Edge Impulse: Wrapper

The Edge Impulse wrapper sample demonstrates the functionality of the Edge Impulse wrapper. It shows how to use the wrapper to run a custom Edge Impulse machine learning model when integrating Edge Impulse with the nRF Connect SDK.

Requirements

The sample supports the following development kits:

Hardware platforms	PCA	Board name	Board target
nRF9160 DK	PCA10090	nrf9160dk	nrf9160dk/nrf9160/ns
nRF54L15 DK	PCA10156	nrf54l15dk	nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15/cpuapp
nRF5340 DK	PCA10095	nrf5340dk	nrf5340dk/nrf5340/cpuapp/ns nrf5340dk/nrf5340/cpuapp
nRF52 DK	PCA10040	nrf52dk	nrf52dk/nrf52832
nRF52840 DK	PCA10056	nrf52840dk	nrf52840dk/nrf52840

When built for a board target with the */ns variant, the sample is configured to compile and run as a non-secure application with Cortex-M Security Extensions enabled. Therefore, it automatically includes Trusted Firmware-M that prepares the required peripherals and secure services to be available for the application.

Overview

The sample:

1. Initializes the Edge Impulse wrapper.

2. Provides input data to the wrapper.

3. Starts predictions using the machine learning model.

4. Displays the prediction results to the user.

By default, the sample uses a pretrained machine learning model and input data representing a sine wave.

Configuration

See Configuring and building for information about how to permanently or temporarily change the configuration.

Using your own machine learning model

To run the sample using a custom machine learning model, you must complete the following setup:

1. Configure the Edge Impulse wrapper by completing the following steps:

   1. Prepare your own machine learning model using Edge Impulse studio.

   2. Set the CONFIG_EDGE_IMPULSE_URI to URI of your machine learning model.

   See the Edge Impulse wrapper page for detailed configuration steps.

2. Define the input data for the machine learning model in samples/edge_impulse/wrapper/src/include/input_data.h.

3. Check the example input data in your Edge Impulse studio project:

   1. Go to the Live classification tab.

   2. In the Classifying existing test sample panel, select one of the test samples.

   3. Click Load sample to display the raw data preview.

      

      Loading test sample input data in Edge Impulse studio

      The classification results will be displayed, with raw data preview.

      

      Raw data preview in Edge Impulse studio

4. Copy information from the Raw features list into an array defined in the input_data.h file.

Note

If you provide more input data than a single input window can hold, the prediction will be triggered multiple times. The input window will be shifted by one input frame between subsequent predictions. The prediction will be retriggered until there is no more input data.

Building and running

This sample can be found under samples/edge_impulse/wrapper in the nRF Connect SDK folder structure.

When built as firmware image for a board target with the */ns variant, the sample has Cortex-M Security Extensions (CMSE) enabled and separates the firmware between Non-Secure Processing Environment (NSPE) and Secure Processing Environment (SPE). Because of this, it automatically includes the Trusted Firmware-M (TF-M). To read more about CMSE, see Processing environments.

To build the sample, follow the instructions in Building an application for your preferred building environment. See also Programming an application for programming steps and Testing and optimization for general information about testing and debugging in the nRF Connect SDK.

Note

When building repository applications in the SDK repositories, building with sysbuild is enabled by default. If you work with out-of-tree freestanding applications, you need to manually pass the --sysbuild parameter to every build command or configure west to always use it.

Testing

After programming the sample to your development kit, test it by performing the following steps:

1. Connect to the kit with a terminal emulator (for example, nRF Connect Serial Terminal). See Testing and optimization for the required settings and steps.

2. Reset the kit.

3. Observe that output similar to the following is logged on UART:

   * Booting Zephyr OS build v2.6.99-ncs1-14-g15be5e615498  *
   Machine learning model sampling frequency: 52
   Labels assigned by the model:
   - idle
   - sine
   - triangle
   
   Prediction started...
   
   Classification results
   ======================
   Value: 1.00     Label: sine
   Value: 0.00     Label: triangle
   Value: 0.00     Label: idle
   Anomaly: -0.07

The observed classification results depend on machine learning model and input data.

Dependencies

This sample uses the following nRF Connect SDK subsystems:

• Edge Impulse wrapper

In addition, it uses the following secure firmware component:

• Trusted Firmware-M