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How to use phyCAM camera modules with phyCORE-i.MX6UL SBC
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A0
Initial Release
A1
New Release PD19.1.0 with added VM-011 and VM-009
Content
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Overview .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................2
2
Camera Connectors on the SEGIN - Carrier Boards..........................................................................................................................................................................5
3
Change the cameras or camera parameters (YOCTO Linux PD16.1.0 and higher) ..........................................................................................................................6
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Change the cameras or camera parameters (YOCTO Linux PD19.1.0 and higher) ..........................................................................................................................7
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GStreamer function .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
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GStreamer function for improved Tearing reduction...........................................................................................................................................................................9
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GStreamer function for improved Tearing reduction (Linux PD16.1.0)......................................................................................................................................9
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De-Bayering (demosaicking) with NEON CoProcessor....................................................................................................................................................................10
© PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH 2015
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Author
Date
H. Fendrich
10.04.2017
H. Fendrich
04.07.2019
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PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    GStreamer function .............................................9 GStreamer function for improved Tearing reduction...................................9 GStreamer function for improved Tearing reduction (Linux PD16.1.0)............................9 De-Bayering (demosaicking) with NEON CoProcessor..................................10 © PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH 2015 1 / 10 Support Hotline Europe:: +49 (6131) 9221-31 • http://www.phytec.de Support Hotline North America: 1-800-278-9913 •...
  • Page 2: Overview

    1: Block Diagram Camera Interfaces of i.MX6UL Controller (G2 / G3) On the phyCORE-i.MX6UL the CSI camera path go out as 10-Bit parallel signal. figure 2: Use of Parallel Camera (CSI) © PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH 2015 2 / 10 Support Hotline Europe:: +49 (6131) 9221-31 •...
  • Page 3 PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH On the PHYTEC or customer carrier boards can the interfaces are led out as phyCAM-P (or raw-parallel) see figure 3 and/or phyCAM-S+ see figure 4. For more information to phyCAM-P/S+ see manual L-748. figure 3: Block Diagram of an phyCAM-P solution with phyCORE-i.MX6UL (G2 / G3) and the go out on the phyBOARD-SEGIN-i.MX6UL - SBC On the phyBOARD-Mira baseboard is only the CSI0/IPU#1 camera path (thru a serializer) go out as LVDS signal (see figure 4).
  • Page 4 Please find more information about the camera support in the path: …\Documentation\... The kit version KPB-02013-Alpha-L.A0 is shipped with an i.MX6 controller board which has camera support installed. The Linux BSP for these kits does support the phyCAM-P camera series from PHYTEC. ftp://ftp.phytec.de/pub/ImageProcessing/...
  • Page 5: Camera Connectors On The Segin - Carrier Boards

    X12 (33pol. FFC). Information’s to phyCAM-P are in the phyCAM-manual (L-748). figure 5: Camera Interfaces on phyBOARD-SERGIN for the phyCORE-i.MX6UL SOM © PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH 2015 5 / 10 Support Hotline Europe:: +49 (6131) 9221-31 •...
  • Page 6: Change The Cameras Or Camera Parameters (Yocto Linux Pd16.1.0 And Higher)

    <ENTER>. Now you can start working with the GStreamer demo-scripts. Detailed information about the GStreamer examples can be found in the phyCAM-Manual L-748. © PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH 2015 6 / 10 Support Hotline Europe:: +49 (6131) 9221-31 •...
  • Page 7: Change The Cameras Or Camera Parameters (Yocto Linux Pd19.1.0 And Higher)

    'cd env' <enter> • 'edit config-expansions' <enter> • The following settings in config-expansions - file are necessary: <cam_type[color_format]> © PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH 2015 7 / 10 Support Hotline Europe:: +49 (6131) 9221-31 • http://www.phytec.de Support Hotline North America: 1-800-278-9913 • http://www.phytec.com...
  • Page 8 / or on the baseboard / mapper board. Please refer to the phyCAM-manual L-748 and the hardware manual of the kit. For change the I²C-Address in the BSP the device-tree have to change and the BSP you have to compile the BSP new. © PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH 2015 8 / 10 Support Hotline Europe:: +49 (6131) 9221-31 •...
  • Page 9: Gstreamer Function

    From PD16.1.0 up to PD17.1.1 the GStreamer contains the " imxpxpvideosink use-vsync=tru" plugin. This plugin reduce the tearing. Most of the Phytec GStreamer example scripts use this plugin. Please show the scripts in path ../gstreamer_examples/.. . For more information to "imxpxpvideosink" parameters type: - gst-inspect-1.0 imxpxpvideosink...
  • Page 10: Bayering (Demosaicking) With Neon Coprocessor

    If the microprocessor does not include debayering hardware, have to do the converting via software. For this you need additional processing power and the framerate goes down. It is better to use the NEON coprocessor of the i.MX6. For this support PHYTEC a special function.

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