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Throughout the next year, we'll host monthly activities for you to take your skills to the edge with the Edge Impulse platform. Train a board, create a dataset or perform a task - show off your skills for a chance to win prizes!
The ESP32 is a small, low cost microcontroller with bluetooth and WiFi connectivity, making it ideal for IoT products and applications. It's dual-core processor is strong enough to run TinyML models, opening up endless possibilities for building smart sensors, wearables / health devices, basic vision applications, and more.
The Espressif ESP-EYE development board based on Espressif's ESP32 chip is fully supported by Edge Impulse. The ESP-EYE is equipped with a 2-Megapixel camera and a microphone making it perfect for image recognition and audio processing applications.
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Follow the steps below to get acquainted with Edge Impulse and the ESP32’s capabilities using the Edge ML platform. Then take a short quiz for a chance to win September's prize bundle!
Join the Edge Impulse community at hackster.io/EdgeImpulse.
Sign up for an Edge Impulse account at studio.edgeimpulse.com/signup.
Review the projects below & complete the quiz.
Gesture Classification with ESP32 and TinyML
ESP32-CAM: TinyML Image Classification - Fruits vs Veggies
Check back October 10th for our next activity.
Edge Impulse will be giving away three prize bundles to eligible activity submissions.
Winners will be announced October 7, 2022.
Edge Impulse Swag
Documentation
Announcing Official Support for Espressif ESP-EYE (ESP32)
Getting Started with Edge Impulse on Espressif ESP-EYE (ESP32)
Add Sight to Your ESP32
Learn how to flash the latest firmware and use the Edge Impulse CLI to configure the ESP32.
More Project Tutorials
Edge Driving Monitor
Driving Monitor that tracks the driver's blind spots with a warning system created with an ESP32 CAM and powered by Edge Impulse.
Use an ESP-32 Cam and an Edge Impulse model to take photos of your avian friends visiting your solar-powered bird feeder!
Find more projects featuring Edge Impulse and ESP32 on Hackster.io
You must be registered on Edge Impulse to be eligible to win Take It to the Edge Activities.
Click on the links below for details, learning resources and winner announcements from our past activities and featured technologies.
Keyword spotting, otherwise known as wake word detection, is a form of voice recognition that allows computers to listen for and respond to specific words. In keyword spotting, a device listens for a keyword or phrase and triggers an action based on what is spoken. Review the resources below to gain a better understanding of this popular technology and learn how to train a device to recognize your own keyword or phrase.
The Raspberry Pi Pico is a low-cost development board that use a microcontroller (Cortex-M) processor. The Pico (and brand-new Pico W) are low-power, small devices that have more modest capabilities than a regular Raspberry Pi, but excel when it comes to size, battery life, and ease of prototyping. With 264kB on-chip SRAM and 2MB on-board flash, the Pico can even run lightweight tinyML models for basic sensor-driven AI workloads.
The Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense is one of the most feature-packed Arduino boards, with a built-in temperature sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, and microphone (and more). This makes it a great platform for building monitoring and sensing projects and devices. You'll be able to sample raw data, build models, and deploy trained machine learning models directly from the Edge Impulse Studio.
Everyone is eligible to complete activities and learn about Edge Impulse. However, you are only eligible to win or be awarded prizes if:
Winners will be announced on this page within 5 business days after a quiz is closed. Winners will also be contacted via the email used when submitting their quiz.
The prize fulfillment process will take up to 8 weeks after winners have been announced. You will receive an email when your prize is shipped. If you need to make any changes to your address during that time, please contact us at events@hackster.io.
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Keyword spotting, otherwise known as wake word detection, is a form of voice recognition that allows computers to listen for and respond to specific words. In keyword spotting, a device listens for a keyword or phrase and triggers an action based on what is spoken. There are many applications for keyword spotting including home automation, customer support services and more. Review the resources below to gain a better understanding of this popular technology and learn how to train a device to recognize your own keyword or phrase.
For our first challenge, we'd like you to teach a device to recognize the phrase, “Take it to the Edge”! We have a simple guided walkthrough at studio.edgeimpulse.com/evaluate that will help you along the way.
Follow the steps below to complete this activity and be entered into our giveaway to win a Syntiant TinyML board and Edge Impulse swag. This activity can be completed using a pc, mobile phone or any Edge Impulse supported device.
Video: Build Your Own ML-Powered Keyword Spotting Model in 30KB RAM
Learn the steps required to build a real TinyML model that responds to your voice. No pretrained models, no already created datasets, and no fixed keywords. You'll learn how to collect data from one of our fully supported development boards or your mobile phone, how to train an ML model, and how to deploy this back to your device where the model classifies audio in realtime.
Prefer to read through a tutorial rather than watch a video? Check out the written tutorial version of this demo "Responding to your voice" at the link below.
Get started with Edge Impulse by reading through the docs. In the Edge Impulse docs you'll find user guides, tutorials and API documentation.
Use machine learning to build a system that can recognize when a particular sound is happening—a task known as audio classification.
Learn how you can add turn signals on your bicycle and use Edge Impulse with an Arduino Nano BLE to warn others which direction you are going by using "left" and "right" keywords.
Edge Impulse Swag
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There are many applications for keyword spotting including home automation, customer support services and more. Review the resources below to gain a better understanding of this popular technology and learn how to train a device to recognize your own keyword or phrase.
Teach a device to recognize the phrase, “Take it to the Edge”! We have a simple guided walkthrough at studio.edgeimpulse.com/evaluate that will help you along the way.
Follow the steps below to complete this activity and be entered into our giveaway to win a Syntiant TinyML board and Edge Impulse swag. This activity can be completed using a pc, mobile phone or any Edge Impulse supported device.
Video: Build Your Own ML-Powered Keyword Spotting Model in 30KB RAM
Learn the steps required to build a real TinyML model that responds to your voice. No pretrained models, no already created datasets, and no fixed keywords. You'll learn how to collect data from one of our fully supported development boards or your mobile phone, how to train an ML model, and how to deploy this back to your device where the model classifies audio in realtime.
Prefer to read through a tutorial rather than watch a video? Check out the written tutorial version of this demo "Responding to your voice" at the link below.
Get started with Edge Impulse by reading through the docs. In the Edge Impulse docs you'll find user guides, tutorials and API documentation.
Use machine learning to build a system that can recognize when a particular sound is happening—a task known as audio classification.
Learn how you can add turn signals on your bicycle and use Edge Impulse with an Arduino Nano BLE to warn others which direction you are going by using "left" and "right" keywords.
Edge Impulse Swag
Use the resources below to learn about the Raspberry Pi Pico, and how when combined with Edge Impulse, it can make an impact across a wide variety of topics like sustainability and environment, health, industry, energy, and more.
For July's challenge, read the two projects below to learn about various applications that can be built with the Pico or Pico W and Edge Impulse, then take a short quiz to show us what you learned! Quiz participants will be entered in the drawing to win July's prize bundle - a Raspberry Pi Pico, Grove Starter Kit for the Pico and Edge Impulse Swag.
Documentation
Learn how to connect Raspberry Pi's RP2040 to Edge Impulse, by flashing the latest firmware and using the Edge Impulse CLI to configure the device.
Project Tutorials
Pen + pineapple = Pineapplepen. What about Pico + Machine Learning?
An intelligent device for seniors which detects falls and sends emergency alert messages with location information using a cellular network.
Using machine learning to build a gesture recognition system that runs on a tiny microcontroller, the RP2040.
Raspberry Pi Pico runs Edge Impulse’s Sensor Fusion software to read data from gas, temperature, and humidity sensors and tells you if your food is burning.
Find more projects featuring Edge Impulse and Raspberry Pi Pico on Hackster.io.
Raspberry Pi Pico
Seeed Studio Grove Starter Kit for the Pico
Edge Impulse Swag
Use the resources below to learn about the Raspberry Pi Pico, and how when combined with Edge Impulse, it can make an impact across a wide variety of topics like sustainability and environment, health, industry, energy, and more.
For July's challenge, read the two projects below to learn about various applications that can be built with the Pico or Pico W and Edge Impulse, then take a short quiz to show us what you learned! Quiz participants will be entered in the drawing to win July's prize bundle - a Raspberry Pi Pico, Grove Starter Kit for the Pico and Edge Impulse Swag.
Documentation
Learn how to connect Raspberry Pi's RP2040 to Edge Impulse, by flashing the latest firmware and using the Edge Impulse CLI to configure the device.
Project Tutorials
Pen + pineapple = Pineapplepen. What about Pico + Machine Learning?
An intelligent device for seniors which detects falls and sends emergency alert messages with location information using a cellular network.
Using machine learning to build a gesture recognition system that runs on a tiny microcontroller, the RP2040.
Raspberry Pi Pico runs Edge Impulse’s Sensor Fusion software to read data from gas, temperature, and humidity sensors and tells you if your food is burning.
Find more projects featuring Edge Impulse and Raspberry Pi Pico on Hackster.io.
Raspberry Pi Pico
Seeed Studio Grove Starter Kit for the Pico
Edge Impulse Swag
Use the resources below to learn about the Raspberry Pi Pico, and how when combined with Edge Impulse, it can make an impact across a wide variety of topics like sustainability and environment, health, industry, energy, and more.
For July's challenge, read the two projects below to learn about various applications that can be built with the Pico or Pico W and Edge Impulse, then take a short quiz to show us what you learned! Quiz participants will be entered in the drawing to win July's prize bundle - a Raspberry Pi Pico, Grove Starter Kit for the Pico and Edge Impulse Swag.
Documentation
Learn how to connect Raspberry Pi's RP2040 to Edge Impulse, by flashing the latest firmware and using the Edge Impulse CLI to configure the device.
Project Tutorials
Pen + pineapple = Pineapplepen. What about Pico + Machine Learning?
An intelligent device for seniors which detects falls and sends emergency alert messages with location information using a cellular network.
Using machine learning to build a gesture recognition system that runs on a tiny microcontroller, the RP2040.
Raspberry Pi Pico runs Edge Impulse’s Sensor Fusion software to read data from gas, temperature, and humidity sensors and tells you if your food is burning.
Find more projects featuring Edge Impulse and Raspberry Pi Pico on Hackster.io.
Raspberry Pi Pico
Seeed Studio Grove Starter Kit for the Pico
Edge Impulse Swag
The Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense is one of the most feature-packed Arduino boards, with a built-in temperature sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, and microphone (and more). This makes it a great platform for building monitoring and sensing projects and devices. You'll be able to sample raw data, build models, and deploy trained machine learning models directly from the Edge Impulse Studio.
We've chosen two Hackster projects that show off the power of Edge Impulse on Arduino. Read the projects below to learn about voice control and digit recognition applications using the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense and Edge Impulse, then take a short quiz to show us what you learned and for a chance to win August's prize bundle.
Use the resources below to learn about the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense, and how you can use it with Edge Impulse to build a wide variety of projects covering sustainability and the environment, health, industry, energy, and more.
Documentation
how to connect an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense to Edge Impulse, by flashing the latest firmware and using the Edge Impulse CLI to configure the device.
Other Project Tutorials
BABL leverages tinyML to distinguish a baby's cry from other noise, preventing false alarms, and alerting parents only when needed.
TinyML implementation to identify running water tap sound and once heard one, a buzzer + LED timer is triggered.
A fun and simple project that uses tinyML to detect and respond to dog barks.
How do you tell the difference between a fall and a sudden movement? Train a machine learning model to detect when a fall occurs.
Find more projects featuring Edge Impulse and the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense on Hackster.io.
Edge Impulse Swag