Sure! It is ATECC508A from Microchip and it does a whole lot of things. Please check out the chip description from Microchip for full list of capabilities.
Sure, we use it in a battery powered device ourselves. Consumption really depends on how you use it, but roughly it will be around 1W for average use. You can limit frequency if you need to.
Thanks! Wireless module is AP6212A, which is based on BCM43430. It has very mature software support.
I will ask team about Debian tomorrow, can you get in touch with us directly so that we can keep this conversation going? You can find the contact email on Neutis website.
True! I think that the reason why we do not perceive CM3 as popular is that it is not something that you can use right away. Unlike Pi Zero it requires a custom carrier board, which narrows customers to those who are trying to build a product with it. They normally do not share much online :)
Neutis has advantages over CM3, it is much smaller, comes with Wi-Fi and BT and the connectors take much less space on the PCB!
Apart from temperature range and secure chip which you already mentioned there is also a 8GB eMMC, different processor (H2->H5), more RAM, more peripherals available. Neutis is not competing with Orange Pi as the applications are different, it is meant to be a part of a product, so it has all peripherals available on board-to-board connectors.
Currently our main focus is on Yocto, since this is what most people would use in production. Right now BSP runs on 4.15 and the processor is well supported in mainline. Since our own product is based on Neutis we put a lot of effort in testing of stability of the system and peripherals.
Sorry, it is the middle of the night here and I am not ready to confirm on the exact Debian version, but I believe that it has not been decided yet. You can contact us directly and we will get back to you with more info on this.
It is all about the details. Industrial DDR3 with -25C temperature is quite expensive, but it is a requirement for any company building a product that could be used outdoors. Quad-core GHz A53 in such tiny footprint, but really with everything needed onboard. Very motherboard and embedding friendly and with proper software support.
I think I will give some backstory which might be relevant. This product was born out of a need to migrate from Intel Edison in our high precision GPS equipment. We looked long and hard for Edison alternatives but there were none. They were either too big, or too expensive or did not have enough computing power. So we decided to build our own.
Disclosure: I am co-founder of Emlid, the company behind Neutis. Happy to answer any questions.
Actually we run APM code ported to Linux, there is no Atmega on the board. There was a lot done to make this possible including special real-time Raspbian. It flies very stable and with great timing performance.