Avnet i.MX 8M Plus Edge AI Kit
The Avnet i.MX 8M Plus Edge AI Kit consists of a SMARC System-on-Module(SOM) and an Industrial Carrier board bundled together with a dual camera adapter to provide a complete embedded computing system for prototyping new industrial systems and evaluating the capabilities of the NXP i.MX 8M device family. The high-performance NPU of the i.MX 8M Plus processor allows machine learning and Artificial Intelligence implementations with heavy compute demands to be pushed from the cloud down to the edge where low latency response can be critical for achieving end application goals.
System designers can simply design their own carrier card, plug-in the Avnet SMARC SOM, and start their application development with proven i.MX 8M Plus hardware. Available with NXP 14nm FinFET technology to allow high computing, graphics, and image processing performance at very low power consumption and combined with a high degree of functional integration device, the Avnet SMARC SOM enables designers to build industrial, medical, retail, and other embedded vision applications with confidence and ease. The integrated Neural Network Accelerator provides up to 2.25TOPS for boosting AI applications at the edge (without High Performance CPU/GPU) enabling emerging applications like Access Control based on Face Recognition to become more easily deployed without complete reliance upon cloud computing resources.
When combining this development kit with the NXP eIQ™ Machine Learning Software Development Environment, many options for Inference Engines, Vision Libraries, and ML workflow can be used to quickly deploy applications needing the following types of model capabilities:
- Classification
- Object Detection
- Face Recognition
- Sequence Analysis
New eIQ capabilities are added on a regular basis as the underlying model libraries and tools evolve over time.
The Avnet i.MX 8M Plus Edge AI Kit is no longer in production.
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- Technical Documents
- Reference Designs
- Avnet i.MX 8M Plus SMARC SOM
- Avnet EP5 SMARC Carrier
- Dual image sensor adapter and cable
- 10.1 inch touch display and cables
- Standard heat sink thermal management solution
- 12V power supply
- Quick start instruction card
Not included
- SD card (8GB-64GB)
- For debugging and interacting with the board
- A D-SUB 9-pin "null-modem" (Tx/Rx crossed) cable
- An RS-232 to USB cable (if your PC doesn't have a native serial port)
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