yolo-detection-2026-coral-tpu-macos

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Google Coral Edge TPU — real-time object detection natively (macOS / Linux)

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Coral TPU Object Detection

Real-time object detection natively utilizing the Google Coral Edge TPU accelerator on your local hardware. Detects 80 COCO classes (person, car, dog, cat, etc.) with ~4ms inference on 320x320 input.

Requirements

Python 3.9–3.13

How It Works

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Host (Aegis-AI)                                     │
│   frame.jpg → /tmp/aegis_detection/                 │
│   stdin  ──→ ┌──────────────────────────────┐       │
│              │ Native Python Environment     │       │
│              │   detect.py                   │       │
│              │   ├─ loads _edgetpu.tflite     │       │
│              │   ├─ reads frame from disk     │       │
│              │   └─ runs inference on TPU    │       │
│   stdout ←── │   → JSONL detections          │       │
│              └──────────────────────────────┘       │
│   USB ──→ Native System USB / edgetpu drivers       │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Aegis writes camera frame JPEG to shared /tmp/aegis_detection/ workspace
Sends frame event via stdin JSONL to the local Python instance
detect.py invokes PyCoral and executes natively on the mapped USB Edge TPU
Returns detections event via stdout JSONL

Platform Setup

Linux

# Uses the official apt-get google-coral packages natively
./deploy.sh

macOS

# Downloads and installs the libedgetpu OS payload framework inline
./deploy.sh

Important Deployment Notice: The updated deploy.sh script will natively halt execution and prompt you securely for your OS sudo password to securely register the USB drivers (libedgetpu) system-wide. If you refuse the prompt, it gracefully outputs the exact terminal instructions for you to configure it manually.

Performance

Input Size	Inference	On-chip	Notes
320x320	~4ms	100%	Fully on TPU, best for real-time
640x640	~20ms	Partial	Some layers on CPU (model segmented)

Cooling: The USB Accelerator aluminum case acts as a heatsink. If too hot to touch during continuous inference, it will thermal-throttle. Consider active cooling or clock_speed: standard.

Protocol

Same JSONL as yolo-detection-2026:

Skill → Aegis (stdout)

{"event": "ready", "model": "yolo26n_edgetpu", "device": "coral", "format": "edgetpu_tflite", "tpu_count": 1, "classes": 80}
{"event": "detections", "frame_id": 42, "camera_id": "front_door", "objects": [{"class": "person", "confidence": 0.85, "bbox": [100, 50, 300, 400]}]}
{"event": "perf_stats", "total_frames": 50, "timings_ms": {"inference": {"avg": 4.1, "p50": 3.9, "p95": 5.2}}}

Bounding Box Format

[x_min, y_min, x_max, y_max] — pixel coordinates (xyxy).

Installation

Linux / macOS

./deploy.sh

The deployer builds the local Python virtual environment and installs the Edge TPU runtime. No Docker required.