Industrial AI camera is based on Nvidia Jetson NX SoM
Adlink has developed what is believed to be the industry’s first industrial AI smart camera based on Nvidia’s Jetson Xavier NX system on module (SoM).
The Neon-2000-JNX series AI smart camera has a small form factor and is intended for AI vision applications in manufacturing, logistics, retail, service, agriculture, smart city, healthcare and life sciences, and other edge applications.
The Jetson Xavier NX provides more than 10X the performance of its predecessor, the Jetson TX2. The rugged camera is designed to simplify the deployment process and speed up the time to market without requiring the integration of a sensor module, cables and GPU modules, says the company.
“This ready-to-develop edge AI smart camera reduces the effort of software / hardware integration and reliability validation,” said Kevin Hsu, senior product manager, IoT Solution and Technology, at Adlink.
This allows AI vision developers to focus on application development, he continued.
“AI-driven machine vision is reshaping entire industries from robotics and retail to healthcare, manufacturing and more,” said Murali Gopalakrishna, head of product management, Autonomous Machines and general manager for Robotics at Nvidia.
The Neon-2000-JNX series is supplied with optimised operating system already integrated. It supports six sensor configurations, including four image sensors from Basler, totalling 1.2 to 8M. This is sufficient to deliver raw data and complete image detail for machine vision, said Adlink.
There are two MIPI image sensors to reduce CPU loading and support a higher operating temperature range and an embedded image signal processor (ISP) for enhanced and environment-adaptive imaging; this improves AI accuracy.
According to Adlink, the level of integration overcomes common reliability issues, including EMC / EDS / vibration / thermal issue as well as interface compatibility, image drops caused by fault camera and OS settings.
The Neon-2000-JNX series AI smart camera is pre-installed with Adlink’s new edge vision analytics software, EVA SDK (Edge Vision Analytics software development kit). There is a selection of field-ready application plug-ins and Adlink-optimised AI models which are claimed to guarantee AI vision quality and simplify AI vision application building, requiring limited coding.
There is a preview function to verify AI inference flow and results.
