Raspberry Pi and Sony have partnered to develop a Raspberry Pi AI camera module, launching today for $70. According to the small computer maker, it has built-in AI processing that can help Raspberry Pi users easily develop “edge AI solutions that process visual data.”
Compatible with all Raspberry Pi single-board computers, the AI camera combines the company's RP2040 microcontroller chip with Sony's IMX500 image sensor – the latter handles AI processing. The combination eliminates additional components such as accelerators or a graphics processing unit (GPU) that are typically required for camera modules to process large visual data.
The Raspberry Pi's 12.3-megapixel AI camera can capture footage at either 10 frames per second at 4056 x 3040 or 40 frames per second at 2028 x 1520. It also features a manually adjustable focus, a 76-degree field of view and measures 25 x 24 x 11.9 mm – making it almost identical in size to the Camera Module 3 that Raspberry Pi released last year.