CogniMem-Users Google Group

RE: IRB Questions?

a...@general-vision.com (Anne Menendez) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:57:49 UT

Darnel,
If you have version 1.4 of the firmware or later, you can use the register
EB_CSR (0x20, bit [11:9]) to enable the I/O lines and their output format
(decimal, binary, and even 7-segment). You can find the firmware version
under the diagnostics utility, or by reading the register EB_Version (0x22,

IRB Questions?

hima...@gmail.com (HiMx96) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:32:25 UT

Hello Everyone,

My partner and I are currently trying to use the IRB device to
recognize pictures. I need to read what the IRB is recognizing and
output it through a LED display.

I have read through the CM IR datasheets and I understand that to get
access through port J2 which is a way to program the FPGA you'd need

Recognetics is Exhibiting at the Embedded System Conference - San Jose

kim.whee...@roadnarrows.com (KimW) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:31:00 UT

Recognetics has an exhibit booth (number 318) at the Embedded System
Conference in San Jose from April 15th to April 17th, 2008. It is open
to the public (but get your tickets early to get a free pass).
[link]

If you are in the area, please drop by and say hi. Recognetics is

CogniMem Application Notes

kim.whee...@roadnarrows.com (KimW) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:58:55 UT

CogniMem Application notes, thanks to Guy Paillet and Anne Menendez.

1. Using CogniMem for Video Recognition
[link]

2. Using CogniMem for Building Image Knowledge
[link]

CogniMem Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

kim.whee...@roadnarrows.com (KimW) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:49:07 UT

We now have a Wiki page for FAQ's, see:

[link]

This page contains to several very useful documents that contain
information on training, getting started, and code examples.

There are answers to questions like:

Which board should I get for video recognition?

Active Control

a...@general-vision.com — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:41:13 UT

For those of you interested in active control, I have retrieved an old
demo program developed by General Vision at the time it was still
using the ZISC chip and just posted it.

Since the CogniMem neural network implements the same neuron
architecture and classifiers as the ZISC with a few significant

RE: How do train it?

a...@general-vision.com (Anne Menendez) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:27:14 UT

I started a new "Active Control" topics on the newsgroup and posted an old
demo which might help.
Good luck
Anne
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Of Dennis Clark
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Thanks,
Every little bit helps - I'm a programmer so the idea of training an

Re: How do train it?

d...@frii.com (Dennis Clark) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:43:24 UT

Thanks,
Every little bit helps - I'm a programmer so the idea of training an
neural network is a bit sketchy to me. Let me bounce some ideas off of
those that are more familiar with the concepts. My original concept
idea for using this in a project is a balancing robot (yeah, simple PID
loops and such, not rocket science, but I'm experimenting here...). My

Re: How do train it?

a...@general-vision.com — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:04:29 UT

The Simple Example supplied in the CogniMem SDK is a good start to
understand the learn/reco instructions, but indeed cannot be very
helpful if you do not have VB6 nor even a Windows-based system. I just
posted the printout of the source code on this newsgroup. Hope it
helps.

PS: the best description of the IO lines is indeed in the SDK and also

Re: How do train it?

d...@frii.com (dlc) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:26:22 UT

Thanks Dave,
I didn't think to look in the SDK PDF's since I will never be using
their SDK, I don't use a Windows machine. But that helps to see what is
going on, I'll read through that more carefully. The other
documentation only speaks in general terms and while the IO lines are
defined, their function is a bit hazy to me.

Re: How do train it?

dav...@gmail.com (Dave) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:41:32 UT

Dennis,

Lots to learn on this part. I hope I can help a little, from what I've
gathered so far.

It seems the first step in training would be to decide with method to
use.
1) Programmatically, via the I2C interface
In this method, the data is written to the CM_COMP register, with the
last data written to CM_LCOMP. Next the CM_CAT register is written

How do train it?

d...@frii.com (dlc) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:50:55 UT

I've read through the documentation, and I think that I have a clue
here, but I'd like to see a procedure and example on how to teach a
network and test it.

I am a Macintosh person so I won't be using the GUI that comes in the
info disk for the camera experimenter board, I have the single chip

Re: Welcome to the CogniMem Users Group

g...@general-vision.com (guy@general-vision.com) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:44:37 UT

Hi Kim,

Thanks for the great job done. CogniMem begin to have lot of users!!!
We should have lot o researcher university soon!!!
Cheers
Guy

Welcome to the CogniMem Users Group

kim.whee...@roadnarrows.com (KimW) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:49:36 UT

Welcome to the CogniMem Users Group.

This moderated group is for posting questions and answers regarding
CogniMem Neural Networks, interfaces, and related applications.

Thank-you for your participation. This will be a very exciting time
for AI applications.

Kim Wheeler
RoadNarrows LLC