NeoEyes NE503 Edge AI Camera with Hailo-15H 20 TOPS NPU

Overview

CamThink NeoEyes NE503 is a 4K edge AI camera for local video intelligence, outdoor deployment, and custom AI application development. Built on the Hailo-15H SoC with a 20 TOPS INT8 NPU, it runs inference directly on the device and publishes structured events through Event Bus or MQTT. See the NE503 official wiki for the full technical overview.

NE503 combines Sony IMX678 4K imaging, Hailo Gen2 AI-ISP, and an 8–32mm F1.6 AF auto-zoom lens for high-quality monitoring, low-light imaging, and long-range recognition. For setup, RTSP streams, and application deployment, refer to the NE503 Quick Start Guide.

For developers and integrators, NE503 supports containerized applications, REST API, Python SDK, Web Console, SSH, and aipc-cli. Technical users can review the system architecture and SDK workflow before deployment.

Key Features

Hailo-15H edge AI platform

• Quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 CPU @ 1.3 GHz
• Hailo NPU with 20 TOPS INT8 AI performance
• 8 GB LPDDR4 memory and 64 GB eMMC storage
• 350 GOPS DSP for pre-processing and post-processing workloads
• Embedded Linux system with containerd runtime

On-device AI inference

NE503 runs AI workloads locally on the camera, reducing cloud dependency, network bandwidth usage, and response latency. The platform supports multi-model concurrent inference and outputs structured inference results through Event Bus for local linkage or system integration.

Supported AI task types include detection, OCR, face detection and recognition, ReID, pose estimation, behavior analysis, and attribute recognition. Pre-installed models include Person Detection YOLOv8n, Face Landmarks, and CLIP Image Encoder. See the NE503 AI inference overview.

4K professional imaging

NE503 uses a Sony IMX678 1/1.8″ 4K CMOS sensor with Hailo Gen2 AI-ISP. It supports 3840 × 2160 imaging, H.264/H.265 hardware encoding, 4K@30fps video output, HDR, AI denoising, and low-light full-color imaging below 0.01 LUX.

The camera provides main, sub, and third RTSP streams for recording, preview, and AI analysis. Learn more in the NE503 Quick Start RTSP section.

8–32mm AF zoom lens

The 8–32mm F1.6 AF auto-zoom lens provides 4x optical zoom. Wide-angle mode supports broad scene coverage, while telephoto mode supports long-range detail recognition such as people, vehicles, license plates, and object-level inspection.

Field of view

Containerized AI application platform

NE503 is not only a smart IPC. It is also an open edge computing platform. Developers and system integrators can deploy AI applications using containerized workflows, manage models and applications through the Web Console, and integrate with external systems through REST API, MQTT/Event Bus, SSH, Python SDK, and aipc-cli.

Application deployment and model management are covered in the NE503 Quick Start guide or NE503 Application Reference

Industrial all-in-one deployment

NE503 integrates imaging, inference, event output, alarm linkage, Web management, network video streaming, and external I/O in one outdoor-ready device. It supports IP67 protection, PoE 802.3AT, DC 12V input, RS-485, Alarm I/O, TF card expansion, and -40°C to +60°C operation.

What’s Included

• 1 × NE503 Camera
• 1 × Wall-mount

Customer-provided:

• PoE 802.3AT switch and Ethernet cable, recommended
• Or DC 12V power adapter, standard network switch, and Ethernet cable
• Computer with Ethernet port and modern browser for initial setup