Version: *A
A reference design kit based on Infineon’s EZ-USB™ CX3 USB 3.0 camera controller and EN801/EN805 image signal processor (ISP) from the Eyenix website. This camera kit uses an IMX307 image sensor from Sony with a manual focus lens.
Figure 1. Kit block diagram
Eyenix ISP has a 4-lane MIPI-CSI2 RX interface for connecting image sensors and a 4-lane MIPI CSI-2 TX interface for connecting to EZ-USB™ CX3.
Infineon EZ-USB™ CX3 enables USB 3.0 connectivity to EN801/EN805 using a MIPI-CSI2 interface with data speed up to 1 Gbps per lane.
Figure 2. Kit photo
Key features of the kit:
- Bandwidth: 4x CSI-2 lanes, 1 Gbps per lane
- Color formats supported: YUV422 8-bit
- USB camera protocol: UVC
- Supported resolutions:
- 720p @30/50fps
- 1080p @25/30fps
- 1080p @50/60fps
- 1440p @25/30fps (supported by EN805 + IMX335)
Eyenix EN801/EN805 ISP has the following features:
- RGB interpolation
- WDR
- Digital noise reduction
- Adaptive contrast enhance (ACE)
- Histogram equalizer for defog
- Lens shading compensation
- Down and up scaler
- Defect pixel correction
- Hue controller
- High light masking
- Auto exposure, Auto white balance, Auto focus
- Edge enhancement
- Gamma correction
- On-screen display (OSD)
- Adaptive lighting control
The kit also supports control through an on-screen display (OSD) menu. This menu can be navigated using the Python-based camera control tool as shown in Figure 3. The tool controls the ISP menu via USB CDC class through a PC.
Figure 3. Menu control tool
Figure 4. On-screen display (OSD) menu
See the Eyenix website for more information on this camera control software and applications including surveillance cameras, webcams, document scanners, and machine vision systems.