Introducing the I-Pi SMARCThe I-Pi SMARC IMX95 Development Kit is a production-ready yet beginner-friendly platform built to accelerate evaluation and prototyping with ADLINK’s SMARC module powered by the NXP i.MX 95 processor. The kit combines high-performance processing, advanced AI acceleration, and extensive industrial-grade connectivity in a compact, open-standard form factor. Designed to help developers get started quickly, I-Pi SMARC includes pre-validated hardware, accessible expansion interfaces, and a simplified out-of-box software environment—allowing you to focus on building applications rather than configuring infrastructure. To ease software migration, the platform supports the MRAA library, enabling developers to control GPIO, I2C, SPI, PWM, and other interfaces using the same high-level APIs available on maker boards—with support for C++, Python, JavaScript, and Java. This makes transitioning from prototype to production dramatically faster while preserving the flexibility and openness engineers expect. Prototyping to Production ProblemsMany embedded projects face the same barriers when moving from early prototypes to real, deployable products: redesign efforts, missing industrial features, component changes, and unpredictable integration challenges. The I-Pi SMARC IMX95 platform eliminates these common pitfalls by providing a stable, scalable, and up to 15 years long-lifecycle foundation that matches the exact architecture of production-grade SMARC systems. By prototyping on hardware that mirrors final deployment hardware, engineers avoid costly redesigning cycles and ensure that performance, thermal behavior, and I/O behavior remain consistent throughout the entire development process—from proof-of-concept to mass production.