While Raspberry Pi has not officially announced anything new for Embedded World 2024 so far, the company is currently showcasing some new products there including an AI camera with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W and a Sony IMX500 AI sensor, the long-awaited M.2 HAT+ M Key board, and a 15.6-inch monitor.
Raspberry Pi AI camera
Raspberry Pi AI Camera kit content and basic specs:
- SBC – Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W with Broadcom BCM2710A1 quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 @ 1GHz (overclockable to 1.2 GHz), 512MB LPDDR2
- AI Camera
- Sony IMX500 intelligent vision sensor
- 76-degree field of view
- Manually adjustable focus
- 20cm cables
The kit comes preloaded with MobileNet machine vision model but users can also import custom TensorFlow models. This new kit is not really a surprise as we mentioned Sony and Raspberry Pi worked on exactly this when we covered the Sony IMX500 sensor.
I got the information from Tam HANNA who is currently at Embedded World 2024 and noticed the camera. He filmed a video of the kit showing object recognition and body segmentation in action.
We don’t have price and availability information, but considering the retail package is ready as well I would not be surprised if the Raspberry Pi AI Camera launches in the next few weeks or months.
M.2 HAT+ M Key
The second Raspberry Pi hardware is even less of a surprise since Raspberry Pi has already told everyone they were working on it, and the official Raspberry Pi M.2 PCIe HAT+ is being showcased at Embedded World, and should launch very soon as we noted during our recent MAKERDISK SSDs review with the Raspberry Pi 5.
I took the photos above from a German distributor, but it also shows up in Tam’s video above. I’m not sure how it will differ from the many affordable third-party M.2 PCIe HAT+ boards for the Raspberry Pi 5 that already exist and work pretty well. Since there’s an M Key model, I’d also eventually expect an E-Key HAT+ for wireless and AI modules.
Raspberry Pi 15.6-inch monitor
The last Raspberry Pi item I noticed at Embedded World is a 15.6-inch monitor courtesy of Bret.dk.
Raspberry Pi monitor specifications:
- 15.6-inch IPS LCD panel with 1920×1080 resolution, 60 Hz refresh rate
- Input – HDMI
- Audio
- Built-in stereo speakers
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- Misc – Volume, brightness, and power buttons/controls
- Power Supply – 5V/1A via USB-C port
- 3x mounting options
- VESA mount
- Kickstand for table-top use
- Wall hanger
Again, we don’t have price and availability information for the Raspberry Pi monitor and associated accessories. If you are at Embedded World 2024, and I missed anything interesting from the Raspberry Pi stand, let me know in the comments section.
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Bret.dk has updated to clarify the panel is 60Hz not 30Hz after James from Raspberry Pi confirmed it was a mistake on the spec sheet.
NOTE: This post initially mentioned that the panel was running at 30Hz, however this was incorrect due to a typo on the booth’s spec sheet. The panel is indeed running at 60Hz!
Quote: “I’d also eventually expect a B Key model for wireless modules.”
Aren’t most wireless modules E Key devices? I thought B Key is mostly used for M.2 SATA SSDs…
Yes, you’re right. I remembered wrong.
B key is for 4g cards id expect