I'm want to use the MLX90640 Thermal Camera module from Adafruit with my Wio Terminal to make a diagnostic tool that I can use for thermal measurements. I tried out a module with a 55 degree FOV lens with Jupyter Notebooks on my PC Using the ML...
I've been looking for a quick project that I could do on a rainy day (we're going to have lots of rain this winter )... I was inspired by a blog post by fmilburn where he integrated the MLX90640 IR Camera from Melexis with an Adafruit Ed...
I previously wrote a post about the JQ6500 MP3 Player . I wanted to build a standalone module that I could use in projects. Some of my projects just require the ability to play one or two short audio tracks (~1-2 minutes) and the JQ6500 s...
I'm currently participating in the Low Power IoT Challenge. I am trying to find a low power camera that I can use with the PSoC 62S2. I've tried the OV7670: Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense with OV7670 Camera . I've ruled that ...
This is a continuation of my post: Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense with OV7670 Camera . I wanted to do a quick evaluation of the performance on a deployed object classification model. I decided to develop a simple model to identify 3 fairly dist...
I've been looking for a camera board that I could use with the PSoC 62S2 dev board for the Low Power IoT challenge. This dev board does not have a dedicated camera interface and I haven't seen any examples using a camera. vlasov01...
This post is a continuation of my tinyML learning journey this summer that is inspired by the Hackster Eyes on the Edge Vision Challenge https://www.hackster.io/contests/tinyml-vision . I've been attending as many of the tinyML.org webinars ...
As I mentioned in my previous post Summer of tinyML , Hackster.io has been running a series webinars on tinyML in conjunction with their tinyML Vision Challenge. I missed a webinar last month that covered using the Himax WE-I Plus AI Development...
I'm starting to get more involved with battery powered Edge AI devices and had the opportunity to acquire a tool that would allow me to characterize real-time power consumption - the Nordic Power Profiler Kit II (PPK2).https://www.nordicsemi.com/Prod...
I just saw an interesting post on c|net about Matter Alliance. Apparently it is a consortium of companies to bring interoperability to smart home devices. It has major players like Apple, Google, and Amazon involved.https://www.cnet.com/v...
I'd previously used a SparkFun RP2040 Micromod with a Big Display Carrier Board to try Luke Wren's Bit-Banged DVI RP2040 HDMI Display . I saw that Adafruit had designed an inexpensive ($1.95) Breakout Board that would allow you to do this with a...
I've found Jupyter Notebooks to be very useful for interactive Python development. I first started using them with the PYNQ-Z2 and most recently running machine learning models in Google Colab. I had hoped to see a few AI example noteb...
I just received my UnitV2 that I described in a previous post M5Stack UnitV2 - Standalone AI Camera for Edge Computing and thought that I'd do a quick run though of the OOB applications on the device. Initial connection and operation is reasonab...
M5Stack recently released the UnitV2 which is totally different from the earlier UnitV (and quite a bit more expensive!). I have found the StickC devices to be very handy and have used them in a few projects. I have been interested in the...
My experience with the MAX78000 ecosystem so far has been really frustrating. Like other design frameworks that I've encountered recently, the Maxim setup uses an Eclipse IDE on top of CMake tools. I've found these frameworks extremely di...
The nice thing about using a Feather compatible footprint is that all of the FeatherWing accessories are available for use. It would be great to integrate a small display with the MAX78000FTHR to create a portable smart camera. A stacking...
I recently started using an Adafruit FunHouse with CircuitPython Adafruit FunHouse and did a quick project for Mother's Day and my wife's birthday Adafruit FunHouse - Happy Mother's Day . When I did the Mother's Day project I ha...
Adafruit now has an RP2040 version of their QT Py: Adafruit QT Py RP2040 . Another nice compact design with USB-C, a Stemma QT connector plus 8MB of SPI Flash and a NeoPixel LED. It is interesting that they kept the castellated pads,...
A few weeks ago after completing the 2 week waiting period after my second Pfizer Covid vaccination, I went to donate blood for the first time since the pandemic lockdowns started. To my surprise, I failed the donor screen due to an irregular h...
As I had feared, I did not get a lot of opportunity to work on my project for Mother's Day and my wife's birthday. I did manage to build something basic that I could show my wife. I printed a modular segment to hold a PIR sensor and a USB ...
My wife's birthday and Mother's day are coming up shortly and I'd like to do an electronic gift since that's what she always sees me doing . Unfortunately, I don't have much time available to build something. I saw tha...
It's officially spring and like a good Oregonian, my wife has been planting some seeds to get starts for summer vegetables. We've finally gotten a stretch of sunny days in the 70s (F) , so she put her seed pots on the front step to get the morn...
