GStreamer Plugins for Ara240

This repository contains GStreamer plugins designed for the Ara240 DNPU, providing multimedia processing capabilities for vision applications.

License

This repository is licensed under the LGPL-2.1-or-later License.

Build

1. Install dependencies: libara_vision_inference.so and libaraclient_aarch64.so present in rt-sdk-ara2
2. SDK path: ARA_SDK path
3. Include dependencies: ara_vision_inference_api.h present in rt-sdk-ara2
4. Toolchain: Be sure you are using the Whinlatter toolchain as is the toolchaine for Q2 Release!

Build steps:

mkdir build
cd build

source /path/to/6.18-whinlatter/environment-setup-armv8a-poky-linux

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Release"  -DINSTALL_ARA_LIBS="OFF" -DKINARA_SDK_ROOT="/path/to/rt-sdk-ara2" -DARA_SDK_LIB_DIR="/path/to/ara-sdk-lib-dir" -DARA_SDK_INCLUDE_DIR="/path/to/ara-sdk-include-dir" ..

make -j$(nproc)

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🧰 Required Hardware

• i.MX 8M Plus FRDM / i.MX 95 FRDM
• Ara240 NPU module
• microSD card (≥ 64GB recommended for LLM/VLM support)
• USB-C debug cable
• Ethernet connection
• Power supply

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💻 Required Software

• Embedded Linux for i.MX (= LF6.18.20_2.0.0)