The Mach One camera

Modular and flexible to fit your application.

A main board, a power board, a sensor board and a communications board, with an expansion slot for what comes next. We adapt the sensors, optics, power and comms to your application's requirements.

Architecture

Five boards, one contract between them.

Every board tolerates having its power removed and comes back cleanly, so the main board can switch off anything it is not using.

Power boardBattery 3.2 to 3.7 V inOptional solar charge input3.3 V and 1.8 V rails, VBatt senseSwappable: AC, solar variantsSensor boardImagers, IR illuminationPIR, radar second checkTemperature, humidity, lightStatus LEDMain boardSTM32N6, neural acceleratorFlash and PSRAM for imagesNanopower domain: sensesand wakes without the MCUOwns power gating, routing,secure boot and OTACommunications boardLTE-M / NB-IoT modem, eSIMCat-1 bis optionSame interface for LoRaWAN,satellite in futureExpansion moduleSecond radio, AI acceleratoror a new sensorUART, I²C, SPI, GPIO, powerOptional; camera runs without itrailsCSI, I²C, SPIUART, gated powersame interface
Detection chain

Four questions, in order, each cheaper than the next.

Every stage answers one question and drops what fails it, so battery is only spent on things that might matter. Radar and object detection run on the camera; only what passes them is uploaded.

  1. 1 · Microwatts

    Something moved

    Motion detection. The PIR is always armed in the nanopower domain; any warm body moving in the field of view wakes the camera.

  2. 2 · ≈ 1.3 J per trigger

    Right size, right place

    Radar, powered for a few seconds. It reports how big the mover is and where it is: human-sized or larger, inside the area of concern. Birds, small animals and anything outside the area are dropped without a frame.

  3. 3 · ≈ 16 J per escalation

    The thing we care about

    Object detection on the camera's neural accelerator. This is where a person is told from a large animal, a vehicle from a person, a dog from a sheep. Only frames with the class you asked about are uploaded.

  4. 4 · In the cloud

    What it is doing

    Generative AI reads the uploaded frame against your criterion: what the thing is doing, wearing or carrying, whether it is inside the cordon or loading the trailer. Rules on its answers decide the alert.

Figures from the editable parameter table; see the configurator to change them.

Day and night

Usable images round the clock.

A low-power monochrome imager does the triage and works with IR illumination for covert night capture. A 5 MP colour imager can be fitted where detail or colour matters. Visible flash is available where a deterrent is wanted.

Deployment

Position it, press the button, walk away.

No cabling, no network configuration, no site infrastructure. The camera authenticates with credentials provisioned at manufacture and appears in the platform within minutes. SIMs and data are part of the service.

Watch a deployment, frame by frame

Specification

Preliminary specification.

Subject to change as the Mach One completes development. Measured power figures will replace the estimates in the configurator as they arrive.

ProcessorSTM32N6 with on-chip neural accelerator; nanopower domain for sensing while the main processor sleeps
ImagersVGA monochrome for low-power triage; 5 MP colour option; lens options for the scene
Wake sourcesPIR, radar second check (distance and size), scheduled timer, environmental thresholds
IlluminationIR 850 nm for covert night capture, or visible flash for deterrent and colour
SensorsTemperature, humidity, ambient light, battery voltage; captured with every image and as time series
ConnectivityLTE-M and NB-IoT with eSIM; LTE Cat-1 bis option; LoRaWAN and satellite planned on the expansion slot
PowerInternal LiPo pack in 5, 10 or 20 Ah; optional solar charging (1 W integrated or external panel)
Endurance12+ months at typical event rates on the internal battery; longer with the solar option
SecuritySecure boot, signed firmware with rollback, unique device credentials, TLS end to end
EnclosureIP-rated alloy, small and monolithic, no separate panel; brand or covert finish
ExpansionStandard slot with UART, I²C, SPI, GPIO and power for comms, accelerators or new sensors
ComplianceCE and UKCA, RoHS and REACH; further regional approvals per variant

Shape it to your deployment

AI usage and cost

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