The Arduino Portenta Vision Shield is a production-ready expansion for the powerful Arduino Portenta H7. It adds a low-power camera, two microphones, and connectivity; everything you need for the rapid development of edge ML applications.

The Portenta H7 simultaneously runs high-level code along with real-time tasks. The
H7's main processor is a dual-core STM32H747 including a Cortex® M7 running at 480MHz and a Cortex® M4 running at 240MHz. The two cores communicate via a Remote Procedure Call mechanism that allows seamless calling of functions on the other processor.

Both processors share all the in-chip peripherals and can run:

Arduino sketches on top of the Arm® Mbed™ OS
Native Mbed™ applications

MicroPython / JavaScript (via an interpreter)

TensorFlow™ Lite

Moreover, the onboard wireless module allows the simultaneous management of WiFi and Bluetooth® connectivity on the Portenta H7.

The Portenta Vision Shield brings industry-rated vision and audio capabilities to your Portenta H7. This hardware add-on lets you run embedded computer vision applications, connect wirelessly or via Ethernet to the Arduino Cloud or your own infrastructure, and activate your system using sound detection.

The Vision shield comes with a 324x324 pixels camera module that contains an ultra low power image sensor designed for always-on vision devices and applications. The high sensitivity image sensors can capture gestures, ambient light, proximity sensing and object identification.

There’s a plethora of applications you can deploy with Portenta H7 and Portenta Vision Shield. The demonstration below shows how to implement an accurate digits recognition system using Edge Impulse. Digits recognition using computer vision is desirable in many application and market areas, such as grocery retail, manufacturing, utility metering, and administration.

Learn how to implement accurate digit recognition using Edge Impulse.

Check out the documentation to easily implement Portenta H7 and Portenta Vision Shield in your projects.

Arduino IoT Cloud Compatible

Use your MKR board on Arduino's IoT Cloud, a simple and fast way to ensure secure communication for all of your connected Things.

TRY THE ARDUINO IOT CLOUD FOR FREE

Need Help?

Check the Arduino Forum for questions about the Arduino Language, or how to make your own projects with Arduino. If you need any help with your board, please get in touch with the official Arduino User Support as explained on our Contact Us page.

Warranty

You can find your board warranty information here.

Bundles & Projects

Braccio Bundle

Machine Vision Bundle