Build a Real-Time Object Detection System and Measure Acceleration: Raspberry Pi 5 AI HAT+ Kit with Hailo-8L

Every part needed, pre-tested for compatibility, with an AI build companion trained on this exact project. Shipped from Bengaluru in 3-5 days.

You’ll assemble a standalone object detection system using a Raspberry Pi 5, the Pi AI HAT+ with Hailo-8L NPU, and a Pi Camera Module 3. Run YOLOv8s at full 1080p, measure inference time and power draw, then disable the accelerator to see the raw CPU performance gap. This kit transforms abstract edge AI concepts into a hands-on experiment you can benchmark yourself.

What You'll Build

A compact, battery-friendly vision system that detects people, vehicles, and everyday objects in real time. The onboard NVMe SSD stores logs and video clips, so you can capture results and later analyze them. By the end of the build, you’ll have a reproducible measurement setup that quantifies the Hailo-8L’s acceleration benefit over software-only inference on the Raspberry Pi 5’s Cortex-A76 cores.

What You'll Learn

• Deploy a YOLOv8s model onto a Hailo-8L NPU using the HailoRT runtime and measure inference latency in milliseconds.
• Compare CPU-only vs NPU-accelerated object detection speed, frame rate, and power consumption under identical conditions.
• Configure the Pi Camera Module 3 for 1080p streaming and integrate it with edge AI pipelines using GStreamer or Picamera2.
• Log performance metrics and video captures to an NVMe SSD, then visualize the latency and power trade-offs using Python scripts.

Kit Contents

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Who This Kit Is For

This kit is designed for engineering students (B.Tech ECE/EEE/CSE) and CBSE Class 11-12 students exploring AI and embedded systems. It’s perfect for Smart India Hackathon participants building vision-based solutions, ATL Tinkering Lab mentors demonstrating real-time AI, and BITS/VIT/IIT students working on capstone projects in edge computing. If you’ve completed basic Raspberry Pi projects and want to move into practical AI deployment, this kit bridges the gap.

Built and Backed by Compoden

Every Compoden kit ships with an AI build companion trained on this exact project — accessible via a QR code on the box, with WhatsApp and email backup. We've spent 10 years building projects for makers, schools, and institutions across India. If a part fails because of a manufacturing defect, replace it free within 7 days.