Robust Multi-Target General Human Recognition (XMOS Challenge)
Woot! It looks like XMOS will be hooking me up with a DevKit. I've been working on a pretty robust method of recognizing and tracking humans via video. My plan is to attempt to embed a more limited version within the tiny little XMOS. Don't let the small size fool you - it's got some clocks behind it!
For those unfamiliar with XMOS, they are a company that specializes in high-performance event-driven multi-threaded single and multicore microprocessors for digital electronics that need a lot of integer MIPs. Firmware reprogrammable DSPs, effectively. Perfect for rapid prototyping and fast time-to-market - which also makes them ideal for the robotics hobbyist. They have their own C compiler (XC) as well as supporting standards C, C++, and Assembler - they're big on open-source tools support. They support the GNU GDB Debugger which is nice because it cuts the learning curve down, and creates a familiar tool-chain for developers. They have their own simulation tools as well, making it a really complete development environment.
In fact, the mech-warfare group should look into it because they already have HID support available - makes designing custom controls for the mech a lot easier!
Their sample pricing is as low as $7/unit, with very little support circuitry required.
I'll be using my BLOG here to track my progress - from setting up the tool chain to implementing an integer linpack (I hope!), and on to the "tough stuff".
Stay Tuned for More!
For those unfamiliar with XMOS, they are a company that specializes in high-performance event-driven multi-threaded single and multicore microprocessors for digital electronics that need a lot of integer MIPs. Firmware reprogrammable DSPs, effectively. Perfect for rapid prototyping and fast time-to-market - which also makes them ideal for the robotics hobbyist. They have their own C compiler (XC) as well as supporting standards C, C++, and Assembler - they're big on open-source tools support. They support the GNU GDB Debugger which is nice because it cuts the learning curve down, and creates a familiar tool-chain for developers. They have their own simulation tools as well, making it a really complete development environment.
In fact, the mech-warfare group should look into it because they already have HID support available - makes designing custom controls for the mech a lot easier!
Their sample pricing is as low as $7/unit, with very little support circuitry required.
I'll be using my BLOG here to track my progress - from setting up the tool chain to implementing an integer linpack (I hope!), and on to the "tough stuff".
Stay Tuned for More!
Tags: dev kit, development, embedded, recognizing people, video, xmos
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Ohhhhh... should be some great info. I was wondering how the XMOS would test out. Look forward to your updates!Posted 09-09-2009 at 01:28 PM by Eric 
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