The EXAVIZ Cruiser is a mini-ITX-compatible carrier board for the Raspberry Pi CM5, featuring up to nine Ethernet ports, including one 2.5GbE port and up to eight GbE PoE+ ports. It is designed for Network Video Recorders (NVRs), Smart Home gateways, and edge AI applications.
The board comes with two HDMI 2.0 video outputs capable of 4K, two SATA ports, an M.2 PCIe Gen2/3 x1 socket compatible with an NVMe SSD, an AI accelerator, or a SATA expansion module, three USB 3.0 ports, and four USB 2.0 interfaces. Connectivity options include 2.4 GHz WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.4 LE, and Zigbee via an ESP32-C6 module. An expansion board can add eight additional 10/100Mbps PoE+ RJ45 interfaces, raising the total to sixteen PoE-capable Ethernet ports.
EXAVIZ Cruiser specifications:
- Supported SoM – Raspberry Pi CM5 and CM5 Lite (CM4 models not supported)
- Storage
- M.2 Key-M slot (PCIe Gen 2 x1) for 2230, 2242, 2260, 2280 SSDs
- 2x SATA III ports via JMS561 USB 3.0 to SATA bridge
- MicroSD slot
- Hardware RAID – RAID 0/1/Span/JBOD (DIP switch)
- Video Output – 2x HDMI 2.0 ports, 4K @ 60Hz, HDCP 2.2 support
- Networking
- 2.5GbE RJ45 port via RTL8156BG USB 3.0 controller
- 4x to 8x GbE ports via RTL8367RB Gigabit Ethernet switch
- Optional PoE – IEEE 802.3at (PoE+), 802.3af compatible (Cruiser/Lite only)
- ESP32-C6 SDIO wireless module for 2.4 GHz WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, and Zigbee
- USB
- 3x USB 3.0 Type-A ports via VL817 hub
- 2x USB 2.0 Type-A ports
- 2x USB 2.0 interfaces via header
- Expansion
- 2x Qwiic/STEMMA I2C connectors
- M.2 Expansion for AI accelerators, SATA adapters
- Misc
- 4-pin PWM fan header
- 2x 3-pin case fan headers
- Power Supply
- 13V to 60V via DC jack (24V+ recommended for Cruiser Keel, 48V+ for Cruiser/Lite)
- PoE Power – 48V to 57V DC input, up to 30W per port (Cruiser/Lite only)
- PoE Controller – Texas Instruments TPS23861 (Cruiser/Lite only)
- 40-pin FFC connector for Interceptor PoE Board
- 4-pin (12V/5V) connector for hard drives
- Power Consumption (Typical) on Cruiser board
- CM5 only – Idle: ~10W, load: ~15W
- CM5 + NVMe – Idle: ~13W, load: ~20W
- CM5 + NVMe + 2x HDD – Idle: ~25W, load: ~35W
- CM5 + NVMe + 2x HDD + 8x PoE devices – Idle: ~105W, load: ~115W
- Dimensions – 170 x 120mm (mini-ITX compatible)
- Temperature Range – Operating: 0°C to +70°C; storage: -40°C to +85°C
- Humidity – 10-90% non-condensing
- Compliance – NDAA, IPC Class 2 PCB standard
There are three versions of the Cruiser carrier board:
- Cruiser – 8x Gb