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
Development of Driver Recorder IC by Epson
Seiko Epson today made an announcement on development of a controller IC designed specifically for drive recorders. We are all familiar with the black box on board the airliners to provide specific data after a crash. The newly developed IC by Epson does exactly that for the vehicles providing ability to record in real time and store data for extended periods of time ensuring the exact time of an accident is recorded without a miss. The new S2S65A30 controller features Source image correction function for lightness/darkness providing sensitivity to light conditions and time of day as well as JPEG decoding for on-site playback capability. Read more
Development of High performance standalone Drive Recorder IC
Use of drive recorders in recent years has expanded from automobile diagnostics and accident situations to use in support equipment in promoting safer driving and greater efficiency by recording and analyzing operating conditions and driving behavior which has been proven to reduce rate of accident by 10 to 50% and at the same time improving on fuel efficiency by up to 20% helping with CO2 emission in such commercial vehicles as buses, trucks and taxis. But up to now high cost of a commercially available standard driver recorder plus a need for separate PC for such system to use the recorded data has hampered its widespread adoption in consumer vehicles. In response to this need ROHM has developed a monolithic drive recorder IC with high operational performance and standalone capability eliminating any needs for separate PCs. Read more
