Updates from Coral: Mendel Linux 4.0 and much more!

Coral has announced significant updates, including the release of Mendel Linux 4.0 for the Coral Dev Board and System on Module (SoM), which is now based on Debian 10 Buster and includes improvements such as upgraded GStreamer pipelines, support for Python 3.7, OpenCV, and OpenCL. The new release enables faster GPU conversions of YUV to RGB pixel data and enhances performance for running inferences with YUV-producing sources like cameras. Additionally, Coral is integrating with MediaPipe, allowing developers to build real-time perception models and deploy them on the Coral Dev Board, leveraging the Edge TPU for accelerated performance. The introduction of a new Teachable Sorter project tutorial highlights the use of the Coral USB Accelerator and Google’s Teachable Machine 2.0 to create a physical sorting machine capable of rapidly recognizing and sorting objects. Furthermore, pre-trained Coral models are now available on TensorFlow Hub, offering new interfaces for testing model performance. These updates are part of Coral's ongoing platform development, supported by a network of global distributors and partners.