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MIPI Camera Command Set Tools

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MIPI CCS Tools Address IoT-Specific Design Challenges Around Machine Vision

In the context of the IoT, there are many applications that use machine vision to perform their functions. The range of applications is far-reaching—drones, surveillance cameras, autonomous moving robots and industrial robots are just some of the...

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Machine Vision

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Major CSI-2 Update Supports Always-On, Low-Power, Machine-Vision Applications

A major update to the world’s most widely implemented embedded camera and imaging interface delivers a scalable foundation upon which next-generation artificial intelligence and machine‑vision systems can enhance human-device interaction. Version 4.0 of...

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Latest IoT Developer Kits Supporting MIPI Interfaces

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Latest IoT Kits with MIPI Camera, Display, I3C and JEDEC UFS Give Developers a Fast Track For Designs

It's been more than 12 months since we published our last blog post highlighting popular IoT developer kits that support MIPI camera and display interfaces. Since then, a number of new kits have been launched that support other MIPI interfaces, including

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MIPI CSE v1.0 announcement

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MIPI CSE Adds Functional Safety to Automotive Image Sensor Data Streams

A revolution in automotive electronics is accelerating the demand for more onboard sensors (camera/radar/lidar) and displays with higher performance. Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving systems (ADS) are generating ever...

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MIPI Automotive Workshop

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Virtual Workshop To Explore MIPI Automotive SerDes Solutions Framework

Planning is well underway for the MIPI Automotive Workshop, coming up on 17 November 2021. The half-day virtual event, designed to provide a comprehensive look at the latest MIPI automotive specifications and initiatives, will benefit automotive...

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MIPI Lifetime Achievement Award and MIPI Camera Working Group – A Conversation with Tom Kopet

Q: Congrats on your recent MIPI Lifetime Achievement award. Tell us how long you’ve been involved with MIPI, which working groups you participate in and a bit about your background.

Thank you! It’s still surprising to me that I’ve been involved with MIPI...

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Popular developer kits that support CSI-2 and DSI-2 interfaces

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Developer Kits with MIPI Camera And Display Support Provide a Fast Track for Designs

Advanced high-resolution cameras and displays are at the core of many new electronic devices, enabling continuously more sophisticated vision-based services and enhanced user experiences. Integrated cameras and displays can now be found in a wide array...

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Different types of image sensors around a vehicle

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Developing Vision Systems with Dissimilar Sensors

As designers are challenged to integrate an increasing number of sensors in products, aggregating different data streams from dissimilar sensors (e.g., imaging cameras, lidar, radar) is the new normal for input/output-(I/O) constrained application...

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Addressing the Challenges in High-Volume Production Testing of MIPI-Specification-Based Devices

The latest trend for semiconductor device manufacturers is to add several high-speed MIPI® specification-based ports to a single device. This enables feature-rich implementations of imaging- and display-intensive applications, although it also poses...

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Figure 73 from specification

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New Version of MIPI Camera Command Set (CCS) Now Available

For developers whose work involves the implementation and control of image sensors, MIPI Alliance’s recently released version of its MIPI Camera Command Set (MIPI CCS℠) enables greater flexibility, faster time to market and supports more advanced...

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MIPI Automotive Whitepaper cover

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A Look Under the Hood at MIPI CSI-2 and MIPI DSI-2 in Automotive

Rapidly emerging automotive technology is generating new demands for common standards in cameras and displays, essential components for both advanced driving assistance, autonomous vehicles and infotainment for years to come. The MIPI Alliance is already...

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Interoperability Aided by New Conformance Test Suites

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MIPI CSI-2 Interoperability Aided by New Conformance Test Suites

Implementers of the most widely used camera interface in mobile and other markets now have a new toolset to support their interoperability and conformance efforts. The MIPI Camera Working Group recently released conformance test suites (CTSs) for the...

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CSI-2-blog1

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MIPI CSI-2’s Newest Frontier: Machine Awareness

One of the challenges we humans have is that our ability to perceive things around us and to make sense of the world relies on abstractions based upon mental constructs. It’s a limited capability. And what we have come to realize is that enabling...

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Powering AI and Automotive Applications with the MIPI Camera Interface

Editor’s note: MIPI CSI-2 over C-PHY, D-PHY and the upcoming A-PHY are end-to-end imaging conduit solutions mapped to mobile, client (e.g., notebooks and all-in-one PCs), IoT and autonomous (e.g., automotive and drone) platforms, and support a broad...
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