Congatec MIPI CSI-2 Smart Camera Kit

MIPI CSI-2 Smart Camera Kit is the set of the intelligent video camera intended for video surveillance systems of the peripheral devices of industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) working in cruel environmental conditions.

Set of the intelligent video camera from congatec

As of March 2, 2018, the set of MIPI CSI-2 Smart Camera Kit includes all basic elements of the solution for the smart camera and can be easily configured for support of applications and functions. It for 100% is compatible to the latests version of the MIPI-CSI standard and is optimized for work with the camera MIPI CSI-2 from the Leopard Imaging company performed based on the shaper of signals of HD images AR0237 of ON Semiconductor company which works together with steady against external influences by the single-board computer conga-PA5 Pico-ITX executed based on Intel Atom E3900 processors with an expanded range of workers temperature.

The set is delivered with all necessary configurations and patches and is ready to start of the code on the basis of Linux Yocto kernel.

2018: Announcement

The congatec company — the supplier of the standardized and custom built-in computer payments and modules — in March, 2018 provided the first set of the intelligent MIPI CSI-2 smart Camera Kit video camera. This set, already completely ready to application, is intended for studying of opportunities and deployment based on the intelligent camera MIPI CSI-2 of the systems of video analytics which can function in severe conditions of the industrial environment including as outside observation systems, and as monitoring systems vehicles. With these smart cameras developers have an opportunity literally instantly to unroll the intellectual MIPI-CSI platform of an industrial class, noted in the company.

The set of MIPI CSI-2 Smart Camera Kit constructed using commercially available components of the video camera simplifies development and accelerates time to market of solutions for video analytics for the peripheral devices IIoT.

As explained in congatec, the technology of smart cameras based on MIPI CSI-2 provides video analytics and enters into a system additional artificial intelligence for decision making at the level of the network termination devices IIoT, saving not only on data transmission cost, but also accelerating time before decision-making that eventually allowing to organize autonomous functioning of peripheral devices. Typical applications for the smart cameras MIPI CSI-2 at the level of the terminal equipment of IIoT include the industrial and medical systems of visualization and sight, allow to have situational awareness on the taking place events, to work as a video surveillance system of the smart cities as intellectual additions of applications for vehicles and, besides, as the most important part of the systems of augmented reality in systems on service as a part of systems management on the basis of gestures or in applications on recognition of biometric data.

The cameras MIPI-CSI 2 are optimal addition to the hardware acceleration of video implemented on our Intel processors Atom based on Pico-ITX payments — Jürgen Jungbauer, a product manager in the area of single board computers in congatec company explained. — As we turned on video the Pass-through mode here, the logic of the Intel processor Atom can handle directly the camera sensor, doing processing of video flexible, fast and effective. Having access to all this even before emergence of accurately certain OEM requirements, our clients can easily investigate options and possibilities of this technology.

According to congatec, the MIPI-CSI specification is the most widely used Camera Serial Interface interface (CSI-2) of video cameras for mobile devices of a consumer class. Implementation of this high-speed protocol on the built-in payments, such as Pico-ITX motherboard from congatec, simplifies support of high performance video applications, including with the permissions 1080p, 4k, 8k above, the built-in systems of an industrial class intended for which are round the clock working in severe conditions of the environment.

Potential configurations regarding processors include: