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The On-Device People Counter Only Worked After I Made It Boring
Community description: I built a tiny line-crossing people counter for a Seeed XIAO ESP32S3 Sense this week. Camera on the...
Dev.to | Sep 15, 2026 | Todd Sullivan
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Camera on the board, model on the board, counts on the board. Fine for a doorway at ~6 fps; // swap in ByteTrack if people cross paths in frame. A smaller model plus a boring counter beats an impressive pipeline that cannot keep up with someone walking through a door.
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