ALISO VIEJO, Calif.,
June 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading
provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power,
security, reliability and performance, today announced new
additions to its imaging/video solution supporting the popular
Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) camera serial interface
(CSI-2). The enhancements, including a new field programmable gate
array (FPGA) mezzanine card (FMC)-based daughter card and new
intellectual property (IP) which support image sensors with MIPI
CSI-2 interfaces, enable customers to use the company's
power-efficient, highly secure IGLOO™2 FPGA and
SmartFusion™2 system-on-chip (SoC) FPGA capabilities in
CSI-2-based camera systems.
As a standard specification by the MIPI Alliance, MIPI CSI-2
defines an interface between a peripheral device such as an image
sensor and a host processor such as a baseband or application
processor. Microsemi's imaging and video solution is comprised of
an imaging/video IP suite and FMC daughter card for MIPI CSI-2
sensor interface. Users can instantiate the MIPI CSI-2 IP in the
SmartFusion2 or IGLOO2 FPGA designs and then implement image
processing and bridging to other interfaces or peripherals. By
leveraging Microsemi's power-efficient FPGAs in the designs of
CSI-2 cameras, users could potentially lower system costs or use
smaller, longer lasting batteries while benefitting further by
using the most secure FPGAs to protect their IP.
"Our CSI-2 FMC daughter board bundled with our IP enables
customers to quickly design a wide variety of imaging
solutions. In addition, the low power of our IGLOO2 and
SmartFusion2 FPGAs are particularly compelling for camera designs
which are often size and power constrained," said Ted Marena,
director FPGA marketing at Microsemi. "We are excited to continue
growing our imaging and video offering, which allows us to expand
our customer base for those designing with CSI-2 cameras across
various applications, particularly those requiring high security
and low power — two areas in which we excel."
Microsemi's newly enhanced MIPI CSI-2 imaging/video solution
includes an FMC-based daughter card with an image sensor module
which works with Microsemi's SmartFusion2 advanced development kit.
The MIPI CSI-2 receiver decoder IP is supported in
SmartFusion2 and IGLOO2 FPGAs. It comes with a MIPI CSI-2 reference
design project and a graphical user interface (GUI) software for
real-time video demonstration configuration. The company also
expects future enhancements to its CSI-2 IP and FMC daughter card
to also support its recently launched cost-optimized, low power
PolarFire™ mid-range FPGAs.
The MIPI CSI-2 receiver decoder IP supports multi-lane (one, two
and four lanes), RAW8 (eight bit data width), and both short packet
and long packet formats for transporting image data. As use of the
MIPI CSI-2 standard continues to expand within numerous types of
image sensors, the new enhancements to Microsemi's imaging/video
solution extend its ability to cater to the market's increasing
opportunities. Designs can be easily reused across multiple
platforms using Libero® SoC Design Suite, a comprehensive, easy to
learn, easy to adopt development toolset for designing with
Microsemi's power-efficient FPGAs and SoC FPGAs.
In addition to speeding the adoption of Microsemi FPGA
technology in MIPI CSI-2 camera designs, the new solution adds to
the company's growing portfolio of solutions for video and imaging
applications which are differentiated from competitors with the
company's expertise in low power, reliability and security.
Designers can leverage the solution for numerous applications
across industrial, defense, medical, aviation and automotive
markets, including machine vision cameras; thermal, infrared and
night vision cameras; hand-held cameras and medical imaging. In
applications such as thermal imaging, Microsemi's low power
dissipation can provide advantages over competing FPGAs and digital
signal processors (DSPs).
"The overall infrared and thermal imaging market is growing at
a rate of 6.5 percent and is likely to reach $23.25
billion by 2023," said Dependra Lall, senior analyst, IndustryArc.
"The declining prices of infrared imaging and the advantages
offered by uncooled infrared imaging applications, such as advanced
driver assistance systems in automotive and infrared detectors
in industrial and security, are set to drive the growth of this
segment."
Product Availability
Microsemi's imaging/video IP
suite and newly added MIPI CSI-2 receiver decoder IP are available
in the IP Catalog accessed from the Libero SoC software. The MIPI
CSI-2 FMC-based daughter card scan be ordered using the ordering
code VIDEO-DC-MIPI. For more information, visit
https://www.microsemi.com/products/fpga-soc/imaging#overview and
https://www.microsemi.com/products/fpga-soc/imaging#ordering or
contact sales.support@microsemi.com.
About Microsemi's IGLOO2 FPGAs and SmartFusion2 SoC
FPGAs
Microsemi's IGLOO2 FPGAs and SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs
deliver more resources in low density devices, with the lowest
power, proven security and exceptional reliability. The devices are
ideal for general purpose functions such as Gigabit Ethernet or
dual PCI Express control planes, bridging functions, input/output
(I/O) expansion and conversion, video/image processing, system
management and secure connectivity. Microsemi FPGAs and SoC FPGAs
are used by customers in communications, industrial, medical,
defense and aviation markets. PCIe Gen 2 connectivity starts at
just 10K logic elements (LEs). SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs offer a
166MHz ARM Cortex-M3 processor with up to 512KB of embedded flash
and a complete peripheral set. IGLOO2 FPGAs offer a high
performance memory subsystem with up to 512KB embedded flash, 2 x
32 KB embedded static random-access memory (SRAM), two direct
memory access (DMA) engines and two double date rate (DDR)
controllers. Microsemi also offers a broad range of military,
automotive and space grade FPGAs and SoC FPGAs. For more
information visit:
http://www.microsemi.com/products/fpga-soc/soc-fpga/smartfusion2
and
http://www.microsemi.com/products/fpga-soc/fpga/igloo2-fpga.
About Microsemi's Industrial and Industrial IoT Solutions
Portfolio
Microsemi is a provider of industrial and
industrial internet of things (IoT) solutions, products and
services for applications such as automation, smart energy,
networking, transportation and surveillance. This includes secure,
reliable and low power FPGAs and SoC FPGAs with IP building blocks
and development software; industrial Ethernet switches with
management software and PHYs; Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) integrated
circuits (ICs) and midspans; 1588 precision timing and
synchronization devices; comprehensive drivers and interfaces ICs
including sensor interface devices; power discretes such as Silicon
Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs, power modules and state-of-the-art audio
processing solutions. For more information about Microsemi's
complementary product portfolio for industrial applications, visit
http://www.microsemi.com/applications/industrial. For more
information on Microsemi's security products and technologies,
visit https://www.microsemi.com/design-support/security-technology
and for more information on Microsemi's product directory,
visit http://www.microsemi.com/products/.
About Microsemi
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC)
offers a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and system
solutions for aerospace & defense, communications, data center
and industrial markets. Products include high-performance and
radiation-hardened analog mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs,
SoCs and ASICs; power management products; timing and
synchronization devices and precise time solutions, setting the
world's standard for time; voice processing devices; RF solutions;
discrete components; enterprise storage and communication
solutions, security technologies and scalable anti-tamper products;
Ethernet solutions; Power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans; as well
as custom design capabilities and services. Microsemi is
headquartered in Aliso Viejo,
California, and has approximately 4,800 employees globally.
Learn more at www.microsemi.com.
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