Kneron PLUS 2.0.0

Features

• Provide kp_hw_pre_proc_info_t for hardware pre-process information from firmware
• Support NEF V1 - flatbuffer Setup.bin
• Support KL720 output format 8W1C16B 16-bit model
• Support multiple input model (After KL730 Chips)
• Support auto-calculate/customized FIFO queue setting
• Add CPU OP debug/profiling API
• Add pre-processing flow example in Data Inference examples
• Provide warning message when PLUS/FW version is mismatch
• Add Kneron MMLab series example

Changes

• Change fixed-point to floating-point convert mechanism for kp_generic_inference_retrieve_float_node()
• Print warning message when calling kp_load_firmware_from_file() over a flash boot device
• Change FIFO queue buffer allocate timing
• Upgrade model information structure kp_model_nef_descriptor_t to obtain more model information
• Update python error code 110 enum
• Move single-input generic inference API to legacy API folder
• Move single-input generic inference examples to legacy examples folder
• Auto reboot device when the kp_load_model() detect the model is loaded in Kneron device
• Update minion and provide no-flash example for KL720
• Update YOLO post-processing
• Add error code for invalid crop area

Bug Fixes

• Fix bug in kl520_uart_boot_firmware
• Fix NEF reader illegal memory access issue
• Fix few bugs for KL520 related examples
• Fix kp_update_kdp2_firmware_from_files() not Return error when firmware path is not correct
• Fix scan device stocked issue under usb boot KL720

The following components are contained in Kneron PLUS:

• KP API (C/Python)
• Example code
• ModelZoo example code
• KDP2 firmware code
• Pre-build firmware binary files
• NEF files for demonstration purpose

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Kneron PLUS Enterprise 2.0.0

Features

• Provide kp_hw_pre_proc_info_t for hardware pre-process information from firmware
• Support NEF V1 - flatbuffer Setup.bin
• Support KL720 output format 8W1C16B 16-bit model
• Support multiple input model
• Support auto-calculate/customized FIFO queue setting
• Add CPU OP debug/profiling API
• Add pre-processing flow example in Data Inference examples
• Provide warning message when PLUS/FW version is mismatch
• Add Kneron MMLab series example

Changes

• Change fixed-point to floating-point convert mechanism for kp_generic_inference_retrieve_float_node()
• Print warning message when calling kp_load_firmware_from_file() over a flash boot device
• Change FIFO queue buffer allocate timing
• Upgrade model information structure kp_model_nef_descriptor_t to obtain more model information
• Update python error code 110 enum
• Move single-input generic inference API to legacy API folder
• Move single-input generic inference examples to legacy examples folder
• Auto reboot device when the kp_load_model() detect the model is loaded in Kneron device
• Update minion and provide no-flash example for KL720
• Update YOLO post-processing
• Add error code for invalid crop area

Bug Fixes

• Fix bug in kl520_uart_boot_firmware
• Fix NEF reader illegal memory access issue
• Fix few bugs for KL520 related examples
• Fix kp_update_kdp2_firmware_from_files() not Return error when firmware path is not correct
• Fix scan device stocked issue under usb boot KL720

The following components are contained in Kneron PLUS:

• KP API (C/Python)
• Example code
• Enterprise example code
• ModelZoo example code
• KDP2 firmware code
• Pre-build firmware binary files
• NEF files for demonstration purpose

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Verified Platforms for C

OS	Platform
Windows 10	x86_64 64-bit
Ubuntu 18.04	x86_64 64-bit
Raspberry Pi OS - Buster	armv7l 32-bit

Verified Platforms for Python

OS	Platform	Python Version
Windows 10	x86_64 64-bit	3.5-3.9 (x86_64 64-bit)
Ubuntu 18.04	x86_64 64-bit	3.5-3.9 (x86_64 64-bit)
Raspberry Pi OS - Buster	armv7l 32-bit	3.5-3.9 (armv7l 32-bit)
macOS (Alpha)	x86_64 64-bit	3.5-3.9 (x86_64 64-bit)

Provide Model

• KL520
  • tiny_yolo_v3
  • ssd_fd_lm
  • fcos-drk53s_w512h512_kn-model-zoo
  • resnet18_w224h224_kn-model-zoo
  • yolov5-noupsample_w640h640_kn-model-zoo
• KL720
  • (new) YoloV5s_640_640_3
  • (new) yolov5_pd
  • fcos-drk53s_w512h512_kn-model-zoo
  • resnet18_w224h224_kn-model-zoo
  • yolov5-noupsample_w640h640_kn-model-zoo
  • (new) kn-model-zoo-mmcls_regnetx
  • (new) kn-model-zoo-mmcls_regnetx
  • (new) kn-model-zoo-mmpose_rsn18hand
  • (new) kn-model-zoo-mmseg_stdc
  • (new) kn-model-zoo-mmtracking_bytetrack

Supported Device

• KL520 (USB boot/Flash boot)
• KL720 (Flash boot)