Accompanying the release of ModBerry 500-CM4 and AI GATEWAY 9500-CM4, we present to you a cluster version of the device, called ClusBerry 9500-CM4. Main difference between standard Gateway and ClusBerry is the possibility to include multiple Compute Module 4 in one device, as well as the intended suitable amount of wired and wireless interfaces, suited for the project.
Fully configurable devices are something desirable in the IoT market, where high performance and low cost is a key factor to success of implementation. TECHBASE’s Industrial IoT Ecosystem gives the opportunity to adjust ordered devices with certain resources and cut unnecessary I/Os, lowering the total cost of the device.
Various implementations must have guaranteed high hardware performance to react fast enough in real time. For this purpose, the arrays of processor blocks are constructed to be assigned to individual tasks. For several years now, attempts have been made to use various types of SBC for this purpose, including, of course, Raspberry Pi. However, the practical effectiveness of such solutions so far has not been of interest for several reasons. First of all, these solutions were most often associated with many mechanical limitations and the structure of the matrix itself required excessive wiring, preventing failure-free operation and the cost of the entire maintenance of the structure.
This is where Raspberry Pi Compute Module can shine, but due to the hardware speed limitations of the buses in this module, it was not completely effective and was rather a development platform. Altho the introduction of new Compute Module 4 has opened the possibility to construct and maintain effective hardware matrix solutions with the use of both PCI-Express buses and 1GBps Ethernet. Therefore, the ClusBerry 9500-CM4 opens up completely new capabilities of utilizing cluster solutions for Industrial Automation and server applications.
ClusBerry 9500-CM4 utilizes latest Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. Main feature and reason to create a cluster based on this module is quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 processor, up to 8GB RAM of each cluster module and two data storage options: up to 32GB eMMC and M.2 NVMe SSD drive via PCI 2.0 bus and, of course, Gigabit Ethernet.
Integrated Edge TPU coprocessor via PCI-Express bus is capable of performing 4 trillion operations per second (TOPS), using 0.5 watts for each TOPS (2 TOPS per watt). Coral from Google easily integrates with Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 in Linux and optionally in Windows with full support of TensorFlow Lite framework and AutoML Vision Edge solution.
With use of Docker-based and Kubernetes solutions, installation and management of ClusBerry 9500-CM4 is easy and backed with a large community and tools for further support and development. Kubernetes is a portable, extensible open-source software platform for managing containerized tasks and sites that enables configuration and automation.
ClusBerry 9500-CM4 supports up to 8 cluster modules and comes with a variety of interchangeable modules to choose from, including:
Detection of new services and traffic. Kubernetes can balance the load and redirect the network traffic to ensure the stability of the entire installation.
Kubernetes data storage management enables you to automatically mount any type of storage system – on-premises, from cloud providers and others.
With Kubernetes, you can manage your cluster modules at ease, boot modules from one to another, upgrade firmware crosswise and provide safe operation of each module
Kubernetes reboots containers that have stopped working, replaces them with new ones, forces disabling containers that are not responding to certain status queries.
Managing confidential information and Kubernetes configuration with TPM Security Chip allows you to store and manage passwords, OAuth tokens and SSH keys.
TECHBASE Group is a leading industrial automation manufacturer, located in Poland, Europe, estabilished in 2012. TECHBASE delivered first Industrial Raspberry Pi device in 2014 and later in 2017, designed first Industrial ESP32-based controller. Years of experience and tens of thousands of IoT devices sold worldwide makes us a reliable hardware supplier.
TECHBASE promotes open technologies based on the Raspberry Pi and ESP32 industry standards. These technologies guarantee full code openness, continuous development and unlimited community support. These standards ensure high quality software, tested by millions of users.
