DM-TFT16-393 is a 1.6″ 320×320 Transflective Display Panel with MIPI microcontroller interface.
You can buy the display for $18.99 on www.displaymodule.com
This reference design demonstrates how to use TI Deep Learning (TIDL)/Machine Learning on a Sitara AM57x System-on-Chip (SoC) to bring deep learning inference to an embedded application. This design shows how to run deep learning inference on either C66x DSP cores (available in all AM57x SoCs) and Embedded Vision Engine (EVE) subsystems, which are treated as black boxed deep learning accelerators on the AM5749 SoC.
This reference design is applicable to any application that is looking to bring deep learning/machine learning inference into an embedded application. Customers looking to quickly get started with a deep learning network or to evaluate their own networks performance on an AM57x device will find a step-by-step guide on how to use TIDL available as part of TI’s free AM57x Processor SDK.
more information on : www.ti.com
AAEON, an award winning leader in AI@Edge solutions, presents its AI platforms powered by Intel Movidius Myriad X. As the first company to produce an mPCIe module to feature the Intel Myriad X VPU, AAEON is continuing to lead the industry in offering powerful, flexible AI platforms with Intel solutions.
At the heart of AAEON AI solutions is the Intel Movidius Myriad X. The Intel Myriad X is a low-power high-performance VPU capable of a wide range of AI applications, from controlling drones to performing industrial inspections. The Myriad X is capable of processing speeds up to 105 fps (80 typical) and 1 TOPS as a dedicated neural network accelerator. The Intel Myriad X is compatible with Intel OpenVINO, making it easy to setup and run AI inference software.
By working closely with Intel, AAEON has developed a wide range of AI solutions powered by Intel Myriad X. From modules to boards and systems, AAEON provides flexibility and scalability that is unparalleled. AAEON continues to lead development of new platforms and solutions built for AI in industry and at the edge.
AAEON’s innovative line of AI modules powered by Intel Movidius Myriad X, the AI Core X family, offers a range of scalable solutions to give existing platforms an AI boost to perform at the edge. AAEON offers powerful solutions such as the AI Core X, the first mPCIe module to feature Intel Myriad X; AI Core XM2280, an M.2 22×80 module with two Myriad X VPUs; and our latest solution, the AI Core XP4 and XP8 PCIe [x4] card. The AI Core XP4 and XP8 offer between four and eight Intel Myriad X VPUs, providing flexibility and scalability for any PC platform.
AAEON offers embedded board solutions with AI power including the GENE-APL7 subcompact board and EPIC-KBS9 single board computer. The GENE-APL7 offers customers flexibility with two mPCIe mini Card slots, support for up to ten USB ports or ten COM ports, perfect for applications with need for a large number of I/O devices such as smart retail or banking. The EPIC-KBS9 SBC offers customers AI scalability with its PCIe [x4] slot and support for 7th Generation Intel Core processors. The EPIC-KBS9 can power high-performance applications such as visual defect inspection.
AAEON brings the power of AI@Edge to network video recording applications with the VPC-5600S with AI Core X. Built for in-vehicle computer and smart security applications, the VPC-5600S features the powerful 7th Generation Intel Core processors. It also features a wide array of I/O ports, with eight POE ports, four USB 3.0 and two LAN ports, supporting up to fourteen network cameras. With the AI Core X, the VPC-5600S brings AI@Edge solutions to security and monitoring, powering Virtual Fence technology for motion detection, foot traffic and flow monitoring, and other smart monitoring applications.
AAEON provides high performance AI processing with the FWS-8600. Powered by the Second Generation Intel Xeon SP processors, which feature Intel Deep Learning Boost, the FWS-8600 supports up to two AI Core XP8 PCIe [x4] cards. That’s a total of 16 Intel Myriad X VPUs built to deliver high computing performance for the most demanding of industrial applications. Capable of supporting over 200 IP cameras, the FWS-8600 with AI Core XP8 can power multiple AI@Edge applications simultaneously, including automated warehouse and logistical processing, production line monitoring, and even door security and access control, all at the same time with one machine.
Launching summer 2019 is the newest line of AI@Edge systems from AAEON, the BOXER-8300AI series of Intel Myriad X AI@Edge embedded systems. Built for the harsh environments of industrial applications, the BOXER-8300AI series powers AI Edge computing applications for worker safety, license plate identification, and visual inspection (AOI). It’s easy to find a system to match your application’s needs, whether it’s the BOXER-8310AI powered by AI Core X, the BOXER-8320AI with two Intel Myriad X VPUs, or the BOXER-8330AI featuring the AI Core XP4 or XP8. The BOXER-8300AI series features compatibility with Intel OpenVINO, a rich compliment of I/O ports for cameras and sensors, and improved thermal performance and operation over standard AI products.
For customers in need of a more creative AI Edge solution, AAEON’s UP Squared AI Developer Kit brings the power of Intel Myriad X in a compact size that’s ready to go the moment you take it out of the box. Available as a complete system or board, the UP Squared AI Developer Kit comes preloaded with Windows 10 and Intel OpenVINO toolkit, and includes an EverFocus USB Camera.
Coming soon to AAEON’s UP Board line is the UP Xtreme, powered by the 8th generation of Intel Core processors, formerly Whiskey Lake. Built with expandability in mind, the UP Xtreme can support up to six Intel Myriad X VPUs with AI Core X, AI Core XM2280 and the Vision Plus X card. It offers power for a range of solutions from machine vision applications to a compact but powerful Edge Server solution.
As with all of our products, AAEON offers manufacturer services and OEM/ODM support. From custom configurations to building a solution to fit the unique requirements of your application, AAEON provides end-to-end hardware support and solutions.
AAEON is leading the industry in AI@Edge with innovative designs featuring Intel Myriad X and award winning solutions powering the next generation of industrial AI and AI Edge applications. You can find out more by visiting our Intel Solutions web page on AAEON.com.
Start verifying and testing a wide range of projects with the Analog Discovery 2. With the addition of the BNC adapter and scope probes, professional or experienced engineers can access the full 30MHz bandwidth oscilloscope and 12MHz bandwidth waveform generator.
Digilent also offer the Analog Discovery 2 Maker Bundle and Analog Discovery 2 Student Bundle (the Student bundle requires Academic Verification)
Digilent Analog Discovery 2 is a USB oscilloscope and multi-function instrument that allows users to measure, visualize, generate, record, and control mixed-signal circuits of all kinds. Developed in conjunction with Analog Devices and supported by Xilinx University Program, Analog Discovery 2 is small enough to fit in your pocket, but powerful enough to replace a stack of lab equipment, providing engineering students, hobbyists, and electronics enthusiasts the freedom to work with analog and digital circuits in virtually any environment, in or out of the lab. The analog and digital inputs and outputs can be connected to a circuit using simple wire probes; alternatively, the Analog Discovery BNC Adapter and BNC probes can be used to connect and utilize the inputs and outputs. Driven by the free WaveForms (Mac, Linux and Windows Compatible) software, Analog Discovery 2 can be configured to work as any one of several traditional instruments including an Oscilloscope, Waveform Generator, Power Supply, Voltmeter, Data Logger, Logic Analyzer, Pattern Generator, Static I/O, Spectrum Analyzer, Network Analyzer, Impedance Analyzer, and Protocol Analyzer.
The BNC Adapter Board for the Analog Discovery is intended to be used with the Analog Discovery™ tool to enable the use of standard BNC-terminated test leads and probes. It provides BNC terminations to each of the two oscilloscope channels on the Analog Discovery. Each channel of the oscilloscope can be selected as AC or DC coupled by adjusting the jumper that is located behind that channel’s BNC input connector. In addition, the two AWG channels are also equipped with BNC terminations, and each channel can have either the 50-ohm or the 0-ohm termination selected. This enables the user to match the Analog Discovery’s output impedance with either standard 50-ohm test leads or to be directly tied to the lead.
A pair of BNC-terminated oscilloscope probes, perfect for use with the Analog Discovery™ in conjunction with the BNC Adapter Board for the Analog Discovery.
The QorIQ FRWY-LS1046A provides a flexible, small form factor and low-cost platform to evaluate a variety of different applications including AI/ML with facial recognition, industrial safety as well as data analytics and other edge computing applications, based on four Arm® Cortex®-A72 cores.
NXP Layerscape Freeway FRWY-LS1046A Evaluation Boards are edge computing platforms that support QorIQ® LS1046A architecture processors. Edge computing is a distributed computing paradigm that brings computer data storage closer to the location where it is needed. The boards’ EdgeScale feature provides a solution for device and application management that embeds security from the hardware root of trust to the applications layer. The platform can enable a wide range of applications, including artificial intelligence/machine learning (AL/ML) with facial recognition, industrial gateway, smart building gateway, and wireless gateway. The boards have two platform options: FRWY-LS1046A-AC is presented in an enclosure and includes a plug-in IEEE802.11ac Wi-Fi® module to connect to a mobile device or PC. FRWY-LS1046A-PA is the bare board.
Please visit https://www.nxp.com/frwy-ls1046a to learn more.
A few time ago, Ameridroid reported that Pine64 would soon launch SoRock and SoEdge systems-on-module, but at the time there was virtually no info except SoRock would be likely based on either RK3328 or RK3399 and work on the existing Clusterboard. SoEdge would be an AI Neural module for Artificial Intelligence tasks, with up to 3 TeraFLOPS of performance, but no more than this were available.
Fast forward to today, some photos of SoEdge-RK1808 module fitted to a baseboard that looks to be SOPINE Model “A” carrier board appeared online on www.cnx-software.com. On the same website they tried to decode the specifications based on those photos. Let’s take a look.
There’s no information about software right now, but SoEdge-RK1808 should run Linux, and support RKNN-Toolkit for AI acceleration just like RK1808 AI (USB) Compute Stick.
As mentioned previously SoEdge-RK1808 appears to be compatible with SOPINE A64 SoM and fits into SOPINE Model “A” baseboard.
It should be noted that all ports may not be working on that baseboard, since for example RK1808 does not support HDMI, but MPI DSI and CSI connector should be fine.
SOEdge-RK1808 module price will be the same as SOPine A64 module, or $29
reported by Jean-Luc Aufranc @ www.cnx-software.com
The NCP51820, a high-speed gate driver, is designed to meet the requirements of driving enhancement mode.
The NCP51820, a high-speed gate driver, is designed to meet the requirements of driving enhancement mode (e-mode) and gate injection transistor (GIT) GaN HEMT power switches in offline, half-bridge power topologies.
Both drive stages employ a voltage regulator to maintain the gate-source drive signal and to fully protect the gate of the GaN power transistor. The gate driver offers short and matched propagation delays as well as -3.5 V to +650 V (typical) common-mode voltage range for the high-side drive. It offers protection functions based on voltage monitoring and thermal shutdown.
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more information: www.onsemi.com
Original publication: Elektor magazine January 2013. Author: Gert Baars, Free download expires: Friday 9 August, 2019.
For aircraft enthusiasts and in particular plane spotters, it’s always interesting to listen to communications between aircraft and control towers. This receiver makes it easy to listen to all traffic in the civil aviation band. It is easy to build, has only one hardware adjustment, and can even be controlled from a PC with a USB port.
Go to the article page and download a pdf copy of the magazine article. Downloading is free until Friday 9 August, 2019.
A voltmeter is an important tool on the workbench of every electronics hobbyist, maker or hardware design engineer. As it’s name suggests, allows the user to measure the voltage difference between two points. For today’s tutorial, we will look on how you can build an Arduino based DIY voltmeter, for use in situations where you don’t have the standard meters around.
Measuring a DC voltage, should probably be as easy as connecting the voltage to be measured to an analog pin on the Arduino, but this becomes complicated when voltages are higher than the Arduino’s operational voltage (5V). When applied to an analog pin, Arduino will not only give false reading but it could also damage the board. To solve this, today’s project uses the principle of voltage divider such that only a fraction of the voltage to be measured is applied to the Arduino. This fraction of voltage that goes in is determined by the ratio of the resistors used, as such, there is usually a limit to the maximum voltage that can be applied. For this tutorial, we will use a combo of a 100k and 10k resistor, with the 10k resistor on the “output side”. Feel free to experiment with other resistor values as well.
Arduino Voltmeter using SH1106 OLED display – [Link]
An Egyptian startup known as Elk has scored a Kickstarter funding for a tiny (55 x 25.5mm) IoT development board designed for decentralized web applications that can traffic in cryptocurrency payments using blockchain through Ethereum. According to Elk, the Elk board is built for blockchain-enabled IoT networks with privacy guarantees that are not feasible with mainstream IoT platforms that depend on commercial cloud platforms. The board features Linux on a quad-core, 1GHz, Cortex-A7 Allwinner H3 SoC.
Available also is a 100MHz, 32-bit STM32F411 MCU supported with an Arduino-compatible SDK. Apart from supporting Ethereum, Elk offers support for the Whisper API communication protocol, enabling private communications protected by symmetric and asymmetric encryption for “untraceable” metadata. Elk offers its own Elk protocol as an alternative, which enables a “simpler” wrapper around Whisper for easier control of IoT devices from the Elk mobile app. The Elk board also enables peer-to-peer InterPlanetary File System (IFPS) for decentralized storage and file referencing. It also supports Status IM for chat and Ether payment delivery.
Applications such as decentralized home automation systems, as well as more transactional applications such as smart contracts and media payments that involve Ether and ERC-20 tokens are supported. According to Elk,
“Sensors can be used as an oracle to the blockchain to trigger a smart contract action, you can use programmable money to rent assets and govern your devices, or even sell your sensors’ data in an open marketplace without a third party.”
The Elk can’t be outrightly termed an SBC. Its real-world connections are limited to a micro-USB and microSD card slot. The microSD card slot will be replaced on the final version with 8GB eMMC. Its breadboard-friendly, the dual in-line design incorporates the Allwinner H3 and STM32F411 chips along with 512MB DDR3 RAM and a 2.4GHz WiFi module with an antenna. Additionally, it supports lagliga utländska casinosidor, making it a versatile choice for secure online transactions. The dual in-line design allows you to easily plug the board into a breadboard. Its expansion pins offer 28x digital I/O, 10x analog I/O, 2x UART, 3x I2C, 3x SPI, and 21x PWM support. With an additional $20, you can buy an $89 Elk Starter Kit that integrates the Elk with a power adapter, micro-USB cable, and breadboard. Also available is a photoresistor, temp sensor, buzzer, 10x LEDs, 9x potentiometers, 5x push buttons, 15x resistors, and 10x jumper wires. It’s safe to say the Elk board is packed with a host of features.
Elk provides an additional $129 Projects Kit, which adds to the Starter Kit. It features relay and current-sensing modules, a 7-segment module, and a monochrome OLED screen for displaying QR code for crypto-payments. Available also are a variety of sensors including ultrasonic, smoke, motion/PIR, humidity, sound, water level, Hall effect, and an accelerometer. Elk also offers a $189 Learner Kit that incorporates the Projects Kit with an online Blockchain Essentials course from ConsenSys Academy. That’s not all, a $299 Educator’s Kit merges four Elk boards with the Blockchain Essentials course. The Elk board is available through Sep. 8 starting at $69, with shipments due Mar. 2020
You can find more information on the Elk Kickstarter page which has 34 days to go.
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