§ Industrial automation
Inspect. Predict. Optimize.
Visual inspection, predictive maintenance, and process optimization at the edge.
§ Why edge AI
The case for running it on the asset.
Factory floors don't tolerate downtime, cloud dependency, or vendor lock-in. The E1M family covers the full range: AEN at sub-1 mW for always-on anomaly detection on every motor, V2N+M1 for AI-driven visual inspection on the line, and N93 with TSN Ethernet for hard-real-time control in cell-level automation.
§ The constraint
Operational data stays on-premises. SCADA/PLC integration is local. Down a network, the line keeps running. Industrial-grade silicon with 10-year availability — because re-spinning a control board is more expensive than the controller itself.
§ Recommended modules
Pick the AI compute that fits.
E1M-AEN
Always-on AI at sub-1 mW. Cortex-M55 + Ethos-U55 scaling from 250 GOPS (E3/E5/E7) up to 500 GOPS (E4/E6/E8) for wake-word, vibration anomaly, and ultra-low-power sensing.
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E1M-X V2N
Quad-core A55 with 4 TOPS DRP-AI3 in a 45×65 mm form factor.
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E1M-X V2H
RZ/V2H delivers 80 TOPS sparse / 8 TOPS dense in the same 45×65 mm.
Coming soon
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E1M-N93
Industrial real-time AI on i.MX 93. 500 GOPS NPU + dual Cortex-A55 + Cortex-M33 in 35 × 35 mm.
Coming soon
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§ Reference examples from the Alp SDK
Code you can fork and ship.
Every example is real C/C++ in the open-source alp-sdk repo . Clone, change the SKU in board.yaml, build.
ai-anomaly-detection-vibration
Vibration anomaly detection
Accelerometer → 1D-CNN → anomaly score on the Ethos-U NPU. Predictive maintenance, no cloud.
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ai-object-detection-realtime
Visual inspection (YOLOv8-tiny)
Camera in, defects classified out — at line speed.
View on GitHub ↗
production-deployment
Production fleet provisioning
OTA, secure boot, signed firmware — the production lifecycle, ready to ship.
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mproc-dual-os-yocto-zephyr
Yocto + Zephyr industrial gateway
Linux for the data plane, Zephyr for the control plane — one module.
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§ Built for this vertical
Why E1M wins here.
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−40 °C to +85 °C industrial-grade across the lineup
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10-year silicon availability from Renesas, Alif, and DeepX
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TSN Ethernet on N93 for OPC UA / EtherCAT cell-level networking
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Secure boot + DICE attestation supported on all modules