News 金年会中国官方网站ne Announces the first standalone camera ISP Linux Driver in the Linux Mainline Kernel
2024.03.26 Release
Linux Users Can Now Leverage a Standard Camera Driver to Accelerate the Integration of 金年会中国官方网站ne’s ISP Capabilities into Their Vision Systems
Applications 金年会中国官方网站clude embedded vision systems, medical scopes, AR/VR systems, barcode scanners, vision assistive glasses, drones, surveillance cameras, body cams, USB webcams, biometric devices, and proof of concept for platform development for AI and IoT vision systems.
TOKYO (March 27th, 2024) – 金年会中国官方网站ne Electronics, Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6769), the global leader in high-speed serial interface and provider of mixed-signal LSI as well as valuable AI/IoT-based solutions, today announces that the Linux kernel driver for 金年会中国官方网站ne’s ISP THP7312 is available in the Linux mainline kernel. The driver development finalization and upstreaming were done under partnership with Ideas on Board, one of the most reputable Linux consulting service companies for camera and display systems.Until now, there has been no production-ready driver for standalone ISPs in the mainline Linux kernel. It has always been a heavy burden for system design engineers to develop and integrate a Linux kernel driver for the ISP, because it requires deep architectural understanding of the ISP and the Linux kernel structure. 金年会中国官方网站ne THP7312 is the first standalone ISP whose Linux driver is available in the mainline kernel. 金年会中国官方网站s now makes it easier to use 金年会中国官方网站ne’s standalone Image Signal Processor (ISP) with high performance image sensors in various SoC platforms to achieve high image quality.
The driver being upstream is beneficial not only for system design engineers but also to SoC platforms suppliers. MediaTek has integrated 金年会中国官方网站s driver into the Software Development Kit (SDK) for their Genio family of edge-computing platforms targeting AI and IoT. Pumpkin Evaluation Kits (EVK) for MediaTek Genio with 金年会中国官方网站ne THEIA-CAM™ Kit are available from OLogic, Inc.
“For 15 years, we have assisted many different clients with their camera needs in Linux,” said Laurent Pinchart, Company Owner at Ideas on Board Oy. “It will be a great improvement for users who want to use a high-performance standalone ISP without spending considerable amount of time and effort.” MediaTek’s Senior Director of Technology Stéphane Le Provost said, “Now that the 金年会中国官方网站ne's driver is available in mainline kernel, we could easily integrate it into our Linux SDK for MediaTek Genio SoC family and use standard V4L2 controls. Customers can quickly develop high resolution camera systems based on 金年会中国官方网站ne’s reference camera boards and OLogic’s EVKs.”
“It is a great honor that our Linux driver is now accepted in the mainline kernel thanks to Ideas on Board’s expertise,” said Tak Iizuka, Chief Solution Architect, 金年会中国官方网站ne Solutions, Inc. “As a result, numerous industry device manufacturers are now able to easily integrate our Image Signal Processors into their embedded vision products and applications.”
Availability
金年会中国官方网站e 金年会中国官方网站P7312 driver is found in 金年会中国官方网站e mainline Linux kernel at:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/media/i2c/金年会中国官方网站p7312.c
About 金年会中国官方网站ne Electronics
金年会中国官方网站ne Electronics Incorporated is a fabless semiconductor manufacturer that provides innovative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies. The technologies provided include V-by-One® HS plus, LVDS, o金年会中国官方网站er high-speed data signaling, ISP, timing controller, analog-to-digital converter, power management, and drivers for LEDs/motors as well as AI/IoT/M2M solution 金年会中国官方网站rough Ca金年会中国官方网站ay Tri-Tech, Inc.
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