Raspberry Pi AI Kit

Raspberry Pi AI Kit Raspberry Pi AI Kit

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Overview

Introduction

The Raspberry Pi AI Kit Bundles The Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ With A Hailo AI Acceleration Module For Use With Raspberry Pi 5.

Features

• Contains a Hailo AI module with Neural Processing Unit (NPU), with onboard Hailo-8L chip capable of 13 tera-operations per second (TOPS).
• Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ supports connecting the AI module to the Raspberry Pi 5.
• Thermal pads are pre-installed between the module and the M.2 HAT+.
• Support hardware kit installation.
• Onboard 16mm stacked GPIO connector.

Hardware Connection

Pay attention to the cable orientation, as shown below:

User Guide

Upgrade Software & Firmware

#1: update software
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo rpi-eeprom-update

#Configure CLI (Not required for systems above 2024)
sudo raspi-config
在Advanced Options -> Bootloader Version, select Latest. Then use Finish or Esc to exit raspi-config

#2: update firmware
sudo rpi-eeprom-update -a

Identify Devices

1: Enable PCIE interface:

Connect the hardware and the PCIE interface will automatically open as the latest system detects the hardware.
If it does not open, you can execute: add "dtparam=pciex1" in the /boot/firmware/config.txt 

2: Enable PCIE Gen3: add the following content at /boot/firmware/config.txt: (Gne3 mode must be enabled):

dtparam=pciex1_gen=3

3: Reboot PI5 after modification, and then the device can be identified (or you can install the libraries before rebooting):

Test Demo

Running camera demos with rpicam-apps using the Hailo AI neural network accelerator.
Preparation:

1: Raspberry Pi 5 and Raspberry Pi AI Kit.
2: Install 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm.
3: Install Raspberry Pi camera (for testing, using Raspberry_Pi_Camera _Module_3 to connect to the CAM1 interface).

1: Install the required dependencies for AI Kit:

sudo apt install hailo-all

2: Reboot the device:

sudo reboot

3: Check whether the driver is normal:

hailortcli fw-control identify

Or you can execute "dmesg | grep -i hailo" to check the log: 

4: Check the camera:

rpicam-hello -t 10s
Please make sure the camera is working properly

5: Clone rpicam-apps

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpicam-apps.git ~/rpicam-apps

6: Test:

Object test:
rpicam-hello -t 0 --post-process-file ~/rpicam-apps/assets/hailo_yolov6_inference.json --lores-width 640 --lores-height 640
Yolov8 model:
rpicam-hello -t 0 --post-process-file ~/rpicam-apps/assets/hailo_yolov8_inference.json --lores-width 640 --lores-height 640
YoloX model:
rpicam-hello -t 0 --post-process-file ~/rpicam-apps/assets/hailo_yolox_inference.json --lores-width 640 --lores-height 640
Yolov5 characters and facial models
rpicam-hello -t 0 --post-process-file ~/rpicam-apps/assets/hailo_yolov5_personface.json --lores-width 640 --lores-height 640

Image segmentation:
rpicam-hello -t 0 --post-process-file ~/rpicam-apps/assets/hailo_yolov5_segmentation.json --lores-width 640 --lores-height 640 --framerate 20

Posture estimation:
rpicam-hello -t 0 --post-process-file ~/rpicam-apps/assets/hailo_yolov8_pose.json --lores-width 640 --lores-height 640

For more content, you can refer to GitHub and Hailo website.

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