QuickFeather demand has exceeded our expectations. It’s currently backordered at the QuickLogic site but is still available at CrowdSupply, Mouser and Future Electronics.
A good alternative to QuickFeather is the Thing Plus - EOS S3 from SparkFun
A good alternative to QuickFeather is the Thing Plus - EOS S3 from SparkFun
QuickFeather Development Kit Diagram
EOS S3 Low Power MCU with embedded FPGA - Supported by 100% Open Source Hardware Development Kit and Software Tools
View Full DiagramUnlike other development kits which are based on proprietary hardware and software tools, QuickFeather is based on open source hardware, compatible with the Adafruit Feather form factor, and is built around 100% open source software (including the Symbiflow FPGA Tools).
The QuickFeather is powered by QuickLogic’s EOS™ S3, the first FPGA-enabled Arm Cortex®-M4F MCU to be fully supported with Zephyr RTOS. Other functionality includes:
- GigaDevice 16-Mbit of flash memory #GD25Q16CEIGR
- mCube MC3635 accelerometer
- Infineon DPS310 pressure sensor
- Infineon IM69D130 PDM digital microphone
- Powered from USB or a single Li-Po battery
- Integrated battery charger
- USB data signals tied to programmable logic
The SensiML Analytics Toolkit suite automates each step of the process for creating optimized AI IoT sensor recognition code. The overall workflow uses a growing library of advanced ML and AI algorithms to generate code that can learn from new data either during the development phase or once deployed.
The free Community Edition of the SensiML Analytics Toolkit is ideal for experimenters, innovators and R&D teams, and features a lifetime license that never expires. It enables endpoint IoT developers to download the software and quickly begin developing, prototyping, and evaluating AI functionality for their applications without cost or risk.
Download SensiML SoftwareUse Cases
Industrial
Predictive Maintenance, Anomaly Detection, Process Control and Inspection, and Industrial Wearables
Commercial
Occupancy Aware Smart Lighting and Smart City Infrastructure
Agriculture
Livestock Wearables
Consumer
Virtual Coaching Smart Wearables
SensiML Benefits
- Significant TTM Gains: 5x faster development over hand-coded algorithms
- AI Without Data Science Complexity: AutoML tool usable by mainstream developers
- Runs on EOS S3 AI: Enabling practical AI application on embedded wireless IoT devices
- Maximize Your Hardware: Smart compilation optimizes for QuickFeather Dev Kit
- Extensibility and Flexibility: Add algorithms, change hardware, customize code as desired
- Proven Solution: Launched in 2016 by Intel, now independent and greatly expanded
EOS S3 AI Benefits
- No more multi Gigabyte software installs, no more of the hassles associated with proprietary tools, no more vendor-specific hardware incompatible with the industry.
- QuickFeather is small, Feather compatible, inexpensive, and is 100% supported by open source tools.
- With a Cortex®-M4F MCU and integrated eFPGA, the onboard EOS S3 lets you innovate with 100% open source hardware and software.
Specifications
- EOS S3 MCU + eFPGA SoC
- Arm® Cortex®-M4F Microcontroller
- up to 80 MHz operating frequency
- up to 512 Kb SRAM
- Embedded FPGA (eFPGA)
- 2400 effective logic cells
- 64 Kb RAM
- Arm® Cortex®-M4F Microcontroller
- Feather Form Factor
- Breadboard-compatible 0.1" (2.54 mm) pitch headers - all headers are pre-soldered
- 2.3" x 0.9" (58.4 mm x 22.9 mm) footprint
- All 20 Feather-defined GPIO + 13 additional GPIO
- Interfaces
- SWD programming connector for use with USB-TTL converter
- USB data signals are tied to eFPGA programmable logic
- UART available via I/O headers
- I²C
- I²S
- SPI
- Storage: 16 Mbit SPI NOR flash - GigaDevice GD25Q16CEIGR
- Sensors
- Accelerometer - mCube MC3635
- Pressure sensor - Infineon DPS310
- Digital pulse density modulation (PDM) microphone - Infineon IM69D130
- User Interfaces
- RGB LED
- User pushbutton
- Reset pushbutton
- Power
- USB micro Type-B connector (regulated to 3.3 V)
- Li-Po battery
- On-board charging circuitry - Microchip MCP73831/2
- Standard Li-Po JST connector
- Software
- Machine Learning
- TensorFlow Lite
- SensiML
- Real-time Operating Systems
- Zephyr RTOS
- FreeRTOS
- FPGA Tools:
- SymbiFlow
- Renode
- Machine Learning
Resources
Product Videos
Introduction to QuickFeather, EOS S3 Open Source Hardware Dev Kit
Introduction to QuickFeather, EOS S3 Open Source Hardware Dev Kit (Chinese)
Downloading Firmware eFPGA Binaries using TinyFPGA
Running “Hello World” on a QuickFeather Dev Kit
Webinar: Endpoint AI Without Writing Code
SensiML Overview
Webinar: Connecting New I2C Sensors to QuickFeather Dev Board & Capturing Data in SensiML
SymbiFlow with QuickFeather – A simple FPGA Programming Example
Connecting QuickFeather and Data Capture Lab over WiFi: A configuration guide utilizing the ESP32
SymbiFlow with QuickFeather – A simple FPGA Programming Example
