FRAMOS and Antmicro are partnering to jointly build state-of-the-art, modular embedded vision devices based on FRAMOS optical sensor modules and Antmicro’s wide open source hardware portfolio, comprehensive software, edge AI, simulation and hardware engineering services.
FRAMOS and Antmicro customers can immediately access the interactive System Designer framework that leverages the modularity and openness of product building blocks, allowing them to prototype and see their ideas come to life with block diagrams and beautiful, interactive 3D renders of physical boards, adapters for FRAMOS sensor modules, along with their individual hardware components, as well as simulate software in the open source Renode framework on top.
“The integration of FRAMOS FSM:GO sensors and the Antmicro open-source hardware and software ecosystem will promote component reuse by embracing the modular nature of computer vision systems engineered by Antmicro, and in turn, help customers get their edge AI devices to market faster”, said Michael Gielda, Co-Founder and VP Business Development at Antmicro.
Open source is transforming the development of advanced systems with innovative methods and tools that enable engineers to develop better products. Antmicro is at the forefront of the global open-source landscape, driving efforts towards vertical integration across the computing supply chain in e.g. RISC-V International, The Zephyr Project and CHIPS Alliance. The company offers strategic guidance on open source adoption and creates its own open-source technologies to facilitate product development, such as the earlier mentioned RDFM, Protoplaster, Kenning, and Renode.
For FRAMOS, the partnership with Antmicro is a further step towards becoming a complete solution provider. This cooperation will make the design-in of optical sensor modules even easier, allowing customers to focus more on the respective application. Leveraging the readily available building blocks from FRAMOS and Antmicro, customers can achieve a faster-than-ever time-to-market, a key ingredient for success in today’s fast-paced environment.
With the new partnership with FRAMOS, Antmicro is expanding their database component library available in Open Hardware Portal and therefore reducing the barrier to entry for customers interested in FRAMOS camera-based computer vision systems and assuring their testability and scalability.
