Raspberry Pi and Sony have introduced an AI camera with its own on-board processor

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People interested in running AI on an SBC have been having a fantastic time recently. We've seen an official Raspberry Pi AI kit and a ton of alternatives you can try. Now SBC AI fans are in good hands once again after Sony teamed up with Raspberry Pi to bring an AI camera to the board. Best of all, the camera itself has an AI processor, making it a nice all-in-one package for handling visual AI tasks.



Sony and Raspberry Pi introduce an AI camera for their SBCs

The Raspberry Pi AI Kit

As announced on the Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group news feed, Sony and Raspberry Pi have teamed up to launch an AI camera. The camera is a 12.3-megapixel model and can achieve 10 FPS at a resolution of 4056 x 3,040 or 40 FPS at 2,028 x 1,520.

So what makes this camera an “AI camera”? Well, you don't have to worry about your SBC having an AI module:


Because visual data is typically very large, using this data to develop AI solutions can require a graphics processing unit (GPU), an accelerator, and a variety of other components in addition to a camera. However, the Raspberry Pi's new AI camera is equipped with the IMX500 intelligent vision sensor that handles the AI ​​processing, making it easy to develop edge AI solutions with just a Raspberry Pi and the AI ​​camera.

As you can imagine, the additional hardware pushes the price up a bit higher than a typical Raspberry Pi camera. The price is $70, and you can secure one by visiting the Raspberry Pi AI Camera website, clicking “Buy AI Camera,” and then selecting a trusted retailer. And if that's a bit too pricey for you, you can check out the best Raspberry Pi cameras instead to find cheaper alternatives without AI hardware.


The Raspberry Pi AI camera

Raspberry Pi AI camera

The Raspberry Pi AI Camera is a compact camera module from Raspberry Pi, based on the Sony IMX500 Intelligent Vision Sensor.

The IMX500 combines a 12-megapixel CMOS image sensor with built-in inference acceleration for a variety of popular neural network models, enabling users to develop sophisticated vision-based AI applications without the need for a separate accelerator.

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