OpenMV

[GusCaplan]

Originally Posted by lucas.alvarez96

So you want to replace the Jetson TK1, a full SoC featuring a NVIDIA Kepler GPU with 192 CUDA cores, a 2.32GHz ARM quad-core Cortex-A15 CPU, 2GB of DDR3 RAM, 16GB eMMC besides countless peripherals all for $192 market price for an OpenMV cam with a 180MHz processor, 2 MB flash memory, 256 kB RAM and the limitation of only programming with Micro Python at a $70 market price?

Not necessarily. That's why I made the poll. I think that having both would be nice. Also, the openmv platform outperforms the jetson is certain applications. It is all about knowing what hardware to use.

Originally Posted by lucas.alvarez96

I believe that the best path for students and mentors involved in the control system for their teams should be adopting the greatest and latest in tech from the industry. Students in general have shown their fierce interest in using these technologies and I think that limiting their exposure to fields such as computer vision or embedded computing with these products, which implement tech such as Micro Python for getting to the rookie users in the market, will severely limit the learning possibilities for them.

I agree completely. However, using the right hardware is a useful thing to know. While I can and have written CV code in java and c++ on a jetson, using a piece of dedicated hardware is more elegant, and I think it shows that you know how to be efficient and effective.