Development of Industry’s Smallest CMOS based Camera unit for Vehicle by SHARP
Sharp earlier made an announcement on development of industry’s tinniest profile CMOS camera unit designed specifically for vehicle rear-view monitoring systems. The newly developed 1/3.7-type RJ642A10000Q CMOS camera unit features a resolution of 320,000 pixels. The devices is a single camera unit with an integrated high sensitivity CMOS image processor as well as on-board image processing circuitry and a lens inside a dustproof and waterproof enclosure with an attached video output cable. The camera unit has been designed with the same high-density mounting technology as the one used for mobile phones, helping to bear only a 7cc of space nearly 1/3 of the volume of previous model. Read more
Release of a reference Design Kit for recorder IC by Epson
Seiko Epson made an announcement on release of reference design kit which is equipped with company’s driver IC, the S2S66A30. The kit supports the latest driver functions including an S2S66A30 equipped main board, an analog camera interface board as well as Linux-based driver recorder applications. The driver applications are royalty free source code and are available for download directly from Epson online site, including the source code will result in a significant time reduction in developing a driver recorder. Read more
