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For Immediate Releasee-con Systems Launches Capella, the World's first Embedded Stereo Vision Camera
Reference Design for TI OMAP/DM37x processors
Capella provides supreme flexibility; allows customization of application algorithms

St. Louis, USA / Chennai, India – March 21th, 2012, e-con Systems Inc., a leadingembedded design services company specializing in development of advanced camera solutions
announces the world’s first Stereo Vision camera reference design based on Texas Instruments’
OMAP/DM37x family of processors and Gumstix® Overo® computer-on-module (COM)series. The Stereo Camera Reference design, code-named Capella, includes a DM3730based Gumstix® Overo® WaterStorm COM, a Gumstix® Tobi expansion board and e-con’s
camera daughter board e-CAM_9V024_STEREO.
The Capella reference design comes with a Software Development Kit with full source code forapplication development on top of V4L2 or OpenCV, enabling customers to develop their own
Stereo Vision Camera based applications. e-con Systems also provides sample applications
with source, for applications such as synchronous stereo image capture, depth measurement
etc.
“TI is excited to see innovative solutions for the emerging Stereo Vision market from its valued
ecosystem partners like e-con Systems. With increasing, and more complex, demands forimage processing applications like e-con Systems’ Capella, there is a need for highly efficient
processors that can deliver advanced user interface, improved graphics and video processing
capabilities,” said Praveen K Ganapathy, Director, Business Development, Texas
Instruments. “Texas Instruments’ OMAP TM/DM37x family of processors is designed to provide
a scalable, high-performance ultra-low power platform that absolutely delivers the experience
users expect.”
The Capella reference design targets product companies keen to integrate Stereo Vision in theirproduct design featuring
 3D analytical applications such as machine vision, mobile robotics (obstacle detection) andautomotive applications including computer aided navigation and driver guidance.
 3D object reconstruction applications such as reconstructing 3D details of sculptures,monuments, human faces etc.
 3D video recording and playback 2D synchronous dual-camera applications where, two simultaneously captured images ofsame (or different) objects are required.

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Figure 1 - Capella – Stereo Vision Camera Reference Design

MT9V024 Sensors seperated by 100mm
eCAM_9V024_STEREO Camera Board

2x2 - Header - 8x2
Video O/P connector
27Line flexi cable

DC Power Connect
40 Pin Expansion Header

Camera FPC
Gumstix Overo COM
Gumstix Tobi Baseboard

Figure 2 – HW elements inside the Capella reference design

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sales@e-consystems.com“Being one of the leading suppliers of embedded camera solutions, we have many requests
from customers who want to integrate pixel synchronous stereo vision into their products. These
customers have a variety of application requirements other than showing the traditional disparity
map and many of them use Gumstix® Overo® COMs as their processing system. With theCapella reference design, e-con Systems precisely addresses these requirements and also
allows customers to implement traditional stereo camera applications such as disparity
mapping, human tracking and gesture detection by implementing their own algorithms on top of
our Stereo Camera reference design,” said Mr. Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems.
“The Stereo Camera reference design can also be customized to interface with other TI
OMAP35x/DM37x implementations. Baseline, lens can also be customized to suit customer’s
specific requirements,” added Mr. Ashok Babu.
Capella runs Linux 2.6.35 and has Ethernet, HDMI Video port, USB OTG port, and a serialinterface for Linux console. The Stereo Camera Engine driver is V4L2 compatible and isavailable with an OpenCV interface patch allowing customers to develop applications based onplain V4L2 API or the OpenCV stack. The Stereo Engine driver exposes three V4L2 interfaces
to the application developers to capture the left, right and combined left+right video streams.
The SDK contains sample applications using both the V4L2 interface and also OpenCV stack.
The e-CAM_9V024_STEREO is powered by a pair of1/3” Global Shutter Monochrome Aptina
CMOS image sensor MT9V024, with an active area of WVGA 752(H) x 480(V) (360690 pixels)
and capability of delivering Synchronous Parallel 736(H) x 480(V) Monochrome video of 8-bpp
gray scale mages at 30fps.The cameras come with pre-aligned and pre-calibrated M12 lenses
on an S-mount lens holder and customers can select and calibrate the lens for specificrequirements. The two cameras are separated by a distance of 100mm(the baseline). Thisbaseline allows accurate measurement to a depth of three meters. Customers interested inincreasing the baseline or changing the lenses can approach e-con Systems’ for customization.
To evaluate the Capella reference design, please contact sales@e-consystems.com.
For more information, please visit the Capella product page and video demo.
ESC Tradeshow, San Josee-con Systems will demonstrate Capella at the ESC Tradeshow, San Jose (March 26 – 29th,2012) - Board Zone, Booth No: #1624.

About e-CAM
e-CAM is e-con Systems’ reference design featuring a camera board with a camera moduleinterfaced to a processor on its high speed CMOS interface. e-con Systems also provides
sample drivers for WinCE, Linux and Android. For processors that don’t have the Camera ISP
pipeline, e-con Systems provides the complete software stack for raw image sensors.
In addition to ‘off-the-shelf’ solutions, e-con Systems also offers individually crafted custom
designs for customers interested in camera modules.
For more information,please visit www.e-consystems.com/cameramodule.asp andwww.e-consystems.com/cameraboard.asp.

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About e-con Systems
e-con Systems is an embedded product development services company focused on concept to
product solutions with a strong technology leadership in camera solutions.
e-con Systems has expertise in mobile application processors including PXA320, Freescale
i.MX53x, TI OMAP35x, TI AM/DM37x and Digital Media Processors DM355/DM365 and has
been using its product engineering services to help customers develop products based mainly
on camera-like Stereo vision systems, video surveillance equipment, IP cameras, Low vision aid
equipment and document visualizers.
For more information please contact:

Harishankkar
sales@e-consystems.com
e-con Systems Inc., +1 314 732 1152
e-con Systems India Pvt. Ltd., +91 44 42033600
Website: http://www.e-consystems.com
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