CamThink NeoEyes NE302 Is a Compact 600 GOPS Edge AI Camera

CamThink NeoEyes NE302 Edge AI camera

CamThink NeoEyes NE302 is a miniature Wi-Fi 6 Edge AI camera for standard integration of devices based on an STM32N6 Arm Cortex-M55 MCU with Neural-ART NPU that the organization claims is “particularly suitable for developers and makers”. The CamThink NeoEyes NE302 Main Board, with a 38 × 38 mm size, integrates 4 MP image capture, STM32N6 edge AI, wireless and local storage.

The complete NE302 shipment includes: Main Board and Interface Board. The dual-board based peripheral device accommodates uninterrupted USB Type-C power or a USB Type-C external pack of batteries. The Main Board can also be used for specialized interface integration with DC power. RAM and storage have been trimmed down to 32 MB PSRAM and 64 MP SPI flash.

Previously, we covered several other camera modules such as the EDATEC ED-AIC3100 12MP industrial smart camera with Raspberry Pi CM5, the Tokay Lite advanced edge-AI camera, and e-con Systems’ ready-to-deploy AI vision kit, among others. Feel free to check them out if you’re interested in similar products.

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CamThink NeoEyes NE302 Specifications:

• Vision Processing:
  • STMicroelectronics STM32N6 vision MCU
  • Arm 32-bit Cortex-M55 CPU running at up to 800 MHz
  • Arm Helium and Arm M-Profile Vector Extension (MVE) support
  • Neo-Chrom 2.5D GPU
  • Chrom-ART hardware accelerator with DMA2D support
  • ST Neural-ART NPU clocked at 1 GHz
  • Up to 600 GOPS AI processing performance
  • Up to 3 TOPS/W efficiency for fanless edge-AI operation
• Video and Imaging:
  • Hardware-accelerated H.264 and JPEG encoding
  • Supports video encoding up to 1080p at 30 fps
  • Integrated ISP with demosaicing and Auto White Balance (AWB)
  • 4MP OS04C10 camera sensor
  • MIPI CSI-2 camera interface
  • 88° wide-angle or 137° ultra-wide-angle field of view
  • Standard M12 lens mount
  • Integrated white LED fill light
• Memory and Storage:
  • 4.2 MB SRAM
  • 32 MB PSRAM
  • 64 MB SPI Flash
  • MicroSD card slot available on the interface board
• Wireless Connectivity:
  • 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi 6
  • Bluetooth 5.3 LE
  • External SMA antenna connector
  • 3–4 dBi antenna gain
• Sensors and Interfaces:
  • SHT31-DIS temperature and humidity sensor
  • 4-pin Alarm I/O interface
  • Trigger and Reset buttons
  • Dual-color status indicators
• Debugging and Development:
  • Dedicated N6-STLINK debugging path
  • U0-STLINK debugging path
  • U6-UART interface
  • Separate debugging and UART paths provided on the interface board
• Power and Control:
  • 5V power input via USB-C
  • Dedicated STM32U073K8U6 MCU for power management, wake-up, and control functions
• Mechanical:
  • Main PCB: 38 × 38 mm
  • Device dimensions: 42 × 42 × 20 mm
  • Operating temperature: -20°C to 50°C
• Target Applications:
  • Edge-AI vision
  • Smart cameras
  • Intelligent IoT devices
  • AI-enabled monitoring systems
  • Industrial vision
  • Compact fanless edge-computing applications

CamThink NeoEyes NE302 Edge AI camera specifications

Documentation portal subsequently has got ample of technical details. The quick start, user, software and hardware guides are also available on the documentation webpage. The company has also posted the PDF schematics and layouts, a BSP, the main application, middleware, drivers, the STM32U0 “WakeCore” firmware and more to GitHub.  

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The CamThink NeoEyes N302 is available from launch at a price of $99 (MRSP: $109), with 88° (wide-angle) or 137° (ultra-wide-angle) camera options. More information can be found on the product page for the users as well. 

Images used courtesy of CamThink.