Running Edge AI on Orange Pi 5 Plus with Metis

Steven Hunsche · 2025-07-10T14:46:12+00:00

I've put together a quick walkthrough of how to set up the Voyager SDK with a Metis M.2 card on the Orange Pi 5 Plus, and wanted to share the full process with you all. This has turned out to be a fantastic low-cost dev setup to start experimenting with edge AI using our Metis platform.Here’s what we cover:Installing the Metis M.2 card Setting up the Orange Pi with the proper OS image Installing the Voyager SDK (using SSH, so you can do it headless) Running a Yolov8L demo with live inferenceEverything is done using standard tools like Balena Etcher, SSH, and a few terminal commands. Whether you’re building a prototype or just exploring Metis on embedded platforms, this setup is a great place to start on a device that's cheap, powerful, and very easy to use.Got questions or ran into snags? Let me know! These resources should help, too:📚 Setup guide reference: https://support.axelera.ai/hc/en-us/articles/27059519168146-Bring-up-Voyager-SDK-in-Orange-Pi-5-Plus📦 Source & SDK: https://github.com/axelera-ai-hub/voyager-sdk Anyone else been experimenting with the Orange Pi for edge AI?

hi Steven! thank you in advance for these precious infos! following this guide i successfully ran yolov8 on /media clips… but i’m experimenting every time hang of metis m2 at each run, after few frames (aprrox 30 - 60 frame); could be a problem related to powersupply? i’m using default orange pi powersupply 5V 4A.. i’m thinking to try with a powersypply 5v 20A max connected on vin - gnd on header pinshi Steven! thank you in advance for these precious infos! following this guide i successfully ran yolov8 on /media clips… but i’m experimenting every time hang of metis m2 at each run, after few frames (aprrox 30 - 60 frame), i need a reboot to recover right behaviour and a few times also i had to disconnect powersupply ; could be a problem related to powersupply? i’m using default orange pi powersupply 5V 4A.. i’m thinking to try with a powersypply 5v 20A max connected on vin - gnd on header pins

Hi @manovella, great to hear you’re working with the Orange Pi as well! Awesome device, right?

A 4A supply sounds pretty good to me. Hard to imagine any SBC needing much more that that (though don’t quote me on it!).

Did you do the voltage limiter step in the guide? The bit about the MVM limiting:

yolov8l with MVM utilization limit at 30%

AXELERA_CONFIGURE_BOARD=,30 ./inference.py yolov8l-coco-onnx ./media/traffic1_480p.mp4 --no-display

Without that, it can become unstable quite quickly, I believe. It’s also at about 09:30 in @Steven Hunsche’s video above.

Hi @Spanner, thank you very much for your support! based on your reply i tried to use lower values than 30…. and at 20 it worked!! now i try to enable inference directly on hdmirx onboard on orangepi…. and we will conquer world !!

Ah awesome! Glad we hit on the issue so quickly @manovella!

What’s the project you’re working on, by the way? Would love to know more about what you’re doing with Metis and AI!

i think metis + orangepi is a powerful combo with right specs for efficient real-time colonic polyps detection using some of latest variants of YOLO, now it’s time to check if this idea fit with reality ;)

Oh wow, very cool application. There’s a short demo about medical diagnostics with Metis here, actually.

Do you work in this field, or is it just something you’ve a personal interest in?

i think metis + orangepi is a powerful combo with right specs for efficient real-time colonic polyps detection using some of latest variants of YOLO, now it’s time to check if this idea fit with reality ;)

Oh wow, very cool application. There’s a short demo about medical diagnostics with Metis here, actually.

Do you work in this field, or is it just something you’ve a personal interest in?

I’m RD manager in an healthcare oriented company

thank you for demo link!

i think metis + orangepi is a powerful combo with right specs for efficient real-time colonic polyps detection using some of latest variants of YOLO, now it’s time to check if this idea fit with reality ;)

Oh wow, very cool application. There’s a short demo about medical diagnostics with Metis here, actually.

Do you work in this field, or is it just something you’ve a personal interest in?

I’m RD manager in an healthcare oriented company

thank you for demo link!

Very cool! Well, you know where we are if we can help - would love to this in action. It could really be tranformative. Keep us all posted!

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