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For immediate releasee-con Systems Launches SONY STARVIS® IMX290 based Ultra-low Light Camera for NVIDIA® TX2
e-CAM21_CUTX2 – SONY STARVIS® Series 1/2.8” IMX290 Sensor based Full HD Camera for NVIDIA®
Jetson TX2, Uncompressed image streaming Full HD - 1080p @120fps
ST. LOUIS, USA and CHENNAI, India – Jan 24, 2018, e-con Systems Inc., a leading imaging solutions
company and NVIDIA® Preferred Partner announces the launch of the much-awaited SONY STARVIS®
series IMX290 CMOS Sensor based MIPI CSI-2 camera module for NVIDIA® Jetson TX2 developer kit – eCAM21_CUTX2. The STARVIS® is back-illuminated pixel technology used in Sony CMOS image sensors
for Smart Surveillance camera applications. Its excellent low-light sensitivity realizes high picture quality
in the visible-light and near infrared light regions. e-CAM21_CUTX2 produces outstanding visibility under
the starlight. The IMX290 is a RGB 10/12-bit Bayer format image sensor that can stream 1080p @120fps. e-con Systems partnered with NVIDIA® to develop this camera leveraging the powerful Image
Signal Processor of NVIDIA TX2. e-con Systems worked closely with NVIDIA on the driver development,
image sensor characterization and ISP tuning for realizing excellent image quality under various lighting
conditions including near darkness. The e-CAM21_CUTX2 camera is an ideal camera for smart
applications powered by Machine Learning and Deep Learning technologies on the powerful Tegra X2
platforms including smart surveillance, smart parking and other innovative applications requiring
cameras with excellent image quality.

Fig 1: e-CAM21_CUTX2 – 2MP Ultra-Low light MIPI cameraFig 2: e-CAM21CUTX2 connected with NVIDIA® Jetson TX2

The distinguishing feature of e-CAM21_CUTX2 is its capability to realize stunning images at absolutedarkness. This has been possible with high level of image quality tuning for this sensor on the ISP ofTegra X2.
Another highlighted feature of this sensor is its sensitivity in the near IR region of the light spectrum.
Hence, this camera can be used for capturing images using IR lighting.

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Fig 3: Light Source: Infrarede-con Systems distributes a sample camera viewer, running on the Ubuntu distribution of Jetson TX2development board, leveraging on NVIDIA's 'libargus' camera APIs that demonstrates the video preview
and still capture capabilities. e-con's Full HD IMX290 camera module along with the adapter board
allows developers to incorporate this camera in to their designs, in a turnkey basis, with ease.
“As a Jetson Camera Partner, we are delighted to launch our first camera module leveraging
sophisticated Image Signal Processor of NVIDIA Tegra X2. Combining our expertise in camera imaging
technology with advanced ISP capabilities of NVIDIA Tegra X2, our e-CAM21_CUTX2 produces excellent
images in low light conditions and supports 120fps in Full HD 1080p resolution. The e-CAM21_CUTX2
camera will be an ideal camera for AI-powered smart video/imaging applications based said Mr. AshokBabu, President, e-con Systems Inc. “As NVIDIA Preferred Partner, e-con can also support virtually any
image sensor utilizing the state-of-the-art ISP of NVIDIA Tegra CPU family”, he added.

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Fig 3: Comparison of e-CAM21_CUTX2 - Sony IMX290 MIPI camera vs Normal low-light camera

NVIDIA Preferred Partner, e-con Systems has pioneered in bringing out various cameras for NVIDIA
Jetson TX2 kit. Earlier, e-con Systems had launched e-CAM30_HEXCUTX2 - Six Synchronized Full HD
Cameras, e-CAM131_CUTX2 - 13MP UltraHD camera, 4MP RGB-IR camera, e-CAM31_TX2 - 3.4 MP
Liquid Lens Autofocus camera and e-CAM30_CUTX1 - 3.4MP low light sensitive camera boards for
NVIDIA Jetson TX1/TX2.
The e-CAM21_CUTX2 Full HD Camera Module interfaces with the TX2 processor over 4-lane MIPI CSI-2interface. e-con Systems has developed the V4L2 media-controller sensor kernel driver API based
camera drivers, on top of JetPack 3.1 version from NVidia. JetPack 3.1 features new APIs for efficient
low-level camera and multimedia streaming with Jetson TX2, alongside updates to Linux for Tegra (L4T)
R28.1 with Ubuntu 16.04 aarch64 and Linux kernel 4.4. The e-con's e-CAM21_CUTX2 + TX2 ISP, exposes
the standard camera controls such as exposure, brightness, contrast, saturation, white balance, gamma,gain, sharpness, etc. through the NVIDIA's 'libargus' APIs.
The e-CAM21_CUTX2 is provided with the S-mount (M12) lens holder which allows customers to choose
and use the lens according to their requirement. This Starlight camera uses NVIDIA's on-board Jetson
TX2 Image Signal Processor (ISP) to perform all the Auto functions (Auto White Balance, Auto Exposurecontrol) and significantly, improved image quality. The e-CAM21_CUMI290_MOD supports 4-lane MIPICSI-2 interface for video transport and the standard I2C interface for camera control. Through the 4-lane
MIPI CSI-2 interface, this camera supports Full HD (1080X1920) video streaming RBG 10 bit at 120
frames per second.

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Availability
e-CAM21_CUTX2 is currently available for evaluation. Customers interested in evaluating the eCAM21_CUTX2 with on NVIDIA® Jetson TX2 developer kit can order samples from e-con Systems’ onlinestore.
For more information, please visit the product page of 2MP Sony Ultralow light full HD Jetson TX2Camera Board or watch demo of e-CAM21_CUTX2 athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gwt7mFOxBs
About e-con Systemse-con Systems Inc., NVIDIA’s Scaling partner, specializes in the design, development, manufacture ofembedded OEM CMOS USB 3.0/USB 2.0 cameras, board cameras (MIPI/Parallel), Stereo cameras . We
provides extensive range of high quality CMOS cameras (ranging 1 MP to 13 MP) based on Sony, ONSemiconductor and Omnivision sensors for various processors from NVIDIA, NXP(Freescale),Texas
Instruments, etc. e-con Systems has strengths in customized product design and can offer fast
prototyping and custom modification in hardware and software for any application.
For more information please contact:
Harishankkar
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e-con Systems Inc., +1 314 732 1152
e-con Systems India Pvt. Ltd., +91 44 40105522
Website: www.e-consystems.com

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