January 22, 2012 - e-con Systems announces e-CAM52_35x camera daughter card based on OmniVision OV5640 HD CMOS Image sensor for AM37x/DM37x processors from Texas Instruments. The camera daughter card directly plugs on to the Digital Video port (DVP) interface of the DM3730 processor available on the DM3730 EVM board from Texas instruments.
The OV5640 SOC sensor uses advanced pixel technology offering a fully-featured yet extremely cost-effective solution for excellent quality image capture and HD video. The 5MP camera module is specifically useful in OCR, Barcode readers, Digital Still Camera, document visualizers, camera for rugged handheld among others. Along with the camera daughter card, e-con Systems also provides drivers for Windows CE 6.0, Linux and Android.
The OV5640 image sensor has an integrated ISP inside it. The sensor’s automatic image control functions include automatic exposure control (AEC), automatic white balance (AWB), automatic band filter (ABF), 50/60Hz automatic luminance detection and automatic black level calibration (ABLC).The image sensor can stream 720p@30fps using DVP interface. e-con Systems also provides sample application that demonstrates the 720p30 streaming video and 5MP still capture along with the host of other sensor controls and features.
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