Harris Corner Detector Implementation in Myriad 2 by Intel - Movidius

Movidius website: https://www.movidius.com/myriad2

Supported Platform

Myriad2 - This example works on Myriad2: ma2100, ma2150, ma2450 silicon and ma2100, ma2150, ma2450 simulator

Overview

Starts RTEMS, Loads input image and runs the algorithm in parallel on 12 shaves.

Software description

Harris Corner Detection Implementation in Myriad 2 The algorithm runs in parallel in 12 VLIW processors (SHAVEs) We start by the Leon processor which handles the image size and allocates an image slice to each SHAVE. We take special care in order to apply the correct padding to each image slice and not lose valuable features.

There are various modifications that we tested regarding the number of SHAVEs used as well as hardware specific features. Each of these had a specific effect on the overall efiiciency and the final results were presented in the Thesis.

Hardware needed

Myriad2 -This software should run on MV182 board.

Build

Please type "make help" if you want to learn available targets.

!!!Before cross-compiling make sure you do a "make clean"!!!

Myriad2 - To build the project please type: - "make clean" - "make all MV_SOC_REV={Myriad_version}"

Where {Myriad_version} may be ma2100, ma2150 or ma2450. The default Myriad revision in this project is ma2150 so it is not necessary to specify the MV_SOC_REV in the terminal.

Setup

Myriad2 simulator - To run the application: - open terminal and type "make start_simulator MV_SOC_REV={Myriad_version}" - open another terminal and type "make run MV_SOC_REV={Myriad_version}" Myriad2 silicon - To run the application: - open terminal and type "make start_server" - open another terminal and type "make run MV_SOC_REV={Myriad_version}"