Can the EZ-USB CX3 do any image compression ?

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HuEl_264296
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Hi,

I would like to use the EZ-USB CX3 to receive images from an Omnivision image sensor and send them to the host PC via USB.

I need to connect 5such devices to a single USB 2.0 hub, and it looks like I'm going to run out of bandwidth.

Can the EZ-USB CX3 do any kind of compression, either video compression, or JPEG compression?  It it likely to have enough processing power to do this?

Many thanks

Hugo

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KandlaguntaR_36
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Hugo,

CX3 does not do any image compression.

In Manual DMA Channel Call back, you will get the buffer to do some modifications (we actually add UVC headers in the callback - refer AN75779 example code OR Ov5640 example firmware provided in the SDK).

But implementing the data compression in DMA Call back will affect the device performance. You may end up seeing the Buffer Overflows and data loss. Therefore, it is not recommended to do the same.

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KandlaguntaR_36
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Hugo,

CX3 does not do any image compression.

In Manual DMA Channel Call back, you will get the buffer to do some modifications (we actually add UVC headers in the callback - refer AN75779 example code OR Ov5640 example firmware provided in the SDK).

But implementing the data compression in DMA Call back will affect the device performance. You may end up seeing the Buffer Overflows and data loss. Therefore, it is not recommended to do the same.

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srdr,

So it's technically possible to compress the data, but the processor probably won't have enough processing power to to compress each frame in time?

Hugo

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Yes.

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