eIQ Neutron NPU Lab Guides

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These lab guides provide step-by-step instructions on how to take a quantized TensorFlow Lite model and use the Neutron Conversion Tool found in eIQ Toolkit to convert the model to run on the eIQ Neutron NPU found on MCX N devices. 

The eIQ Neutron NPU for MCUs Lab Guide - Part 1 - Mobilenet documents focus on using the eIQ Toolkit GUI method to convert a model and then import that converted model into an eIQ MCUXpresso SDK example. It is recommended to go through this lab first. There are two versions depending on if MCUXpresso SDK is downloaded from the MCUXpresso SDK Builder website as a zip file or if MCUXpresso SDK is downloaded from the NXP Github repository. 

The eIQ Neutron NPU for MCUs Lab Guide - Part 2 - Face Detect.pdf document focuses on using the eIQ Toolkit command line utilities to convert a model for the eIQ Neutron NPU and integrate that newly converted model into the Face Detect demo found on the Application Code Hub.

Both labs were designed to run on the FRDM-MCXN947 but the same concepts can be applied to other MCX N boards as well as other devices with eIQ Neutron NPUs like i.MX RT700. 

Also be sure to also check out the Getting Started community post for more details on the eIQ Neutron NPU.

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Updated April 2025 for eIQ Toolkit 1.15