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"path": "/2026/05/29/petros-ch32h417m-alef-a-raspberry-pi-pico-sized-risc-v-usb-3-0-camera-board/",
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"Petros CH32H417M Alef – A Raspberry Pi Pico-sized RISC-V USB 3.0 camera board",
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"textContent": "XPU Labs’ Petros CH32H417M Alef is a Raspberry Pi Pico-sized board based on the WCH CH32H417W RISC-V USB 3.0 microcontroller and taking a 2MP OV2640 camera module through the MCU’s digital image interface (DVP). The board comes with 896KB SRAM and 960KB Flash from the WCH microcontroller, two 20-pin GPIO headers following the Raspberry Pi Pico’s pinout, a 6-pin SWD and UART6 header for debugging, and a Reset button. Petros CH32H417M Alef specifications: MCU – WCH CH32H417MEQ6 MCU QingKe RISC-V5F up to 400 MHz QinKe RISC-V3F up to 144 MHz GPU – Graphics Processing Hardware Accelerator GPHA Memory – 896KB SRAM Storage – 960KB Flash Camera I/F – 40-pin B2B connector with DVP @ 144MHz, SPI, I2C and ADC interfaces for 2MP Phos Ayin OV2640 camera module USB – 1x USB 3.0 Type-A port (5Gbps, tested up to 430 MB/s) for data, power, and firmware flashing Debugging – 6-pin SWD and [...]\n\nThe post Petros CH32H417M Alef – A Raspberry Pi Pico-sized RISC-V USB 3.0 camera board appeared first on CNX Software - Embedded Systems News.",
"title": "Petros CH32H417M Alef – A Raspberry Pi Pico-sized RISC-V USB 3.0 camera board"
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