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For Immediate Releasee-con Systems Launches World’s first MIPI CSI-2 Camera Solution for nVIDIA® Tegra K1
e-CAM130_CUTK1 –13MP Camera for NVIDIA® Tegra K1, Jetson DevKit daughter board, Ultra HD
Streaming @ 25fps in MJPEG, Uncompressed 13MP streaming @ 14fps 1/2.3” Optical format
AR1820HS Sensor
ST. LOUIS and CHENNAI, India — April 22, 2015 — e-con Systems Inc., a leading embedded
design services company specializing in the development of advanced camera solutions announces
the launch of the world’s first MIPI CSI-2 camera solution for nVIDIA(r) Jetson Tegra K1
development kit - e-CAM130_CUTK1. e-CAM130_CUTK1 is a 13MP MIPI CSI-2 camera board fornVIDIA® Tegra K1 powered Jetson development kit.
The e-CAM130_CUTK1 is based on e-con Systems’ e-CAM130_CUMI1820_MOD - 13 MP Camera
Module and interfaces with the Tegra K1 processor over 4-lane MIPI CSI-2 interface. e-con Systems
has developed the Linux camera driver for this MIPI CSI-2 camera and the camera driver iscompatible with standard V4L2 APIs. Together with the sample viewer application, the eCAM130_CUTK1 forms a complete 4 lane MIPI CSI-2 camera solution comprising 13MP MIPI CSI-2
camera module, the compatible Linux driver and the sample viewer application running on Ubuntu
distribution.
The e-CAM130_CUTK1 solution is ideal for customers who wish to leverage the 4-lane high-speed
MIPI CSI-2 interface of Tegra K1 CPU. The camera driver is a standard V4L2 driver and any V4L2
compatible application can access this camera. e-con Systems distributes a sample viewer
application that demonstrates the video preview and still capture application. This viewer application
runs on the Ubuntu distribution of Jetson development board The 13MP camera module along withthe adapter board allows the developer to incorporate this camera in to their designs immediately.
“We are excited to launch the 4-lane MIPI CSI-2 camera solution with the V4L2 driver for nVIDIA
Jetson Tegra K1 CPU through our e-CAM130_CUTK. Earlier we launched 8 MP USB 3.0 camera
support for Jetson board. Some of our customers using this USB3 camera have been asking for 4lane MIPI CSI-2 support for Tegra K1 CPU citing to high performance. We are glad to have thisfulfilled with the state-of-the-art camera solution that not only supports 4-lane MIPI CSI-2 but also
13MP resolution”, said Mr. Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems Inc. “Our customers can also
engage with e-con Systems for customizing or porting our driver to any camera module or to any of
their customized Tegra K1 boards. e-con Systems also provides customization and porting services
for our MIPI CSI-2 camera driver”, he added

Fig: e-CAM130_CUTK1 on nVIDIA® Jetson TK1 development kit

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The e-CAM130_CUMI1820_MOD is based on AR1820HS CMOS Image sensor from Aptina Imaging
and is provided with the S-mount (M12) lens mount that enables customers to choose a lens of theirchoice. This camera module houses an high-performance ISP chip that performs Auto functions(Auto Exposure, Auto White Balance, etc) in addition to the complete ISP pipeline that provides bestin-class images and video along with the optional MJPEG compression. The eCAM130_CUMI1820_MOD supports 4-lane MIPI CSI-2 interface for video transport and thestandard I2C interface for camera control. Through the 4-lane MIPI CSI-2 interface, this camera
module supports Ultra HD (3840x2160) video streaming in addition to Full-HD and HD video
streaming in both uncompressed YUV422 and MJPEG formats. The still image capture is supported
at full 13MP resolution in both uncompressed BMP and compressed JPEG format.
On the nVIDIA Jetson development kit, the e-CAM130_CUTK1 supports streaming VGA@ 102 fps,
HD@ 60 fps (720p60), Full HD@50 fps (1080p30), 4K or Ultra HD@ 22 fps (3840 x 2160) and13MP@ 14 fps in uncompressed YUV format. It also streams VGA@ 102 fps, HD @ 50 fps, FHD @52 fps and 4K or Ultra HD (3840 x 2160) at 25 fps in compressed MJPEG format. This can also
stream the 13MP video at a maximum of 15fps in compressed MJPEG format. The camera driver
also exposes the standard camera controls such as exposure, brightness, contrast, saturation, whitebalance, gamma, gain, sharpness etc through the V4L2 interface.
Availability
The e-CAM130_CUTK1 is readily available from e-con Systems. Customers interested in the eCAM130_CUTK1 can write to sales@e-consystems.com to get the availability and pricing
information.
Customization services
Customers, who are interested in supporting any other MIPI CSI-2 camera on Tegra K1 or Jetsonboard can contact e-con Systems directly with the requirements. e-con Systems offers suchcustomization services for supporting any image sensor and for any customized platform. For furtherenquiries, please write to sales@e-consystems.com
For more information, please visit the product page of 13MP MIPI Camera for NVIDIA® Jetson TK1
or watch demo of e-CAM130_CUTK1 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylDgJi-hi_k.

About e-con Systems
e-con Systems specializes camera solutions with offerings like camera modules, USB camera
modules, camera Device driver development services on Operating systems like Android/WinCE,
Camera reference design, Software ISP, camera customization services and camera tuningservices.
For more information please contact:
Harishankkar
sales@e-consystems.com
e-con Systems Inc., +1 314 732 1152
e-con Systems India Pvt. Ltd.,
Website: http://www.e-consystems.com
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