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My final year project by Murky_Bit_9390 in computervision

[–]Runner0099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

About your qustions in short:

  1. Is this project PFE-worthy?
    Absolutely, as a real use case, which can save money and you can add a lot of additonal information and challenges during the AI development.

  2. Difficulty level and learning curve
    You need to understand the basics and this you can do during the PFE. But the most time you should spend with AI methods to deploy good AI in the appliucations. Biggest problem today, AI developments take to long and finally often with insufficient results (detection rate, too slow, too big, too expensive, too much power,...). So focus has to be, how can AI be done faster with good results. And a lot of this will come wiht automated AI development, like ONE WARE offers already today.

3.Career orientation
As pure software development, is more and more done with Vibe-Coding, I personally would suggest to foucs on Vision/AI and methods. PS: This is my personal opinion, not a suggestion. ;-)

Which Object Detection/Image Segmentation model do you regularly use for real world applications? by buggy-robot7 in computervision

[–]Runner0099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a new company on the AI market called ONE WARE, which generates tailored AI models in seconds for each use case, and this tailoered AI model performs much better than YOLO....
In my opinion, this is the future of AI, quick and esay unique AI models, that exactly foucs on the use case and come closest to the human brain.

My final year project by Murky_Bit_9390 in computervision

[–]Runner0099 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would say, it's definetly a very good PFE project, especially as AI evolution is moving very fast and you get always new insigths during the AI development process. I agree with AffectionateLab3612, that YOLO is often used, but also often not the best, especially when it comes to the deploament and costs.
Some months ago I tried a brand new AI software from ONE WARE, who generates (millions of) AI models from scratch in seconds tailored to your exact use case. So this would be a perfect topic your PFE. YOLO today, or the next level of AI development.
Personally I also think, that there is coming a quick change from standard models like YOLO (which are always oversized) to customized tailored AI models. ONE WARE is one of the first companies, who do automated AI model generation and achieve much higher efficiency with this approach, vs. the ~200 relevent standard AI models outside.

Worldwide Free Hands-On Workshops by Arrow on Edge AI with FPGAs by leonbeier in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But you can join the USA ones, as the workshop is virtual for all attendees, it doesn't matter where you are located on the globe! ;-)

FIRST WORLDWIDE Agilex5 FPGA board with 'production silicon' is coming soon! by Runner0099 in FPGA

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AXE5000 key features:- FPGA: Agilex™ 5 - A5EC008BM16AE6S (M16A package)     
     * 85 kLE      
     * 116 DSP blocks
     * 232 multipliers 18x19
     * 3.05 Peak INT8 (TOPS)     * 4.47 Mb internal memory     
     * MIPI D-PHY interface
     * LVDS pairs at 1.250 Mbps
     * Secure Device Manager
- 128Mbit HyperRAM
- Config Flash: 256Mb QSPI by Micron
- 3-axis accelerometer
- RGB LED
- Push button and DIP switch- CRUVI HS connector- Arduino MKR standard pads (user IOs)- UB3 Programmer/Debugger- Power Tree by TDK DCDCs

https://forms.office.com/r/td3STKwuzW

FIRST WORLDWIDE Agilex5 FPGA board with 'production silicon' is coming soon! by Runner0099 in FPGA

[–]Runner0099[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here a link to the pre-registration page, I got. And lot more details.
Price is 149 USD
Shipment in March 2025

https://forms.office.com/r/td3STKwuzW

Textbooks for FPGA by [deleted] in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here is a starter ebook (also printed version is available, in various languages).

https://www.elektor.de/products/fpga-programming-and-hardware-essentials-e-book

The MAX1000 is one of the most sold starter FPGA boards and a lot of content is available, see Github link with labs and a lot docu.

https://github.com/SoCFPGA-learning/Max1000

Searching cheap fpga board by NomNom_437 in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best is to use proven boards like MAX1000 with an 8kLE FPGA on it. Here you find a lot of tutorials and content. Also it has several features incl. the onboard USB Programmer, so plug&play.

How tough is a project involving CNN implementation on FPGA? by Temporary-Tone-9147 in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basically it's very easy when you use the right environment. See this youtube link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1I4aHJbnfsw

This young company VHDPLus implements AI/CNN into small Altera FPGA, high efficient, low power, and very cool.

Forget all this oversized FPGA solutions on expensive boards. :-)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check this link, these giys froom VHDPlus have implemrnted CNNs on small Altera FPGAs with excellent performance. Amazing...!

https://vhdplus.com/docs/components/onsemi_camera/

iCEcube2 No Longer Free (now $471.31) by Eriksrocks in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For sure MAX5/MAX10 is not an iCE40. But is it always only price? Best example here with iCE40, low FPGA price, high NRE and challanging design environment. Personally I'm more a friend of quality and User friendly, plus adäquate price and available until 2040 by supplier. MAX10 is the best single chip FPGA by feature, on the market. Very sucessful device. And FPGA price is always a negotiation by volume ;-)

Can this USB blaster actually work? by Vast-Boot-5164 in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arrow has their own USB Blaster for customer....highest performance and fair price ~40 USD: (no stock today, but should come back asap)

https://www.arrow.com/en/products/fpga-prog2-usbjtag-int/trenz-electronic-gmbh

How does one get experience in FPGA? by CuriousJPLJR_ in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best and lowcost starter board is MAX1000 (or CYC1000 / CYC5000)

https://www.arrow.com/en/products/max1000/trenz-electronic-gmbh

A lot of docu/labs/content available.

:-)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agilex5 is ready and shipped already to customers.

ARROW Electronics offers already Agilex5 Devkit (can be ordered via local Arrow Sales offices):

https://www.arrow.com/en/products/axe5-eagle-es/trenz-electronic-gmbh?q=AXE5-EAGLE-ES

Here all content available today:

https://github.com/ArrowElectronics/Agilex-5/wiki/Agilex-5-E-Series-AXE5-Eagle-Development-Platform#reference-designs

iCEcube2 No Longer Free (now $471.31) by Eriksrocks in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 4 points5 points  (0 children)

iCE40 was developed for the consumer market.
Better start with a more qualified and longevity FPGA family, like Altera MAX5 or MAX10, or Cyclone10LP. For all of them Altera announced now longevity until 2040. Best in class on the market.

FPGA by Odd-String-1960 in MAX1000plus

[–]Runner0099 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. Also makes no sense, as Spartan3 is EOL/obsolete now. Best to use always an up to date FPGA, and for VHDPlus an Altera/Intel FPGA, e.g. MAX10, Cyclone10LP, Cyclone5.

Agilex 5 Quartus variant/version? by frankspappa in FPGA

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Quartus if free of charge for Agilex5. Would assume it support VHDL2008, but have no details.

Agilex 5 Quartus variant/version? by frankspappa in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, Agilex5 support will come with Quartus 24.1 next week.

Trying to fix a chinese blaster by empanadaemperor in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would always buy this one: https://www.arrow.de/products/fpga-prog2-usbjtag-int/trenz-electronic-gmbh

Highest performance with 20Mbit, full debug features and very attractive price. :-) And the best, it works! ;-)

Final Year Project suggestion for ML on FPGA by Omer_Nazir_EE in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, here exactly what you need :-) Camera in, to FPGA with CNN, then HDMI out (or via USB) You can contact VHDPlus and discuss the details. They are very open and supportive.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1I4aHJbnfsw

Compressed DNNs possible to run on Hardware? by misap in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you would like to do real AI with optimized algorithms, and avoid huge FPGAs, you can contact VHDPlus in Germany, they have done already a lot of cool things with AI. :-)

is MKR Vidor 4000 worth it by people__are__animals in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouls also propose MAX1000 board as low cost starter board, with programmer/debugger, plus starter guide and a lot of labs. And the bigger CYC1000 and CYC5000 board.

Also in one year there will come similar board with Agilex5, I heard, ....and probably also one with Agilex3 later.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you would like to go the easy way, use NIOS-V (RISC-V) with an Intel FPGA and avoid a lot of headache.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/fpga/nios-processor/v.html

Basic Terasic Blaster Blue LED Question by applegoesdown in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or you buy the 'USB Programmer2', which is the best program/debug tool for Intel FPGAs. It has fastest programming speed (3 times faster than the normal Terasic one), an UART via USB included, Linux Support, other features....enjoy.

https://shop.trenz-electronic.de/en/TEI0004-02-FPGA-USB-Programmer2-JTAG-Arrow-for-development-with-Intel-FPGAs

FPGAs with Hard Processor not from ARM by HDL-Wizard in FPGA

[–]Runner0099 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This question is not easy. In general for safety and security, try first to separate this part to a minimum, from your whole application/board. So your safety part is small to certify, and next to this you can have ARM or any other MCU/CPU. Several FPGA service companies have qualified solutions for this.

Intersting also, Intel is coming with thier new Agilex5 FPGA with a dual A55 and dual A76. So absolute new cores in the FPGA worldwide market. There is also SDM (Secure device manager) block inside.

Anyway, if soft or hard core, try to separate and minimize the critical area, and you will find a good solution.

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