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For release on September 18th only

World’s first MIPI CSI-2 Camera Interface Reference Design forAM37x/DM37x/OMAP35x TI Processors Launched by e-con Systems
St. Louis, USA / Chennai, India – Sept 18th, 2012, e-con Systems Inc., a leadingembedded design services company specializing in development of advanced camera
solutions announces the release of the world‟s first reference design e-CAM55_37x - MIPICSI-2 Camera Interface for Texas Instruments‟ AM37x/DM37x family of processors. eCAM55_37x is interfaced on to Logic PD‟s ZoomTM DM3730 SOM-LV Development Kit andincludes e-CAM52_MI5640_MOD, a 5MP autofocus MIPI CSI-2 camera module that isbased on OmniVision‟s OV5640 sensor. The e-CAM55_37x comes with Windows CE 6.0
driver support and e-con systems shall be announcing support for Linux/Android soon.
The DM3730 is a 1GHz processor from Texas Instruments and has got a built in DSP. Boththe processor and the OV5640 sensor supports two-lane MIPI CSI-2 interface and e-con‟sreference design implements this two-lane MIPI CSI-2 interface to support 720p60 on thedisplay using its stream camera driver.
“e-con Systems has designed and developed an exciting product that enables highresolution embedded camera solutions for the vision and industrial markets. The productleverages the superior features of TI‟s AM37xx/DM37xx family of processors to offer
uncompromising user experience at low power which are key careabouts of customers.
Moreover, enabling this enhanced camera capability will allow the development ofadvanced analytics algorithms on the embedded 64x+ DSP on the DM37xx platform
resulting in innovative products.” said Mr. Praveen K Ganapathy, Director, Business
Development, Texas Instruments (TI) India
Customers, who are designing handhelds / data loggers with camera, will stand benefitted
by the e-CAM52_MI5640_MOD as the camera module can be placed as far as 10cm fromthe processor interface. This facilitates the ease of enclosure design.
“We have been receiving quite a lot of enquiries from our prospective customers to support
720p60 and high resolution streaming on TI DM37x/AM37x platforms, which are notpossible with 8-bit parallel video port and demand a MIPI interface. With our team cracking
the code on supporting the MIPI interface on the AM37x/DM37x, we would not only be able
to provide 720p60 fluidic video streaming but also support next generation 8MP and highercamera sensors. In some of the high-end video streaming applications such as Low Vision,
Electronic Microscopes, Surveillance etc, the 720p60 enables smooth and fluid video and econ‟s MIPI camera solutions precisely offers this.” said Mr. Ashok Babu, President, e-conSystems.
OmniVision„s OV5640 CameraChip™ sensor, which is part of the e-CAM52_MI5640_MOD,
has an embedded ISP. The sensor features automatic image control functions including
automatic exposure control (AEC), automatic white balance (AWB), automatic band filter(ABF), 50/60Hz automatic luminance detection, and automatic black level calibration(ABLC).

PRESS RELEASE
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sales@e-consystems.com"With this interface option now available on e-con Systems' e-CAM55_37x kit, developers
can take advantage of OmniVision's powerful OV5640 image sensor with numerous autoimage signal processing features for fast time to market imaging projects," commented
Robbert Emery, senior business development manager at OmniVision. “TheOmniVision OV5640, in combination with the new interface option enabled by e-con
Systems, opens up new avenues for development of innovative solutions for a broad rangeof applications including notebook cameras, interactive education and meeting solutions,document camera visualizers, digital pathology, and video conferencing."

Figure 1 e-CAM55_37x – Daughter card with 5MP MIPI camera module for AM37x/DM37x/OMAP35x
processors on Logic PD’s ZoomTM DM3730 SOM-LV Development Kit

The e-CAM55_37x is available for customer purchase from e-con Systems‟ website,starting 18th Sept.
For more information, please visit the e-CAM55_37x product page.

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 andhttp://www.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 TI AM/DM37x ,PXA320, Freescale i.MX53x, TI OMAP35x, and Digital Media Processors and has beenusing it‟s 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.

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e-con Systems Inc., +1 314 732 1152
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Website: http://www.e-consystems.com
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