Smart AI Modules Target Imaging IoT Apps
SIMCom recently released two new smart modules with all the functionality necessary to easily and quickly add AI imaging functionality to applications such as emerging imaging IoT systems that require AI functionality for positioning or identification. Integrating the AI core, MCU, and connectivity like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, the SIM8666 and SIM8668 series are SIMCom’s basic Android system LTE smart AI modules.
The compact 43- x 44- x 3.2-mm devices feature Rockchip’s 64-bit quad-core RK3566 and RK3568 IoT chips, an Arm Mali-G52 GPU, 8M ISP HDR, and 1T NPU compute utilities. The modules support Wi-Fi and Bluetooth short-range communication, H.264/H.265 4K at 60-fps decoding, H.264/H.265 1080p at 60-fps encoding, JPEG encoding/decoding, and more.
The SIM8666 and SIM8668 series modules can be connected with a camera, display screen, audio, sensors, and other equipment. They support multidimensional data collection and man-machine interaction. Available interfaces include LVDS, MIPI-DSI, RGB, eDp, HDMI 2.0, EBC, CSI, UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO, PWM, USB, PCIe, and SATA.
The embedded NPU supports INT8/INT16 mixed operations. It converts algorithm models from frameworks such as TensorFlow, MXNet, PyTorch, and Caffe for applications ranging from IoT gateways, smart business displays, and industrial control to smart hospitals, smart central control, and smart security.
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An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the U.S. military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications, most recently as Editor-in-Chief of Power Systems Design.
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