https://meshrefine.com/en/tags/npu/Posts · Mesh RefinementThu, 29 May 2025 23:10:07 +0200https://meshrefine.com/en/posts/re-camera-1/<h2 id="33d00f9ef47653955a41e99f4308426e-alright-here-we-go">Alright, Here We Go</h2> <p>I got my hands on the Re:Camera from Seeed. Essentially, it&rsquo;s a small box (a cube about 4 cm per side), wrapped in a heatsink. Inside, there&rsquo;s a dual-core RISC-V based MPU (<strong>updated:</strong> only one core is visible to the system, the second one is apparently reserved for special operations), an ancient 8051 microcontroller, an OmniVision camera sensor, LEDs for illumination, Wi-Fi, BT, and, you know, all sorts of peripherals. RAM is a bit scarce, only 256 megabytes, so getting Greengrass on it will be problematic. You can connect Ethernet via a special dongle-adapter that barely stays put, but for development, there&rsquo;s no point, because the camera shares its network over USB type C, and it&rsquo;s easier to work that way. If you&rsquo;re short on storage (and the device comes in 8 GB and 64 GB built-in storage options), you can stick in a MicroSD card. You can also stick the box to something metallic, as it has magnets on one side.</p>Thu, 29 May 2025 23:10:07 +0200https://meshrefine.com/en/posts/re-camera-1/