In collaboration with Renesas we invite you to attend our first AI & Connectivity Day at the Avnet Bay area sales office! Join us for a day filled with deep dives on Renesas and Avnet AI and Connectivity solutions, hands-on workshops, demos, and networking.
Tuesday, October 24th, 2023
9:00am – 4:00pm*
Avnet Bay Area Sales Office – 2580 Junction Ave, San Jose, CA 95134
Breakfast & lunch will be provided
*Full day attendance is not required
Schedule:
• 9:00-9:30am – Check in and breakfast
• 9:30-10:00am – Welcome and brief overview presentation
• 10:15-12:00 – Morning workshops
• 12:00-1:00pm – Lunch, demos, networking, additional check ins
• 1:15-3:00pm – Afternoon workshop
• 3:00pm-4:00pm – Demos, networking
Morning Workshops:
ML at the Edge
This workshop demonstrates how to implement low-power machine learning at the edge leveraging the Avnet RASynBoard. The RASynBoard is architected to deliver low-power, battery operated ML in an embedded platform. We will cover the process and tools used to develop a custom ML model for an embedded target. Hands-on labs include collecting training data, training a ML model, testing the model, and finally deploying the model to the RASynBoard platform. Participants will keep the RASynBoard kit to further develop custom ML models.
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Agenda: • Process
• Tools • Target Hardware • Hands-on Lab exercising pre-built ML models on the RASynBoard hardware Software install and pre-work required prior to workshop (links in confirmation email) |
Attendees will receive: • RASynBoard
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Speaker Bio:
Brian Willess
Technical Solutions Engineer - Avnet
Brian Willess is a Technical Solutions Engineer at Avnet working out of Southport NC. Brian’s focus is on IoT Device firmware, cloud connectivity and ML. Brian holds a BSE in Computer Systems Engineering from Arizona State University and has over 20 years of professional experience developing low level firmware, managing firmware teams and firmware projects.
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Accelerate Embedded Vision AI System Development
Explore how developing advanced embedded Vision AI systems at the edge or endpoints can be simpler than ever before. In this workshop, you will hear directly from engineers on how to use the compact and cost-effective dual-core Arm® Cortex®-A55 RZ/V2L microprocessor-based Single Board Computer (SBC) tailored for embedded Vision and Vision AI applications. You will learn how this SBC can help to accelerate your system design and the available options to use this SBC directly in your product.
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Agenda: • Bring board up and run pre-built demos • Use easy browser interface to exercise various AI models • Learn how to re-image hardware System Requirements: • Laptops with two USB ports • Software install required prior to workshop (Python 3.8 or TeraTerm) |
Attendees will receive: • RZBoard
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Speaker Bio:
Jason Acevedo
Senior Digital Field Applications Engineer – Renesas Jason is an experienced Field Applications Engineer with more than 24 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. He is focused on supporting customers as they design new embedded products. His deep background in Texas Instrument’s Highspeed Digital Interface product group and customer facing application support role at Renesas brings a unique perspective to system development, troubleshooting and debugging of embedded systems design. Jason holds a BSEE from the University of Texas.
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Afternoon Workshop:
BLE Connectivity Made Easy
This workshop introduces the RA Flexible Software Package (FSP) drivers and middleware designed for the DA14531 Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) device by building a complete working solution in less than 90 minutes. Participants will set up the project to read sensor data from an external HS3001 relative humidity and temperature sensor connected to an RA6M4 board. A custom Bluetooth LE profile will be generated and participants will use the Renesas Quick-Connect Sandbox App running on their phone or tablet to connect to the board, control the LED and read sensor data via the Bluetooth connection.
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Agenda: • Set up the DA14531 driver on Renesas RA6M4 • Generate custom Bluetooth LE profile using QE for BLE • Establish smart device connection using Bluetooth LE connectivity Software download required prior to workshop (link in confirmation email) |
Attendees will receive: • RA6M4 EVK |
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Speaker Bio:
Mikael Hvid
Principal Field Applications Engineer – Renesas Mikael is the Principal Connectivity FAE for Renesas in the Bay Area, supporting BLE, Wi-Fi, NFC, Cellular and RF products. Prior to joining Renesas, he was with Dialog Semiconductor for more than 8 years helping customers implement wireless communications into their systems He grew up within a 10-mile radius of both the Lego factory and the city were the Viking king, Harald Bluetooth, held court. He therefore had no other choice than becoming a wireless engineer. Mikael holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineer from the University of Southern Denmark.
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