AM62A Edge-AI POE Camera¶

Critical Link has developed an application ready Carrier Board targeting the MitySOM-AM62A processor.

Features:

• Dual Power Options
  • Power Over Ethernet (device)
  • USB-C power
• Video Streaming
  • Micro-HDMI connector to 1080P HD
  • Active H.264 encode and RSTP / network streaming via Gigabit Ethernet
• Camera Interface
  • Up to x4 lanes of MIPI CSI
  • Raspberry Pi Zero 22 pin camera interface
    • IMX219 Based Raspberry Pi II camera
• Image Signal Processing
  • Leverages Full ISP / tuning stack for TI AM62Ax processor*
    • Active Debayering with edge enhancement
    • HDR color mapping / scaling
    • warp transforms (e.g., rotation, Lens distortion correction) and resizing
    • White Balance
• AM62A7 C7x256v DSP w/ MMA accelerated Deep Learning and Inferencing engine
  • Supports object detection, facial recognition, segmentation

*Requires NDA with TI to access ISP tuning / firmware compiler

A block diagram of the carrier card is shown below:

The system is designed to run embedded linux based on TI's AM62A processor / Edge AI SDK and is capable of running all of the EDGE-AI example programs that are described on TI's Edge AI Demos Page from the AM62x Processor Linux Academy website.

The filesystem is stored on a 64 GB eMMC located on the MitySOM-AM62A. The eMMC may be updated using SSH / SCP, or using the USB-C interface via a Snagboot connection. Instructions for using snagboot can be found here.