NeoEyes NE503 – A 4K Edge AI Camera With Hailo-15H 20 TOPS SoC

Following the recent release of the ultra-low-power NE301, CamThink has introduced the NeoEyes NE503, a 4K edge AI camera based on the Hailo-15H quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 SoC. The camera integrates a 20 TOPS neural processing unit (NPU) for on-device AI inference and supports running multiple AI models locally without requiring cloud processing.

The camera is built around a Sony IMX678 1/1.8-inch 4K CMOS image sensor and an 8–32 mm autofocus zoom lens with an F1.6–F1.7 aperture. The imaging system uses the Hailo Gen2 AI-ISP, supports H.264/H.265 hardware encoding at up to 4K@30fps, and is specified to operate in lighting conditions down to <0.01 lux. The main control board is a dual-board architecture that features a core processing board with the Hailo-15H SoC, memory, and storage, and an interface board based on an STMicroelectronics STM32G0B0RET6 Cortex-M0+ MCU that manages external I/O, power management, and lens control. This targets applications such as smart security, industrial inspection, and AIoT.

CamThink NeoEyes NE503 4K edge AI camera powered by the Hailo-15H SoC with a Sony IMX678 image sensor.

NeoEyes NE503 specifications:

• SoC: Hailo-15H
  • CPU: Quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 @ 1.3 GHz
  • AI Accelerator: Hailo NPU with up to 20 TOPS (INT8), supports 4-bit quantization, <50 ms inference latency target
  • DSP: 350 GOPS
  • VPU: Hardware H.265/H.264 encoding at 4K@30fps
  • ISP: Hailo Gen2 AI-ISP supports up to 12 MP resolution, HDR, AI denoising, <0.01 lux operation
• System Memory: 8GB LPDDR4 @ 4266 MT/s (8.5 GB/s single-channel bandwidth)
• Storage:
  • 64GB eMMC flash
  • 8MB QSPI flash
  • 2 Kbit I2C EEPROM
  • MicroSD card slot (UHS-I)
  • M.2 Key-M socket for NVMe SSD expansion (not yet supported)
• Imaging System:
  • Sensor: Sony IMX678-AAQR1-C 1/1.8-inch 4K CMOS image sensor, up to 4K 60fps output
  • Lens: 8–32 mm AF zoom lens (4x optical zoom), F1.6–F1.7 aperture, DC-Iris, IR-Cut switching
  • Lens Driver: AN41908A-VBA (SPI interface)
  • Lighting: Dual-light board (white + red LEDs) and IR light board (near-IR + far-IR LEDs)
• Networking: 10/100M Ethernet via LAN8720AI PHY with PoE 802.3AT support
• Audio: Line-In / Line-Out via NAU88C10 audio codec (I2S interface)
• Sensors:
  • TMP1075DSGR I2C temperature sensor (12-bit resolution, 0.0625°C step)
  • LSM6DSR 6-axis IMU (3-axis accelerometer + 3-axis gyroscope)
• Interface Board:
  • MCU: STMicro STM32G0B0RET6 Arm Cortex-M0+ @ 64 MHz with 512 KB Flash and 144 KB RAM
  • Alarm I/O: 1× Alarm IN, 2× Wiegand outputs (relay + level)
  • Serial: 1× RS-485
  • Expansion: UART2 + GPIO (reserved for external radar module)
  • Temperature Sensor: LMT87DCK analog temperature sensor (-50°C to 150°C)
• Miscellaneous:
  • PI6CG18201 25 MHz PCIe clock generator
  • SN74LVC1G14DCK MCU reset control
  • RTC with supercapacitor power-fail retention
• Power Supply:
  • 12V DC input
  • PoE 802.3AT (single-cable)
  • Consumption: 5–6W (typical)
• Dimensions: 320 × 134 × 126 mm
• Weight: 2.5 kg
• Operating Temperature: -40°C to 60°C
• Relative Humidity: 0% to 95% (non-condensing)
• Protection:
  • IP67 rated
  • IK10 impact rating

NeoEyes NE503 dual-board hardware architecture showing the Hailo-15H processor board and STM32G0 interface board.

Internal view of the NeoEyes NE503 highlighting the Hailo-15H SoC, Sony IMX678 sensor, LPDDR4 memory, and eMMC storage.

The NE503 runs an embedded Linux built with Yocto and uses a containerd runtime to support OCI-compatible container deployment. It also implements a zero-copy data pipeline (DMA/SHM) to transfer data between the video capture, AI inference, and video encoding modules. The camera ships with pre-installed AI models including YOLOv8n for person detection, Face Landmarks, and a CLIP Image Encoder.

For software development, CamThink provides a Python SDK, REST APIs, a Web Console, and the aipc-cli command-line utility. The platform also supports an event bus for exchanging inference results and device events between applications and system services.

NeoEyes NE503 supports RTSP, MQTT, REST APIs, Event Bus, Alarm I/O, and RS-485 for edge AI integration.

The CamThink NeoEyes NE503 is available for $1,199 on the company’s store, with shipments scheduled to begin in late July 2026. Additional information, including documentation, software resources, and hardware references, is available on the company’s product wiki and GitHub repository.

Images used courtesy of CamThink