# 497: Everyone Likes Tiny

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2025-03-20
- Length: 1h 24m
- Episode: 497
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2025-03-20-497-everyone-likes-tiny
- Listen: https://embedded.fm/episodes/497

## Summary

Kwabena Agyeman, President and Co-Founder of OpenMV, discusses the launch of two new programmable camera systems, the OpenMV Cam N6 and the OpenMV AE3, via a Kickstarter campaign. He explains how integrating Neural Processing Units (NPUs) and Arm Helium SIMD instructions enables high-performance computer vision and edge AI on microcontrollers, achieving significant speedups while maintaining ultra-low power consumption. Agyeman details the software ecosystem, including MicroPython, TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers, and partnerships with Edge Impulse and Roboflow, which simplify model training and deployment for embedded developers.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2025-03-20-497-everyone-likes-tiny#t=6) Introduction: Kwabena Agyeman and OpenMV History
- [7:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2025-03-20-497-everyone-likes-tiny#t=458) OpenMV Cam N6 and AE3 Product Overview
- [17:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2025-03-20-497-everyone-likes-tiny#t=1067) Neural Processing Units (NPUs) and Edge AI
- [31:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2025-03-20-497-everyone-likes-tiny#t=1892) Software Stack: TensorFlow Lite, Quantization, and ST ART
- [43:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2025-03-20-497-everyone-likes-tiny#t=2616) Arm Helium SIMD and Software Debayering
- [56:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2025-03-20-497-everyone-likes-tiny#t=3397) The Origin of the AE3: Alif Semiconductor Bugs
- [1:06:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2025-03-20-497-everyone-likes-tiny#t=3974) MicroPython Improvements: ROMFS and Segregated Heaps
- [1:12:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2025-03-20-497-everyone-likes-tiny#t=4344) N6 Features: H.264 Encoding and Arduino Partnership

## Topics

- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Crowdfunding & preorders](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/crowdfunding)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- OpenMV (company)
- OpenMV Cam N6 (product)
- OpenMV AE3 (product)
- Edge Impulse (company)
- Roboflow (company)
- Edge AI Foundation (other)
- PixArt Imaging (company)
- STM32N6 (chip)
- Arm Ethos-U55 (chip)
- Alif Semiconductor (company)
- Arduino (company)
- TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers (tool)
- MicroPython (tool)
- FOMO (product)
- YOLO (product)
- Prophesee GenX320 (product)

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