Seeed Studio’s reComputer AI R2130-12 is an Edge AI computer with a Raspberry Pi 5 SBC with 8GB RAM and a Hailo-8 module with 26 TOPS of AI performance, suitable for video analytics, machine vision, and intelligent edge computing.
The computer comes with a HAT+ with two M.2 sockets, one occupied by the Hailo-8 AI accelerator and the other available for an M.2 NVMe SSD. In some ways, it’s just a nicely packaged Raspberry Pi 5 SBC with Hailo-8 AI accelerator that we reviewed last year.
reComputer AI R2130-12 specifications:
- SBC – Raspberry Pi 5 with 8GB RAM
- AI Processor – Hailo-8 M.2 AI accelerator module with 26 TOPS
- Storage
- microSD card slot, with support for high-speed SDR104 mode
- Optional M.2 NVMe SSD via M.2 PCIe 3.0 slot
- Video Output – 2x micro HDMI ports up to 4Kp60
- Camera/Display I/F – 2x 4-lane MIPI camera/display transceivers
- Networking
- Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 port
- Dual-band 802.11ac WiFI 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 with BLE support
- USB Ports
- 2x USB 3.0 ports
- 2x USB 2.0 ports
- Expansion – 2x M.2 PCIe 3.0 slots, one occupied by the Hailo M.2 acceleration module
- Misc
- Power button
- Device status and NVMe status LEDs
- Active cooling solution
- Power Supply – 5V/5A DC power via USB-C port
- Temperature Range – 0 to 45°C
- Ingress Protection – IP40
- Certifications – CE, FCC, Telec, RoHS, REACH
- Production Lifetime – Until at least January 2036
Seeed Studio says Raspberry Pi OS and Ubuntu are supported. Sadly, there’s not proper documentaiton at this time, but the company still shared an interesting demo showing the Raspberry Pi 5 AI computer running Frigate open-source NVR solution with AI acceleration from the Hailo-8 module.
Seeed Studio also shared a benchmark for multistream inference at 720p, but it was hard to get much detail apart from they used RTSP… The results still show the system can handle 4 video streams at 16.94 FPS when the Raspberry Pi 5 is configured with to use the Hailo-8 at PCIe Gen3 speeds, and the company claims up to eight video streams can be supported.
The company plans to send a sample to us at the end of the month, and hopefully there will be more information and instructions to reproduce the Frigate demo and benchmark above by the time we work on it.
The reComputer AI R2130-12 can be pre-ordered on Seeed Studio for $249. The company also plans to launch an industrial-grade version with the Raspberry Pi 5, RTC, PoE, 4G/LoRa, and TPM in the next few months for $279.
Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.
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