Raspberry Pi and Sony have jointly developed a Raspberry Pi AI camera module, which is now available for $70. It comes with onboard AI processing that can help Raspberry Pi users easily develop “edge AI solutions that process visual data,” according to the small computer maker.
The AI camera is compatible with all Raspberry Pi single-board computers and pairs the company’s RP2040 microcontroller chip with Sony’s IMX500 image sensor – which handles the AI processing. The combination eliminates the need for additional components such as accelerators or graphics processing units (GPUs), which camera modules typically require to process large-scale visual data.
The 12.3-megapixel Raspberry Pi AI camera can capture footage at 4056 x 3040 at 10 frames per second, or 2028 x 1520 at 40 frames per second. x 24 x 11.9 mm – making it almost the same size as the Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 released last year.
