Image Processing Unit (Ipu) - Digi ConnectCore Hardware Reference Manual

About the module
Other features
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Supports rotating and mirroring simultaneously.
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Built-in de-ringing filter
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Built-in de-blocking filter for MPEG-2/MPEG-4/Divx
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Simultaneous multi-stream and multi-standard processing capability
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Robust error detection
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Image Processing Unit (IPU)

Connect relevant devices - cameras, displays, graphics accelerators, TV encoders and decoders
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Related image processing and manipulation: sensor image signal processing, display
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processing, image conversions, and so forth.
Synchronization and control capabilities (for example, to avoid tearing artifacts)
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The following figure shows the simplified block diagram of the IPU:
The image processing unit has the following blocks:
Camera Sensor Interface - CSI
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Controls a camera port; provides interface to an image sensor or a related device. The
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ConnectCore for i.MX51 has two camera blocks.
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Multiplexed GPIO
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