Xmos has announced a software development kit (SDK) for the artificial intelligence on its ‘xcore.ai’ processors, incorporating TensorFlowLite for Microcontroller development tools

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“The kit equips developers with standardised tools and resources that they need to create devices that absorb contextual data from their environment, infer meaning from that data, and translate the results into action,” according to the company.

It includes:

• Scripts, tools and libraries to convert TensorFlowLite for Microcontroller models into a format for the xcore.ai platform
• Libraries to support FreeRTOS operation on xcore.ai
• Examples showing a variety of operations based on bare-metal and FreeRTOS operation, including smart microphone sensing
• Getting started guides, example builds and execution walk-throughs
• Access to XMOS’ open-source libraries of interfaces and  signal processing algorithms

“These tools will enable developers to deploy custom or off-the-shelf AI models using a standard framework alongside all of the control, communications, signal and I/O processing required to create a complete and secure application solution,” said Xmos.

Early access to the SDK will be through GitHub, designed to be used in conjunction with the xcore.ai Explorer Kit, which is available on limited release.

Future releases will be aimed at specific end applications, including a smart home platform reference design with Wi-Fi, designed to demonstrate ‘voice at the edge of networks’, scheduled for early next year.