Vaaman is a high-performance edge computing board, featuring a six-core ARM CPU and an FPGA with 112,128 logic cells. Its unique design makes it ideal for addressing many challenges unmet by current products. With a 300-MBps link between FPGA and CPU, Vaaman is optimized for hardware acceleration and excels at parallel computing. Vaaman’s versatility extends to its comprehensive range of interfaces, including PCI, HDMI, USB, MIPI, audio, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, BLE, LVDS, and GPIOs.

Vaaman accelerates your most demanding edge-computing scenarios.

Overcome Challenges With Parallel Processing

Vaaman stands at the forefront of Edge AI and ML acceleration, providing a dynamic platform for groundbreaking applications. We are currently developing a custom platform called "Gati," which will enable custom end-to-end solutions, and enable convolutional neural networks (CNN) exclusively on Vaaman. By mapping these advanced algorithms to the FPGA, the CPU is left free to handle other critical tasks, which improves overall performance.

• Object Classification and Detection: Vaaman excels at object classification tasks, leveraging FPGA parallel processing to swiftly categorize and identify objects in real time.
• Human Presence and Gesture Detection: Vaaman is capable of detecting human presence in real time and accurately counting people to facilitate applications in retail analytics, building management, and more. Gesture detection can open the door to intuitive human-machine interaction.
• Edge Machine Vision: Vaaman transforms machine vision at the edge, accelerating the processing of visual data for applications like quality control, defect detection, and industrial automation.
• Cryptographic Algorithms: Vaaman processes advanced cryptographic algorithms efficiently thanks to the parallel nature of Vaaman. FPGAs frequently outperform GPUs when it comes to cryptographic acceleration.
• Video and Image Decoders: Real-time video and image processing benefit from Vaaman's parallel task handling and high-speed performance with consistent latency. Vaaman's reconfigurability allows us to deploy more efficient encoders and decoders.

Use Vaaman’s Onboard FPGA as Part of Your Toolchain

• Create Custom Hardware Platforms: You have the freedom to configure Vaaman's FPGA to create custom hardware platforms, tailoring the system to specific needs or applications.
• Quick Testing and Prototyping: Vaaman accelerates the development process by allowing rapid testing and prototyping of peripheral systems using the FPGA. Engineers can experiment with different configurations to optimize functionality.
• Simulate Specialized Interfaces: Vaaman can serve as an educational platform by simulating various interfaces, providing a hands-on learning experience for students and enthusiasts interested in hardware and communication protocols.
• Real-Time Testing of New or Niche Protocols: Researchers and developers can use Vaaman to test a variety of communication protocols in real time while exploring and validating innovative interface designs.

Supported Platforms

Pre-built images for Android 12.1, Debian (Bullseye 11), and Ubuntu (Focal 20.04).

Specifications

SOC: Rockchip RK3399 (Dual Cortex-A72 + Quad Cortex-A53)

• Mali-T864 GPU, OpenGL ES1.1/2.0/3.0/3.1, OpenCL, DX11
• 2 GB or 4 GB of LPDDR4 RAM

Ports:

• 2x USB 2.0 Type-A
• 1x USB 3.0 Type-A
• 1x HDMI 2.0 (Micro), Supports maximum 4K @ 60 Hz display
• 1x MIPI-DSI, Supports 2560x1600 @ 60 fps output with dual channel
• 1x USB Type-C DP, Supports maximum 4K @ 60 Hz display
• 1x MIPI-CSI, 2 lanes via FPC connector, support up to 800 MB/s bandwidth
• 3.5 mm jack with mic
• Gigabit ethernet (Realtek RTL8211E)
• MicroSD

Wireless: Integrated RTL8822CS Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Combo Module (6222B-SRC)

• Wi-Fi 2.4G+5G
• Wi-Fi 2T2R
• Bluetooth 5.0

Storage: 64-GB eMMC built-in

PCIe: PCIe 2.1 (4 full-duplex lanes at 20 Gbps)

Real-Time Clock: RTC support via built-in battery interface

Power: 18-W USB Type-C PD

I/O:

• 40-pin GPIO header: supports one 12-pin PMOD and two LVDS lanes or 25 GPIOs
• 1x UART
• 2x SPI bus
• 2x I²C bus
• 1x PCM/I²S
• 1x SPDIF
• 1x PWM
• 1x ADC
• 6x GPIO
• 2x 5-V DC
• 2x 3.3-V power pin

FPGA: Efinix Trion T120

• Logic Elements: 112,128
• Embedded Memory: 5,407 Kb
• Embedded Memory Blocks (5 Kb each): 1,056
• Embedded Multipliers: 320 (18x18 bit)
• 512 MB or 1 GB of DDR3L dedicated RAM, x32 PHY with memory controller hard IP, 25.6 Gbps aggregate bandwidth
• Supports 1.8, 2.5, and 3.3-V single-ended I/O standards and interfaces
• Up to 16 PLL-generated global clock signals

FPGA Interface Blocks:

• GPIO
• PLL
• LVDS 800 Mbps per lane with up to 20 TX pairs and 20 RX pairs
• MIPI DPHY with CSI-2 controller hard IP, 1.5 Gbps per lane
• Direct CSI-2 connectors

Dimensions & Weight:

• 85 x 85 mm
• Final weight and height TBD

Open Source

This is an open hardware project, and we will release schematics of the board after completing fulfillment to backers. Learn more about Vaaman by reading our documentation.

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