At its Ignite digital conference, Microsoft unveiled the public preview of Azure Percept, a platform of hardware and services that aims to simplify the ways in which customers can use Azure AI technologies on the edge – including taking advantage of Azure cloud offerings such as device management, AI model development and analytics.- Microsoft

As we know edge computing is about processing real time data near the data source, which is known as the ‘edge’ of the network. Recently Ignite Microsoft introduced its new edge technology hardware and software platform, Azure Percept. The Azure percept platform includes a development kit with an intelligent camera, Azure percept vision.  There is also an Azure percept studio as a guide for customers with no coding expertise. The hardware in the Azure percept development kit also uses the industry standard 80/20 T-slot framing Architecture. Each hardware component is built with the notches and protrusions to fit in the 1010 extrusion type.

Microsoft intends to expand the number of third-party certified Azure Percept devices in the “months to come” according to Christa St. Pierre, a product manager in Microsoft’s Azure edge and platform group, in a press release.

Source: Microsoft

In addition to announcing hardware, Microsoft says it is working with third party-silicon to build an ecosystem of intelligent edge devices that are certified to run on the Azure Percept platform. Azure Percept runs on Azure, it includes the security protections already baked in the Azure platform, Microsoft says.

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