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Customize Your Own AI Camera with reCamera Core

Combine 1 core board, 80+ sensors, and 4+ base boards—craft the unique reCamera with 80×4 or even 80×N possibilities with your creativity!

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With 1 core board, 80+ sensor boards, and 4+ customizable base boards (limited only by your creativity), the possibilities are endless: 80×4, or even 80×N—build your unique reCamera combo!

Mix, match, and innovate—every pairing unlocks a new vision AI solution. Whether for robotics, monitoring, basic vision AI, or beyond, a perfect combination will be there for your project.

The team and I will gradually update prototypes and demos to adapt the core board to different expansion boards. The first-generation reCamera you see here (https://www.seeedstudio.com/reCamera-2002w-8GB-p-6250.html) is built from a combination of the core board + OV5647 + a base board supporting CANbus and Gimbal.

What creative combinations will come next? Which one will you create? I super look forward to exploring together with the community! 🚀

🤔 How can you understand the modular capabilities based on the reCamera Core? The following explanation, based on the development idea for the first-gen reCamera, may help you understand this clearly.

💡 Why we make this first-gen reCamera?

Today, as processors (both SOC and MCU) are becoming smaller and more powerful, it is now possible to combine the processor with camera sensors. In fact, many IPCs (IP cameras) are already using this design to accelerate AI detection on edge devices.

So today, we introduce reCamera, an open-source camera platform for everyone to play with. We have divided this project into 3 interchangeable parts:

  • Core Board
  • Sensor Board
  • Base Board

This design allows users to easily change the interfaces and camera sensors to suit their needs. We hope that these components can be freely combined in any way.

By building this hardware platform and ecosystem, we enable other applications to grow on this platform without the need to worry about changing from one platform to another in the future.

The engineering focus on modularity, high performance, and ease of use ensures that reCamera serves as a powerful platform for developers and makers. This design streamlines complex hardware processes, allowing users to integrate vision AI capabilities into their systems efficiently and creatively.

We've taken care of the intricate hardware work, freeing up time for user innovation. The modular design enables users to rapidly switch cameras and customize interfaces, transforming development from months to weeks only!

  • First-gen, reCamera 2002 (w)

    jenna04/28/2025 at 06:49 0 comments

    First-gen reCamera

    Core Board V1

    So far, we have launched reCamera Core powered by RISC-V SOC SG2002. In addition to the onboard eMMC, there is also an onboard wireless solution ready for use. The wireless module, along with the onboard antenna, could provide you with basic Wi-Fi/BLE connection ability.

    The difference between C1_2002W and C1_2002 is whether there is an onboard WIFI chip. They are from the same PCB design. The difference is that C1_2002 does not attach the Wi-Fi module.

    Below are the introductions to these two core boards.

    BoardFeaturesVersion
    C1_2002w- eMMC
    - WiFi/BLE module
    - Onboard antenna
    - External antenna connector
    1.2
    C1_2002- eMMC
    - Extra SDIO to base board
    - Extra UART to base board
    1.2

    The schematic is as below:


    Sensor Board V1

    The sensor board we have currently developed is the OV5647.

    SensorOV5647CMOS Size1/4"
    Pixels5MPApertureF2.8
    Focal Length3.46mmField of View65°
    Distortion< 1%Image2592 x 1944 (still picture)
    Video1920 x 1080p @30fps, 1280 x 720p @60fps, 640 x 480p @60fps, 640 x 480p @90fps
    Interfaces- 4 x LED fill lights
    - 1 x microphone
    - 1 x speaker
    - 3 x LED indicator
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    Base Board V1

    So far, we have developed two types of baseboards, B101_Default and B401_CAN. B401_CAN supports CAN communication and allows for the connection of more accessories, for example, you can connect a gimbal to achieve 360° yaw rotation full coverage and 180° pitch range from floor to ceiling.

    B101_Default

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    B401_CAN

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