This hailo 8l is extremely useful in mobile robotic systems particularly when paired with an rpi 5. The main board used in this demo is.... not particularly useful however. Generally speaking boards like fpga miss the forest for the trees. As a systems engineer, where am I supposed to put such big board? Also I can expect that, even if my team incorporated this board into a mobile system, it become vaporware well before we deploy anything due to low production numbers and we'd be paying ebay scalpers 2x as much because our distributors wouldn't carry them anymore lol.
As for the rpi 5 combination, the power draw is relatively low. The whole thing clocks in at about 14 watts on an rpi 5 which allows us to run this platform off of a battery. With 26 tops, this setup can contend with the jetson xavier nx (21 tops, ~$500) and the jetson orin nano (40 tops, ~$500) for for a cost of around $170. Furthermore the cpu on the rpi 5 is generally more performant than the xavier nx.
Specifically, this is an excellent vision module for real-time object detection from multiple cameras if setup properly, while maintaining access to the prolific raspberry pi hardware ecosystem which is typically cheaper than the jetson ecosystem.
As for the rpi 5 combination, the power draw is relatively low. The whole thing clocks in at about 14 watts on an rpi 5 which allows us to run this platform off of a battery. With 26 tops, this setup can contend with the jetson xavier nx (21 tops, ~$500) and the jetson orin nano (40 tops, ~$500) for for a cost of around $170. Furthermore the cpu on the rpi 5 is generally more performant than the xavier nx.
Specifically, this is an excellent vision module for real-time object detection from multiple cameras if setup properly, while maintaining access to the prolific raspberry pi hardware ecosystem which is typically cheaper than the jetson ecosystem.