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# edgeimpulse.experimental.impulse

## Functions

### build

```python theme={"system"}
edgeimpulse.experimental.impulse.build(
	deploy_model_type: str | None = None,
	engine: str = 'tflite',
	deploy_target: str = 'zip',
	output_directory: str | None = None,
	api_key: str | None = None,
	timeout_sec: float | None = None
) ‑> _io.BytesIO
```

Build and download an impulse from Edge Impulse.

Build a model and download it from Edge Impulse. The model can be built for a specific target
and engine. The model can be saved to a file if `output_directory` is provided and the file name
will be derived from the deployment target.

| Parameters | |
| - | - |
| `deploy_model_type` | `str \| None = None` |
| `engine` | `str = 'tflite'` |
| `deploy_target` | `str = 'zip'` |
| `output_directory` | `str \| None = None` |
| `api_key` | `str \| None = None` |
| `timeout_sec` | `float \| None = None` |

| Returns |
| - |
| `_io.BytesIO` |