Spiking Neural Network Based Low-Power Radioisotope Identification using FPGA

This paper presents detailed methodology of a Spiking Neural Network (SNN) based low-power design for radioisotope identification. A low power cost of 72 m W has been achieved on FPGA with the inference accuracy of 100% at 10 cm test distance and 97% at 25 cm. The design verification and chip validation methods are presented. It also discusses SNN simulation on SpiNNaker for rapid prototyping and various considerations specific to the application such as test distance, integration time and SNN hyperparameter selections.