The NeoEyes NE301 is a smart little edge-AI camera built by CamThink that’s designed for real-world uses where power, flexibility and AI matter. Right off the bat, it’s branded as an Ultra-Low Power Edge AI Camera (yes, that’s a mouthful), and it’s powered by the STM32N6 chip.
What makes it cool
- It runs AI right on the device (no big server needed). As an example, it is possible to perform object detection using YOLOv8 at 25 FPS through-the-chip.
- The chipboard is a Cortex-M55 + NPU system (STM32N6) based on an STM32U0 to manage power. That means it’s built to wake fast, consume low power when idle, and do serious work when needed.
- It’s designed to be modular and deployable: you’ve got rich I/O options, expansion connectors, support for USB/CSI camera modules, WiFi 6 / Bluetooth 5.4.
- It is also rugged deployment friendly: IP67, wide ambient temperature (-20 °C to +50 °C), flexible power intakes (battery, USB-C, PoE), i.e. it could be used outdoors or in more hostile environments.
Where can you use it?
Because it’s open, modular, and efficient, you could drop this camera into several kinds of projects:
- A separate smart vision node that tracks scenes and performs inference on the node, ideal for security, tracking, and anomaly detection.
- A sensor-fusion hub: visuals + PIR sensors, radar, environmental sensors, and transmissions should be made through MQTT/HTTP, which is why it is the best when it comes to edge deployment in IoT.
- The NE301 supports real-time process and fast wake as it is a mobile vision system embedded on robots or vehicles in which space, power and latency are important factors.
Specs and reality
- Processor: Cortex-M55 @ 800 MHz with an NPU (Neural-ART accelerator) reaching up to 0.6 TOPS (or “600 GOPS” as they state) of AI performance.
- Memory: 4.2 MB SRAM + 64 MB PSRAM + 128 MB HyperFlash.
- Camera input: USB or MIPI CSI-2; Video codec: supports 1080p30 H.264 + JPEG.
- Communication: WiFi 6 + BLE 5.4. Ambient conditions: -20 °C to +50 °C, non-condensing humidity up to 95% RH. Size: 77 × 77 × 48 mm.
Software Support
NeoEyes NE301 provides an open and developer-friendly software platform that is easily built and has been deployed with AI vision applications at the edge. It provides the STM32 AI Developer Cloud platform that fully supports STM32 Cube.AI to enable developers to directly transduce popular models such as YOLO, MobileNet, or TensorFlow Lite for inference on the device. The camera supports TinyML frameworks, TensorFlow Lite Micro, and Edge Impulse, which makes the camera suitable for use in quick prototyping and on commercial applications. Other structures are also the NeoSDK of CamThink, which offers APIs, model management applications and OTA update assistant to ensure a smooth integration and remote customisation.
Price and Availability
As of now, the CamThink NeoEyes NE301 edge AI camera is listed for $159.90, marked down from its original price of $199.90. It can be pre-ordered, and the actual distribution will occur in the month of December 2025. The promotional price will only be in place until November 14, 2025. Delivery times Planning to order within India (West Bengal, etc.), remember to consider the shipping cost, importation duties and customs, as well as that pre-orders will have a lead time and uncertainty around ultimate delivery dates. You may insert the product page to find out more.