Well they’ve done it again, and Milk-V has released an upgraded Duo! This one sports the SG2002 chip, which is the next evolution from the CV1800B.
This processor adds;
- 256MB DDR3 RAM, up from 64MB DDR2
- An added ARM Cortex-A53 Core
- A dedicated TPU that does 1 TOPS with INT8
- An upgraded ISP that can do 5M @ 30FPS
- Audio via GPIO
And it appears that GPIO 34 is the selector for RISC-V or ARM core, so that’ll be fun. Here is a rough (Google Translate) English version of the Chinese datasheet, as originally sourced from https://github.com/milkv-duo/duo-files/tree/main/duo-256M/datasheet.
In this first video I check out the changes, and try booting to the ARM core to see what happens. As you’d expect, I have stock that you can find at https://shop.plati.ma/ and when that runs out, I guarantee I have more on the way!
There’s a bit of discussion around the whole RISC-V + ARM in one MCU, and I want to kick my own off too, as I think there can be some valid use case. Here is the Reddit thread for this video: https://www.reddit.com/r/Platima/comments/19cfccx/milkv_duo_256m_ft_riscv_and_arm_in_one_plus_150/
Previous Video: https://youtu.be/YqUtGk0DHbQ (64M version).
For the giveaway, I’ll send you over $150 worth of SBC goodies, including cables, storage, cameras, USB cables and more. I cover how to enter this contest in the video, so you better check it out.
And yes, I will demonstrate it’s camera and AI capabilities at some point, but that’ll be a future video! Waiting for the Duo S first, ETA March 2024!
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