–400 MHz
MPU0 / 1 / 2× Arm Cortex-A32 @ 800 MHz (per SoC: E3/E4 none, E5/E6 single, E7/E8 dual)
NPU2× Arm Ethos-U55 (250 GOPS · E3/E5/E7 or 500 GOPS · E4/E6/E8)
SoC familyAlif Ensemble E3 / E4 / E5 / E6 / E7 / E8

Interfaces

MIPI CSI-21× 2-lane
MIPI DSI1× 2-lane
Parallel Camera1× (8-bit parallel)
Ethernet1 GbE PHY
USBUSB 2.0 HS
CAN-FD1 channel
ConnectivityWi-Fi 6 + BLE 5
Memory busOSPI Flash + OSPI RAM
VideoISP + JPEG encoder built-in

Memory

RAM13.5 MB SRAM on-chip
ROM5.5 MB Flash on-chip

Mechanical

Dimensions35 × 35 mm
Pad count312

Environment

Operating−40 °C to +85 °C

§ Interface map

Hover an interface to see where it lands on the module footprint. Counts and groups below.

E1M · 35 × 35 mm · 312 pads

Hover or focus an interface to see where it lands on the module footprint.

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

MPNSoCMPU#MHzMCU#MHzROMRAMGPUISPAIWiFi/BLETemp.
E1M-AEN701
E7A322800M552160–4005.5 MB13.5 MBY250 GOPSY−40 °C ~ +85 °C
E1M-AEN501
E5A321800M552160–4005.5 MB13.5 MBY250 GOPSY−40 °C ~ +85 °C
E1M-AEN301
E3M552160–4005.5 MB13.5 MBY250 GOPSY−40 °C ~ +85 °C
E1M-AEN801
E8A322800M552160–4005.5 MB9.75 MBYY500 GOPSY−40 °C ~ +85 °C
E1M-AEN601
E6A321800M552160–4005.5 MB9.75 MBYY500 GOPSY−40 °C ~ +85 °C
E1M-AEN401
E4M552160–4005.5 MB9.75 MBYY500 GOPSY−40 °C ~ +85 °C

Alp Lab supports custom options.Contact salesfor 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

$249

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.

8 files

TitleRev.PDF
E1M-AEN Datasheetv0.8PDF
E1M-AEN HW Design Guidev0.3PDF
E1M-AEN Erratav0.1PDF
E1M-AEN Reliability Reportv0.3PDF

Full documentation on docs.alplab.ai ↗

§ Compliance & regulatory

Module-level declarations for E1M-AEN.

Material declarations and reliability data for the module itself. No sales gate — request a copy for design-in or audit purposes.

§ What applies to this module

  • RoHS 3

    EU 2015/863 — restriction of hazardous substances

  • REACH SVHC

    Substance disclosure per current ECHA candidate list

  • POPs

    EU 2019/1021 — persistent organic pollutants

  • Halogen-free

    PCB + solder mask declaration

  • CMRT

    Conflict Minerals report (RMI v6+), Dodd-Frank §1502

  • Industrial temp grade

    −40 °C to +85 °C qualification

  • Pre-compliance EMC scan

    Radiated + conducted emissions characterised

End-product CE / FCC / UKCA marking is the integrator's responsibility. See /compliance for what we ship vs what's yours.

§ Run on this SoM

Unified Alp SDK

Same C/C++ API across all E1M variants. Switch SoMs without rewriting your application — verified against theE1M Spec.

OS targets
Bare-metalZephyr RTOS
SDK version
v0.9.0 · releasedBring-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 config 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.yamlE1M-AEN
# E1M-AEN firmware project
som:
  sku: E1M-AEN701
  hw_rev: r1

preset: e1m-evk

cores:
  bare_metal:
    os: bare-metal
    app: ./fw
    peripherals: [gpio, i2c, uart]
fw/main.cportable 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(ALP_E1M_GPIO0);
  alp_i2c_t  bus = alp_i2c_open(ALP_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.

§ 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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