congatec MIPI-CSI 2 Smart Camera Kit for rugged vision systems

congatec has announced its MIPI‑CSI 2 Smart Camera Kit — an application-ready kit for the evaluation and deployment of MIPI-CSI 2-based rugged smart camera analytics in harsh industrial, outdoor and in-vehicle environments. Developers benefit from an instantly deployable, industrial-grade smart MIPI-CSI platform. Built with commercial, off-the-shelf available components, the product is said to simplify development and accelerate the time to market of smart camera analytics solutions for the edge of the IIoT.

The kit includes all the building blocks of a smart camera solution and can be easily customised to support further applications and features. It is 100% compliant with the latest MIPI-CSI standard and optimised to run the MIPI-CSI 2 camera from Leopard Imaging, based on ON Semiconductor’s AR0237 HD sensor, together with the rugged conga-PA5 Pico-ITX single-board computer based on Intel Atom E3900 processors for the extended temperature ranges. It comes with all required configurations and patches, and is ready to run code on the basis of the Linux Yocto kernel.

MIPI-CSI is a widely used camera interface for consumer-grade mobile devices. Implementing this high-speed protocol on embedded boards such as the Pico-ITX motherboard simplifies the support of high-performance applications, including 1080p, 4k, 8k and beyond for rugged, industrial-grade 24/7 embedded systems. Typical smart camera applications at the IIoT edge include industrial and medical imaging and vision systems; situational awareness and video surveillance systems in smart cities; intelligent vehicle applications; augmented reality in maintenance; gesture-based controls; and biometrics recognition.