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Machine vision camera suppliers reduce time to market with transport layer IP Cores. The core competency of engineers designing machine vision cameras and systems is usually configuring the core camera features to provide the best possible image while meeting size, weight, power budget and others. But they also have to devote considerable time and effort to successfully streaming the images from the camera to the host. Leading edge vision transport layer standards like GigE Vision, USB3 Vision and CoaXPress are complex and evolving, so several months of work by experienced protocol engineers are typically


module interfacing with the GMSL2 protocol. Te cameras are powered by Power over Coax - data, control signals and power are sent through a single coaxial cable. Te ability to connect any Framos image sensor to the Nvidia Jetson platform via GMSL2 over long distances enables new possibilities and applications. Vision Components has


released a SerDes adapter board so that coax cables up to 10m and longer can now be used with the Mipi interface. Te company’s


Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) cable is available in three standard versions with 15, 22 or 24 pins, in lengths of 60mm, 100mm or 200mm. Transfer rates of 6Gb/s are possible, corresponding to 750MB/s at an 8-bit pixel resolution. Te FPC cables have a


trigger input and a flash output. Tese enable both video streams and single image acquisition; they do not affect the host system. Settings such as shutter speed, position and binning, gain and image size can be individually


required for interface design. S2I’s Vision Standard IP Cores solutions are delivered


as a working reference design, alongside compact FPGA IP cores fully tested against a wide range of popular frame grabbers and image acquisition libraries. IP Cores enable machine vision companies to build FPGA-based products following these standards, delivering the highest possible performance in a small footprint while minimising development time. More information: www.euresys.com/en/Products/IP- Cores/Vision-Standard-IP-Cores-for-FPGA


adjusted for each image. Using the cables with an external trigger, very fast processes can be detected and synchronised. Vision Components has also developed repeater boards that enable up to five times longer transmission paths. Vision Components


also now offers an FPGA- based accelerator for edge preprocessing of image data. It has multiple Mipi-CSI-2 inputs and outputs and can merge data from several Mipi cameras. Te latest Quartet TX2


carrier board from Teledyne Flir enables streaming from four USB3 board-level cameras simultaneously and at full bandwidth. It is ideally placed for space constrained applications, eliminating the need for peripheral hardware and host systems. Te Quartet TX2 embedded solution comes pre-integrated with the company’s Spinnaker SDK. Basler and Variscite both


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offer solutions based on the NXP i.MX 8 applications processor series, as well as various evaluation kits. For its development kits destined


for multimedia use, Variscite employs Basler embedded cameras so that companies can quickly get started and test vision-based applications. Coinciding with the


announcement of NXP’s latest applications processor, the i.MX 8M Plus, Basler released a reference camera module that matches the system-on-chip (SoC). Te company also recently launched an industrial-grade embedded vision processing board with vision optimised interfaces based on a Variscite system-on-module (SoM). Various camera types can be connected to the SoM - it is suitable for prototyping and series production. Also working with NXP


boards, Tine Solutions recently introduced its second Teia-Cam family kit - the THSCM101, a 13-megapixel phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) linux camera reference design kit. Te kit interfaces to NXP’s i.MX 8M family and is based on Tine’s THP7312-P image signal processor and Sony’s IMX258 13MP CMOS PDAF image sensor. It includes


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