Set Up ai cast
This page was machine-translated. The Japanese page is the official version.
About ai cast
ai cast is an edge AI camera for Actcast developed under the leadership of Aisin Corporation.
It is based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 and includes a Hailo-8 AI accelerator.
See the product introduction (Japanese).
Write an OS image to ai cast
ai cast has a hardware configuration similar to a Raspberry Pi, but it has no SD card slot. Instead, it has 16 GB of eMMC storage.
Therefore, setting up ai cast requires a special procedure to write the OS image to its eMMC instead of following the standard Raspberry Pi SD card procedure.
Requirements
- ai cast device
- Included power cable
- A PC running Windows, macOS, or Linux
- A cable to connect the PC to ai cast
- Connect the PC to the USB-A port on ai cast. Some cables may not work reliably.
- The following cables have been tested:
- USB A-to-A: UGREEN USB 3.0 Type A male-to-male cable
- USB A-to-C: Anker PowerLine+ USB-C & USB-A 3.0 cable
- rpiboot
- A tool provided by Raspberry Pi to write data to eMMC. Installation instructions are provided for each OS below.
Instructions by operating system
> We recommend using a Windows PC. A graphical installer for rpiboot is available for Windows, while macOS and Linux require installation from the command line. If you are not comfortable using the command line on macOS or Linux, use a Windows PC.