Alif Semiconductor Ensemble® E1C DevKit & StartKit
Alif Semiconductor Ensemble® E1C DevKit and StartKit enable the evaluation of the Ensemble E1C MCUs. The E1C MCU on the board features an Arm® Cortex®-M55 CPU core with the Helium-M Vector Extension, operating at 160MHz. The MCU provides an Ethos-U55 neural network processor core with 128 MACs per cycle, 2MB of SRAM, and 1.9MB of NVM. Off-chip OSPI flash and PSRAM memory devices (64MB and 32MB, respectively), and a variety of digital/analog interfaces are also included.
The E1C DevKit is a cost-effective, single-board platform that exposes all signals on the E1C MCU, making it easy to access power and performance profiling, prototyping, and more. Several pre-built applications are available for all DevKit platforms to help users quickly get started.
The smaller Ensemble StartKit (SK-E1C) provides access to all the E1C MCUs pins for easy prototyping. Two microphones are on board, a camera module, plus one of hundreds of available mikroBUS™ click boards may be attached.
Features
- Ensemble family
- High-performance, low-power, accelerated on-device AI/ML
- Imaging and graphics processing
- Precise real-time control
- Capable of running high-level operating systems
- Ensemble E1C DevKit (DK-E1C)
- Enables rapid evaluation of hardware features
- Easy test and measurement access
- Several pre-built applications available
- Arm Cortex-M55 CPU core
- Ethos-U55 NPU
- Low power consumption
- Ensemble E1C StartKit (SK-E1C)
- Low-cost way to enter the Ensemble family
- Two onboard microphones
- Camera module
- One of hundreds of available mikroBUS™ click boards may be attached
Applications
- Endpoint AI/edge AI prototyping
- Wearables and battery‑powered devices
- Smart home and smart building devices
- Industrial sense‑and‑control
- Audio and voice‑driven interfaces
- Embedded vision (AI‑light)
- Rapid prototyping and education