The Imaging Source presented its latest advancements in integration-ready embedded vision at Embedded World 2024, held from April 9th to 11th in Nuremberg. Key highlights included the new MIPI CSI-2 camera series, specifically the 36S, and a Toradex-based carrier board designed for MIPI CSI-2 and FPD-Link III cameras.

Versatile Carrier Board with Toradex Verdin SoM

The new carrier board leverages an NXP-based System-on-Module (SoM) from Toradex, enabling single and dual-camera embedded vision applications. This solution combines the Imaging Source’s MIPI CSI-2 and FPD-Link III camera portfolio with robust industrial-grade connectivity, ensuring reliability and long-term product viability.

Key Features:

  • 22-pin and 15-pin cameras utilizing Sony and onsemi sensors.
  • Toradex Verdin iMX8M Plus SoM.
  • Two 22-Pin MIPI CSI-2 interfaces.
  • One Gigabit Ethernet with Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) support.
  • Optional 2-Channel FPD-Link III daughterboard.
  • Two USB 3 interfaces.
  • HDMI and MIPI DSI display connectors.
  • GPIO, I²C, SPI, UART, and CAN connectors.

6-Channel Carrier Board and Raspberry Pi 5

Alongside these new products, The Imaging Source demonstrated a 6-channel carrier board paired with an NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX SoM. This setup showcased the carrier board’s multi-camera functionality, flexible camera trigger options, and I/O capabilities through a marble run demonstrating a color sorting task.

Cost-Optimized Options: Raspberry Pi 5 with Low-Cost Cameras

The Imaging Source also presented a cost-effective dual-camera solution utilizing Raspberry Pi 5 with DFM 36SX290-ML cameras featuring wide-angle lenses (118° Field of View). This system achieved an approximate 240° Field of View. A simple face detection algorithm, employing libcamera, C++, Gstreamer, and OpenCV, was demonstrated with a DNN-based face detector named FaceDetectorYN.

Source: Recap: Embedded World 2024 Showcase by The Imaging Source