keras2c
keras2c is a library for deploying keras neural networks in C99, using only standard libraries. It is designed to be as simple as possible for real-time applications.
Please cite this paper if you use this work in your research:
R. Conlin, K. Erickson, J. Abbate, and E. Kolemen, “Keras2c: A library for converting Keras neural networks to real-time compatible C,”
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol. 100, p. 104182, Apr. 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.engappai.2021.104182.
Installation
Recommended Installation
The modern way to install keras2c is via pip:
pip install keras2c
To use the original/stable version, use the Release v1.0.2 (https://github.com/PlasmaControl/keras2c/releases/tag/v1.0.2) with the command:
git clone git@github.com:PlasmaControl/keras2c.git --branch v1.0.2
For Windows, make sure that you have gcc installed. We recommend CYGWIN with make and gcc.
Quickstart
keras2c can be used from the command line:
python -m keras2c [-h] [-m] [-t] model_path function_name
A library for converting the forward pass (inference) part of a keras model to
a C function
positional arguments:
model_path File path to saved keras .h5 model file
function_name What to name the resulting C function
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-m, --malloc Use dynamic memory for large arrays. Weights will be
saved to .csv files that will be loaded at runtime
-t , --num_tests Number of tests to generate. Default is 10
It can also be used within a python environment:
from keras2c import k2c
k2c(model, function_name, malloc=False, num_tests=10, verbose=True)
For more information, see Installation and Usage
Supported Layers
Core Layers: Dense, Activation, Dropout, Flatten, Input, Reshape, Permute, RepeatVector, ActivityRegularization, SpatialDropout1D, SpatialDropout2D, SpatialDropout3D
Convolution Layers: Conv1D, Conv2D, Conv3D, Cropping1D, Cropping2D, Cropping3D, UpSampling1D, UpSampling2D, UpSampling3D, ZeroPadding1D, ZeroPadding2D, ZeroPadding3D
Pooling Layers: MaxPooling1D, MaxPooling2D, AveragePooling1D, AveragePooling2D, GlobalMaxPooling1D, GlobalAveragePooling1D, GlobalMaxPooling2D, GlobalAveragePooling2D, GlobalMaxPooling3D, GlobalAveragePooling3D
Recurrent Layers: SimpleRNN, GRU, LSTM, SimpleRNNCell, GRUCell, LSTMCell
Embedding Layers: Embedding
Merge Layers: Add, Subtract, Multiply, Average, Maximum, Minimum, Concatenate, Dot
Advanced Activation Layers: LeakyReLU, PReLU, ELU, Softmax, ReLU
Normalization Layers: BatchNormalization
Noise Layers: GaussianNoise, GaussianDropout, AlphaDropout
Layer Wrappers: TimeDistributed, Bidirectional
ToDo
Core Layers: Lambda, Masking
Convolution Layers: SeparableConv1D, SeparableConv2D, DepthwiseConv2D, Conv2DTranspose, Conv3DTranspose
Pooling Layers: MaxPooling3D, AveragePooling3D
Locally Connected Layers: LocallyConnected1D, LocallyConnected2D
Recurrent Layers: ConvLSTM2D, ConvLSTM2DCell
Merge Layers: Broadcasting merge between different sizes
Misc: models made from submodels
Contribute
Documentation: https://f0uriest.github.io/keras2c/
Issue Tracker: https://github.com/f0uriest/keras2c/issues
Source Code: https://github.com/f0uriest/keras2c/
License
The project is licensed under the LGPLv3 license.
Metadata
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