Hiya and comfortable Wednesday, all! We interrupt your regular mid-week shenanigans for a particular announcement that we’re more than happy to share. A couple of years in the past, our shut buddy, Pete Warden helped us launch our first Machine Studying board, the SparkFun Edge. The gave us a path to develop and produce our SparkFun Artemis microcontroller. Now, Pete has been engaged on one thing new, and we’re comfortable to announce it, immediately, on our web site! Meet the Individual Sensor by Helpful Sensors!
The Individual Sensor from Helpful Sensors Inc. features a digital camera module pre-programmed with algorithms that detect close by faces, and return data over a easy Qwiic I2C interface. It’s designed for use as an enter to a bigger system and be handled like some other sensor the place energy and data are supplied by way of SparkFun’s Qwiic I2C interface. There’s additionally a separate interrupt pin, TP1, which is used to point if any folks have been detected.
Internally the Individual Sensor bundles a picture sensor and a small microcontroller right into a single board. It’s a small, low energy (~150 milliwatts), and economical {hardware} module that’s able to detecting close by faces and returning details about what number of there are, the place they’re relative to the system, and performs facial recognition. This makes it straightforward to construct tasks that get up when folks strategy, comply with their faces, mute a microphone when no one is current, and even acknowledge totally different folks to personalize their experiences. The Individual Sensor is designed to be a easy approach to construct smarter gadgets.
On prime of this new Sensor, Pete Warden and some fellows have got down to create an all new firm, Helpful Sensors Inc. which is targeted on utilizing the current advances in AI and machine studying to enhance peoples’ on a regular basis lives by way of smarter interfaces. Based in March 2022, They stay up for a future the place you may take a look at a light-weight change and say “On” to mild up a room, the place the TV routinely pauses while you stand up from the sofa for a espresso, and the place you may advance your slide presentation with a wave of your hand. Be sure to study extra about this wonderful firm and its founding members right here!
If you wish to study extra concerning the Individual Sensor, please remember to take a look at the Developer Information for the board in addition to one of many demo movies that Pete Warden made! You may also take a look at any of those examples for the board:
If you wish to study extra about Machine Studying and AI, we have now loads of sources accessible, together with a improbable first step clarification. Different smart, please get pleasure from this model new sensor and we’ll see you again right here subsequent time!