NCS2 Replacement | Tiny Accelerator Card based on Intel Movidius Myriad X VPU

OpenNCC Accelerator Card is an open accelerated AI reference platform designed and manufactured by EyeCloud.AI for edge-ai applications, a production solution to replace intel's Neural Compute Stick2 (NCS2).
 
The Accelerator Card is built with Movidius Myriad X VPU, Intel's first VPU to feature the Neural Compute Engine - a dedicated hardware accelerator for deep neural network inference. The Neural Compute Engine in conjunction with the 16 powerful SHAVE cores and high throughput intelligent memory fabric makes Intel Movidius Myriad X ideal for on-device deep neural networks and computer vision applications. The natively supported Intel® distribution of the OpenVINO™ toolkit automatically maximizes the inference performance.
 
Variants
 
The USB Version is designed as a tiny PCBA of 1.5"x1.5'' (38mmx38mm) dimension with USB Type-C connectivity to make it easy to develop in the POC(proof of concept) stage. 
 
The FPC Version is designed as a tiny PCBA of 1.5"x1.5'' (38mmx38mm) dimension with FPC connectivity to make it flexible for product integration, especially for edge-ai products that have tiny shape designs. 
 
Overall, both variants are good choices for edge-ai product POC and integration, especially those that have been tested with Intel NCS/NCS2 and seeking a replacement for Mass Production.
 
Work with OpenVINO as Intel NCS2 replacement
 
Intel® Neural Compute Stick 2 (Intel® NCS2) 
 
Accelerator Card in Co-processing Compute Stick Mode can be worked with OpenVINO (2020.3，2021.4 Version)  as an Intel NCS2 replacement, and support Arm Linux SoC or Raspberry Pi boards.
 
Click here to learn more about instructions on how to run the Accelerator Card as an Intel NCS2 replacement.