A Comprehensive Product Overview for CamThink NeoEyes NE301

Time: Xiamen, China — November 15, 2025

CamThink has officially announced the launch and pre-sale of its first edge AI camera with native YOLOv8 deployment — the NeoEyes NE301. As the latest addition to the NeoEyes family, NE301 inherits the ultra-low power consumption and modular architecture of the previous-generation NE101, while adding built-in AI capabilities that open up new application possibilities in smart cities, industrial monitoring, precision agriculture, weather sensing, and more.

High-Performance Intelligence: 5 Key Highlights of NE301

Robust Edge AI Inference

Powered by the STM32N6 MCU and ST’s Neural-ART NPU, the NE301 delivers up to 0.6 TOPS of on-device inference performance. It supports real-time execution of lightweight detection models such as YOLOv8, enabling person detection, gesture recognition, and other AI tasks without relying on cloud connectivity — minimizing latency, bandwidth use, and privacy risks.

Ultra-Low Power Consumption

Equipped with the STM32U073Kx power management chip, the NE301 supports deep sleep at just 7–8 μA and full-speed operation at 170–180 mA, with millisecond-level wake-up times. Whether powered via battery or PoE, the camera is ideal for long-term deployments in unattended or power-constrained environments.

Modular Hardware Architecture

The camera features a fully modular design, with interchangeable camera sensors (MIPI or USB), communication modules (Wi‑Fi 6 / LTE Cat‑1), power sources (USB‑C, 4×AA battery, or PoE), and housing parts. Its standardized board-to-board connectors allow developers to quickly prototype, customize, and scale into production.

Multi-Trigger Event Capture & Rich I/O Interfaces

NE301 supports event-driven AI capture triggered by PIR, radar, acoustic, and other external sensors. Hardware interfaces include:

  • 16-pin GPIO header (UART, RS485, I2C, SPI, GPIO, 5V/3.3V)

  • USB-C and 4-pin UART debug ports

  • MicroSD slot, Audio I/O, alarm input, built-in fill light, and more This flexible interface set allows integration into a wide range of industrial and smart IoT applications.

Outdoor Deployment Ready

Compact and rugged (77 × 77 × 48 mm), the NE301 features an IP67-rated enclosure with a tempered glass lens cover. It supports wall, ceiling, and pole mounting, and is bundled with original accessories to fit various installation needs.

Key Technical Specifications
  • Processor: Arm Cortex-M55 @ 800MHz + Neural-ART NPU @ 1GHz (0.6 TOPS

  • Memory: 4.2MB SRAM + 64MB PSRAM

  • Storage: 128MB HyperFlash + MicroSD slot

  • Camera Module: 4MP MIPI OS04C10 (FOV: 51°, 88°, 137°); optional USB cameras supported

  • Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6 / Bluetooth 5.4 + optional LTE Cat-1 (Quectel EG912U-GL / EG915Q-NA)

  • Power Supply: USB-C (5V), 4×AA batteries, or PoE

  • Power Consumption: 7–8 μA (sleep)

  • Size / Environmental Tolerance: 77 × 77 × 48 mm, -20°C to +50°C, 0–95% RH

  • Certifications: CE / FCC / RoHS / SRRC

Product Manager’s Note: Why They Built NeoEyes NE301

“CamThink founder Ming was an early adopter of Ultralytics YOLOv8. He trained high-quality YOLO models easily — but deploying them on edge devices was another story.

He realized that for users without embedded or Linux development experience, deploying YOLO models on hardware was unnecessarily hard. That’s why we built NeoEyes NE301 around the STM32N6 — a low-power AI camera with a built-in YOLOv8 inference engine and graphical Web UI.

Within the next couple of weeks, we will open-source the full firmware stack. Our goal is to help AI model developers deploy YOLOv8 without any embedded knowledge, directly from their browser. In the future, NE301 will also support more YOLO variants and custom vision models.

The mission of NeoEyes NE301 is to help developers and integrators bring edge AI from concept to deployment — with minimal power, and maximum speed.

                                                                                                                                             
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Use Cases of NeoEyes NE301

  • Industrial Monitoring
    Designed for remote sites, infrastructure inspection, and unmanned operations. Compact and low-power for reliable long-term use in harsh conditions.

  • Smart Agriculture
    Battery-powered and energy-efficient, ideal for off-grid farms. Scheduled capture with edge AI supports data-driven crop and livestock management.

  • Environmental & Weather Sensing
    Integrates with radar and PIR sensors for event-triggered edge analytics in remote monitoring and ecological observation.

  • Livestock Monitoring
    Tracks animal behavior and alerts on anomalies for early detection of health or safety issues.

About CamThink

CamThink, a brand under Milesight (Xiamen), is dedicated to providing vision AI cameras and edge AI devices to users worldwide. Its mission is to empower developers, engineers, and makers to rapidly build customized, production-ready AI models for real-world applications.

By streamlining hardware customization and system integration, CamThink accelerates the entire journey from prototype to deployment. With deep expertise in hardware manufacturing and strong developer support, the company delivers user-friendly, market-ready solutions tailored for vision AI projects.

Committed to open architecture and high adaptability, CamThink enables developers to bring their most dynamic and diverse AI ideas to life — turning creativity into practical, scalable innovation.

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