Raspberry Pi and Sony made an AI-powered camera module

Raspberry Pi and Sony person co-developed a Raspberry Pi AI Camera module that’s launching contiguous for $70. It comes with onboard AI processing that tin assistance Raspberry Pi users make “edge AI solutions that process ocular data” with ease, according to the tiny machine maker.

The caller camera builds connected Raspberry Pi’s plans to connection chips and add-ons for AI developers, having antecedently released respective non-AI camera modules since its archetypal 5-megapixel offering successful 2013. “AI-based representation processing is becoming an charismatic instrumentality for developers astir the world,” Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton said successful a property release. “We look guardant to seeing what our assemblage members are capable to execute utilizing the powerfulness of the Raspberry Pi AI Camera.” 

The AI camera is compatible with each Raspberry Pi single-board computers, and pairs the company’s RP2040 microcontroller chip with Sony’s IMX500 representation sensor — the second of which handles AI processing. The operation eliminates the request for further components similar accelerators oregon a graphics processing portion (GPU), which are typically required for camera modules to grip large-scale ocular data.

The 12.3 megapixel Raspberry Pi AI Camera tin seizure footage astatine either 10 frames per 2nd successful 4056 x 3040, oregon 40fps astatine 2028 x 1520. It besides has a manually adjustable focus, a 76-degree tract of view, and measures 25 x 24 x 11.9mm — making it astir identical successful size to the Camera Module 3 that Raspberry Pi released past year.