DJI which is one of the most popular drone manufacturer introduced a mini computer which can be programmed by developers.DJ pave the way for more intelligent drone can be used in various fields and want to support with this product.
You can think of it as a mini computer called manifolds like the Arduino.However, the size and weight DJ Manifold produced less because to move by a drone.DJI says using Manifold by developers.Using Manifold of DJI says developers will make processing including advanced and complex visual computing.Manifolds have USB, Ethernet, Mini-PCIe, HDMI, UART, SPI and I2C ports and is located slightly more than 200 grams. Quad-core, 4-Plus-1 ARM processor, NVIDIA Kepler graphics processor.It has also 2 GB RAM and 16 GB eMMC DDR3L storage, 14.04 Ubuntu operating system is running on Manifold.
The reason for choosing Ubuntu and graphics unit as NVIDIA Kepler by DJI deliver rich open source libraries to developers.Through both Ubuntu and Kepler, developers be able to develop artificial intelligence using CUDA, OpenCV, ROS, DirectX, OpenGL and much more API source.Alone selling price of the manifold announced as $ 499.DJ will start to ship on November 15.