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Raspberry Pi and Sony jointly developed Raspberry Pi AI camera module which will be available starting today for $70. According to the manufacturer, the compact computer has built-in artificial intelligence processing that can aid Raspberry Pi users easily develop “cutting-edge visual data processing AI solutions.”
The AI camera is compatible with all Raspberry Pi single-board computers and pairs Raspberry Pi computers RP2040 microcontroller system with a Sony IMX500 image sensor – the latter supports AI processing. This combination eliminates the need for additional components such as accelerators or a graphics processing unit (GPU) that are typically required for camera modules to handle large-scale visual data.
The 12.3-megapixel Raspberry Pi AI camera can capture footage at 10 frames per second at 4056 x 3040 or 40 frames per second at 2028 x 1520. It also has manual focus, a 76-degree field of view, and a 25 x 24 x 11.9 mm – making it almost identical in size to Camera module 3 which Raspberry Pi released last year.