abhishekpythons/vbx-sdk-img repository overview

⁠📦 Overview

This Docker image provides a ready-to-use environment for the VectorBlox SDK⁠, developed by Microchip Technology Inc. (formerly Microsemi). It is specifically designed to accelerate AI/ML model development and deployment on PolarFire® SoC FPGAs using VNNX compilation tools.

The SDK enables developers to quantize models, convert TFLite/ONNX formats, and generate .vnnx files compatible with Microchip’s embedded platforms.

⁠🛠️ What's Included

• ✅ Fully cloned and configured VectorBlox SDK
• ✅ Pre-installed dependencies in a clean Python virtual environment
• ✅ Pre-fetched libvbx_cnn_sim.so (Git LFS file automatically handled)
• ✅ Dockerized build for repeatability and ease of use
• ✅ Example project (yolov3-tiny) ready to compile

⁠🏁 Quick Use

Pull and run the container:

docker pull abhishekpythons/vbx-sdk-img
docker run -it abhishekpythons/vbx-sdk-img

Inside the container:

source setup_vars.sh
cd /code/VectorBlox-SDK/tutorials/darknet/yolov3-tiny
bash yolov3-tiny.sh