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Grifo
Grifo

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OpenCV on Embedded Platform

Can some suggest a test/development embedded platform to use with OpenCV. I would like to develop an embedded video analytics solution, but I don't know where to start. Some suggestion/ideas/hw starter kits?

Maybe some Pc-104 solutions with Intel Atom? Has someone made some test about performances on this platform or any other embedded platform?

Thanks

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rajs
rajs

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I guess I am late to answer.

I have recently used opencv3.4.6 with PC-104 boards (PCM3365) for an INDUSTRIAL Application.

Only thing to note is that when i start webcamera using cv::Videocapture, it takes a long time to open (around 30-40secs), otherwise everything is fine.

Good Luck

Upvotes: 0

qdot
qdot

Reputation: 6335

I'd personally recommend TI OMAP platforms - Beagleboard xM and PandaBoard.

Those boards have embedded video input, run Linux, and have more than enough performance to run OpenCV. They are also extremely portable and have good community support.

Upvotes: 1

Bradley Powers
Bradley Powers

Reputation: 747

If you're looking for a very small option, I strongly recommend the Gumstix Overo series. I use them for my Computer Vision research, and they work really well. There are a couple of options for processors, I'd recommend the Overo Tide module, which has 512 MB of RAM, and an onboard DSP for offloading some CV operations. Combine this with a Tobi expansion board and a few cables, and you've got a full embedded computer vision research platform for ~$350. They also sell a small camera, which I'm still getting around to trying out. What's nice about the Gumstix is you can just build OpenCV onboard, which saves you some of the headaches with BitBake type solutions.

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Adi Shavit
Adi Shavit

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A Pentium/PC built OpenCV application will run on any Atom platform with the same OS unmodified. This is because Atoms natively run Pentium executables.

If you are looking for a more embedded solution, there are OpenCV ports for the BeagleBoard. SInce OpenCV is portable code, it can be compiled to most systems that provide a C/C++ compiler. I have successfully used OpenCV on ARM, MIPS and XScale processors.

As for mobile platforms, there are ports to the iPhone, Android and various Windows CE/Mobile/Embdeed versions.

Upvotes: 2

geschema
geschema

Reputation: 2494

Vision Components seem to support the OpenCV in their Smart Cameras (see this article).

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kazanaki
kazanaki

Reputation: 8054

OpenCV does not need any "special" hardware to function. You can use it fully using images from normal files (e.g. JPG)

Have you looked at some of the tutorials/code? Do they require something specific that you do not have?

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Kumar Vishal
Kumar Vishal

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you can use Symbian Simulator for this they Nokia have there Open CV for Symbian for hardware testing you have to drop the mail to them they will provide u the hardware through the telnet for given time of time

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Mohit
Mohit

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You can use the Blackfin kit from Analog Devices. Analog Devices have created a library similar to opencv for the blackfin DSP processor.

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rleir
rleir

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Do you mean OpenCV the computer vision library originally developed by Intel? I would be inclined to start with Moblin, Intel's embedded Linux, at moblin.org and for hw use a netbook or any PC that Moblin supports. Hook up a supported webcam from the list at www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/search_res.php?pattern=webcam . There is a Wikipedia entry that might help. Your project sounds like fun! cheers -- Rick

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