M5STACK announces the further expansion into the AIOT(AI+IOT) edge computing market with the K210 RISC-V 64 AI Camera— an innovative machine vision and machine learning programmable camera that’s competitively priced to meet the needs of a rapidly growing AI market.
AI cameras help engineers quickly implement machine learning, image recognition, and speech recognition functions, and the K210 RISC-V 64 AICamera supports OpenMV and MicroPython to make programming on easier while delivering the maximum efficiency and flexibility needed for advanced level big data computation.
M5stick-V AI Camera features its integration with machine vision capabilities, featuring the unprocessed acceptability to AI Visioning with high energy efficiency and low cost. We co-oped with Sipeed providing the MicroPython environment makes programming on M5stickV easier.
Made with the incredibly powerful machine learning AI chip ‘K210’— Kendryte K210 -an edge computing system-on-chip (SoC) with dual-core 64bit RISC-V CPU and state-of-art neural network processor. a high-performance hardware accelerator that offers superior low power vision processing speed and accuracy— K210 RISC-V 64 AI Camera comes with numerous built-in advantages over its competition.
From its KPU high performance convolutional neural network (CNN) hardware accelerator, powerful calculation capabilities, and relatively low cost high-performance AI core to its exclusive hardware package with camera, horn, microphone, screen, gyroscope, battery, wireless communication and complete enclosure, K210 RISC-V 64 AI Camera was built from the inside out to be a powerful, ready-to-use product-level AI application terminal.
The module comes with the OmniVision OV7740 sensor, using the OmniPixel®3-HS technology, providing a best-in-class low light sensitivity, making it ideal for machine vision. In addition to an OV7740 sensor, M5stick-V features more hardware resources such as a speaker with built-in I2S Class-D DAC, MEMS Microphone, IPS screen, 6-axis IMU, 200mAh Li-Po battery, and more.
More than the visioning, M5stick-V also features the embedded APU – Audio Processor. With its hardware beam-forming support and dual 512-point FFT units, the M5stick-V is also capable of a series of machine hearing works like voice wake-up to speech recognition.
K210 RISC-V 64 AI Camera provides built-in image processing model libraries for advanced real-time facial and objects recognition that makes it perfect and ready-to-use for:
Kendryte K210 provides individuals users, business users, and enterprise users with enhanced flexibility, affordability, and freedom by use.
While most major AI chips contain product and design flaws, the K210 rises above Google Edge TPU, Movidius/Intel, Huawei Hess, Beaten, and others by offering a zero-threshold solution with efficient, stable, and reliable high-performance MCU that can be quickly deployed and customized directly by users.
Maker Fashion Edu was held on May 26th at the Nanshan District Cultural and Art Center in Shenzhen.
"Maria" from Shenmei International School is wearing a well-designed dress and is equipped with the "Butterfly" launcher sponsored by M5Stack. It is eye-catching at this technology fashion event.
M5Stack's custom-designed Butterfly emitter uses a simple and reliable mechanical fixing structure. The rubber band and the steering gear control the launch and fixation of the butterfly model. The base is embedded with programmable RGB LEDs and the acrylic base with good light transmission.
Using M5Core as the control core, you can easily implement button control, attitude control, and even network control transmitter activation with a simple servo program editing!
In the M5Stack system, there is a visual effect branch, which aims to bring developers cool product decoration effects.
Using M5Core as a controller can help creators make the lighting design they want, or controllable models, as quickly as possible.
Together with M5Stack, create fashion differently.
Inno Faire 2019, jointly organized by Hongkong maker Club and the Hong Kong Productivity Council, was held at the Productivity Building (HKPC), Kowloon Road, Kowloon, from May 25 to May 26.
Follow the camera and quickly experience the innovative energy!
At the M5Stack booth, the latest DIY M5 Polaroid camera was shown. Just press the shutter and the photo data will be transferred to the thermal printer controlled by M5Core for fast printing via ESP-NOW.
There are also industrial-grade thermal imaging cameras, motion control applications, PM2.5 detection modules, M5 electronic scales and other applications (it's so cool).
The products cover a wide range of application areas, and the programming kit M5GO for STEM education attracts the children immediately to write programs on site!
Many fans brought their M5 works to the exhibition. This M5 robot arm combined with the rocker, button and servo module can realize multi-joint rotation. It can hold items easily. The simple design is really eye-catching.
Monitor soil moisture in real time by using the Earth Unit in the M5 system. (Watering or not, M5 decide！）
During the exhibition, M5 held a workshop of children programming with M5.
Using the graphical programming platform UIFlow developed by M5, even the beginner programmers can enjoy the creation.
This talented child, before the teacher has not fully explained the program, explores it by himself, and judges the acceleration value in the X-Y direction by programming to realize different light color control. (It is really amazing!)
May 17th - May 19th, Maker Faire Bay Area 2019 held at the San Mateo Events Center in San Francisco.
The US Bay Area Maker Faire is the world's largest maker gathering event.
Creative makers, hard-core engineers, enthusiasts, well-known manufactures gathered together from all over the world.
A wide range of M5 applications such as drones, cameras, and robots are on display.
M5Stack built a strategic partnership with the famous Adafruit. M5 is about to expand into the US market. This means that American makers can purchase M5 products more conveniently and quickly.
M5Stack's products have been affirmed by the makers. We literally sold out our inventory!
During the exhibition, M5 held a workshop to introduce the use of M5 hardware to the makers and quickly programmed some interesting functions using UIFlow.
M5Stack will cooperate with Moddable.
Moddable is committed to developing JavaScript open IoT development tools for use on microcontrollers, which means M5Stack can support JavaScript soon!
2019.4.29 | 18:00
Recently we hosted an M5Stack user meet up event in cooperation with Letin Tech at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
In addition to the M5Stack user fans, there were also some teachers and students from schools or educational institutions who came to see how easy it is to program the M5Stack.
The host of the event introduced the origin of the "M5Stack" brand name. The "M stands for modular design", "5 is the standard design size of the module 5x5cm", “Stack” represents the stack-ability of the design.
In the entire M5Stack hardware ecosystem, there are multiple hardware branches, different performance and types: cores, modules, bases, functional units that can be used for external connection and compatibility, and development accessories for various application scenarios.
M5STACK founder Jimmy Lai shared the vision of M5Stack. In his words ”M5Stack provides a series of development hardware with screen, buttons and sensors all in a professional looking case which can be freely stacked or expanded. The purpose is to speed up the development of prototypes and to make prototypes that look more like a finished product.
Luke introduced the web programming platform “UIFlow" Which is a Blockly based independently developed programming tool by M5Stack.
This IDE also supports MicroPython and can push code to the M5Stack device over the network. Even if the device is on the other side of the globe, as long as it is connected to the network it can be programmed.
Luke helped everyone get quickly set up with the UIFlow programming platform by introducing a series of small programming examples. Even though it's the teachers and students first time using the interface they were able to create a variety of programs with ease. Whether your using a computer, tablet or mobile phone, you can use UIFlow to program anytime, anywhere.
After the meetup, M5Stack representatives showed the participants some M5Stack product applications and unveiled some new products, like educational development board, which is especially helpful for university or high-level programming education. The industrial automation system and motion control system designed for the M5Core will provide developers with a reliable and cost-effective industrial development solution.
M5Stack will continue to improve the hardware ecosystem, and in the future will launch more powerful development hardware and high-quality STEM curriculum and documentation resources to aid engineers, makers, and educators.
Mars Summit is the biggest tech conference in southern China. Located in Shenzhen, Mars Summit brings the leaders from the technology industry and leaders from all kinds of businesses who have a passion for applying tech.
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Under the organization of HAX, the M5 team and the technology giants Mars Summit jointly held a "Creator Hackathon".
Participants team up on their own, the task is to use the various hardware in the M5Stack system within 2 hours to develop a creative product! After the game, the team will demonstrate the product, explain the inspiration and meaning of the project.
The M5 team provided the participants with the core control console "M5GO" and a series of extended function modules. Help them quickly get started with our web programming platform "UIFlow", with the blockly programming language, even for people who have no programming foundation, they can get started quickly.
Building a complete work in 2 hours, "Mission impossible" becomes "everything is possible" with the M5 system support.
Brain Storming Time
Human recognizer
This team made a "human identification device" and couldn't wait to verify whether the friends here are humans.
Intelligent traffic light
By detecting whether someone is waiting on the sidewalk, the traffic light can be automatically changed, completely solving the trouble of waiting for the red light.
Introducing the winner! "Cooker Guardian"
Using the NCIR Unit to achieve temperature monitoring. When placed next to the cooktop, it can detect the temperature of the kitchen or flame. When the set temperature is exceeded, the Neopixel light bar will be illuminated for prompting. The threshold for monitoring the temperature can also be adjusted via the Angle Unit.
This hardcore team spent 3 minutes to design the brand logo, and the product structure made in only 30 minutes!
After the summit, Nathan Rich said "I have contacted many startups. It is very encouraging to see China's technological leadership. In the field of science and technology, China is moving from a dependent state to an innovative one. This is very instructive."
"China is growing at an unprecedented rate in innovation, which makes me proud of being in this trend."
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