Thursday, January 30, 2014
Cypress Offers Single-Chip MIPI-to-USB Bridge
Cypress EZ-USB CX3 camera controller allows simple mobile image sensors connection to PC. CX3 has a 4-lane CSI-2 receiver with up to 1 Gbps on each lane, and supports video data formats such as RAW8/10/12/14, YUV422 (CCIR/ITU 8/10-bit), RGB888/666/565 and User-Defined 8-bit. CX3 has integrated the USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 PHYs along with a 32-bit ARM926EJ-S microprocessor for data processing and for building custom applications.
The Reference Design Kit for the Cypress EZ-USB CX3 is available from e-con Systems (http://www.e-consystems.com/CX3-Reference-Design-Kit.asp) and this comes with complete schematics and UVC firmware with source code.
ReplyDeleteIf there are 4 lanes csi-2 receiver, this controller allows 4 image sensors connection to PC? It's possible to work about stereo vision with this?
ReplyDeleteBasically CX3 will not able to handle multiple camera connected to its bus
ReplyDeleteRefer, http://www.cypress.com/forum/usb-30-super-speed/connecting-multiple-image-sensors-one-cx3
If you looking for stereo cameras like http://www.e-consystems.com/stereo-vision-camera.asp in a FX3 based solution, We are working on it and shceduled to launch by March 2016.
We will update you once the product launched into the market.