SMARC Carrier Board Design

Title: SMARC Carrier Board Design: What Really Matters 90 Minutes of Practical Design Guidance for Hardware Engineers

About:

Designing a SMARC carrier board is much more than connecting interfaces from a module to external connectors. Decisions made during architecture definition, power design, interface selection, and layout planning have a significant impact on project success, scalability, and long-term maintainability.This 90-minute workshop provides a practical introduction to SMARC carrier board development from a hardware designer's perspective. Rather than focusing on interface specifications and signal definitions, the workshop highlights the design decisions that most frequently lead to project delays, redesigns, and bring-up challenges.Using real-world examples, attendees will learn how to correctly interpret SMARC documentation, avoid common power-management mistakes, manage interface multiplexing, plan for future module migrations, and perform effective design reviews before PCB release.The workshop is intended for hardware developers, system architects, and project engineers who are planning to create or review SMARC carrier board designs.

Key Takeaways: Understanding the responsibilities of the module and carrier boardAvoiding common power and boot-related design issuesCorrectly selecting and implementing SMARC interfacesReviewing layouts for high-risk design mistakesDesigning carrier boards for future scalability and module migration

Speaker: Martin Unverdorben, Chairman of SDT.01 | SGET e.V.

Workshop logistics:

• Bring your own PC with charger (not tablet)