Greetings from Mistral!

First and foremost, I thank you for your continued support and trust on us, which is helping us efficaciously cater to you in the ongoing situation. I also thank the frontline workers who relentlessly lead the fight against the pandemic. I could see an amazing power of positivity and kindness around the world. I take this opportunity to reassure you that Mistral as a company is resilient and highly motivated, mastering several challenges in its journey since 1997.

In this issue of Infowaves, we announce two new releases from Mistral. Mistral’s Neuron Base Board now supports NVIDIA Jetson TX2 NX SoM in addition to Jetson Nano and Xavier NX. The Neuron Board is a feature-rich development platform, that enables all the features of Jetson SoMs, designed to meet the compelling needs of modern AI, Deep Learning and inference on the edge.

Another release is the new version of 60GHz AoPCB Radar with ODS-1E PCB antenna, built around Texas Instruments IWR6843 ES2.0 ultra-high-resolution FMCW RADAR sensor, designed to provide high functionality for industrial applications. The Radar comes with compelling features such as integrated DSP, Hardware Accelerator, self-calibration and Self-test.

Also feature two articles that you may find interesting - a case study on an Edge Processing Camera designed around NVIDIA Jetson Nano and a blog on wearable antennas and antenna technologies.

We hope you find this infowaves informative. As the situation around the world continues to evolve, I urge you to stay strong and stay positive. Thank you, once again!

Sincerely,

Mujahid Alam
CEO

Mistral’s Neuron Base, the feature-rich product development platform, now supports NVIDIAs Jetson TX2 NX, in addition to Jetson Xavier NX and Jetson Nano SoMs. Neuron Base is designed to enable all the functional features of NVIDIA Jetson SOMs and aid faster product development and prototyping. The Neuron Base addresses all crucial requirements that are key to design, develop and prototype embedded edge computing devices, which demand high-performance factors and runs complex AI workloads. The Neuron Base is ideal for realizing AI-based machine vision applications such as Edge Camera with object detection and recognition, Human Activity Recognition, Robotics, Drones, Autonomous Navigation, Radar-Camera Sensor Fusion and Smart Retail among others.

AI and Edge Computing are two key modern-day technologies revolutionising cameras and imaging solutions, be it home, industrial or enterprise applications. AI-enabled Cameras, also known as Edge Cameras, are finding its way to a wide range of applications, such as Robotics, Industrial, Healthcare, ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles among others. Powered by advanced AI-enabled SoCs, Smart Cameras are designed to run compute-intensive workloads at the edge of network. This case study outlines Mistral's expertise in designing an Edge Camera based on NVIDIA Jetson Nano for Vision Analytics and AI/DL Applications. With superior image processing capabilities, multi-sensor integration, machine learning, and integrated AI Algorithms for Video analytics, the camera is designed to make intelligent decisions at the edge.

Wearable Antenna is among the key emerging technologies aiding several applications in healthcare, military, navigation, and entertainment. In Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN), antenna is the key component that supports wireless communication, including in-body communication, on-body communication and off-body communication. While WBAN and wearable antennas offers numerous benefits, one should also be aware of its impact on human body. This blog discusses the wearable antenna applications in general and briefly outlines various antenna technologies that can be considered while designing a wearable device. The blog also looks at the impact of antenna on human body and vice-versa.