Android Camera
Overview
i.MX6 platforms are capable of handling multiple cameras.(With some restriction)
See page: 20 - 30 http://cache.freescale.com/files/training/doc/ftf/2014/FTF-CON-F0119.pdf
Android Application can leverage the use of multiple cameras for capturing the video frames.
VAR-SOM-MX6 / DART-MX6 / Solo-Dual have MIPI / Parallel camera support, available on the development board.
Hardware Availability
- VAR-SOM-MX6 Custom board:
CSI1 - MIPI Clock + 4 Data lanes are accessible via Carrier board header.
J17: MIPI - 4 Lane + CLK + I2C + GPIOs
CSI0 - Parallel camera pins are accesible via carrier board header.
J18: Parallel - 8 bit + I2C
For more details refer to: https://www.variscite.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/V2_VAR-MX6CustomBoard-Schematics.pdf
MIPI Camera Accessories Required: https://www.variscite.com/products/accessories/i-mx6-camera-board/
- VAR-DT6CustomBoard:
CSI1 - MIPI Clock + 2 Data lanes are accessible via carrier board header.
J13: MIPI - 2 Lane + CLK + I2C
CSI0 - Parallel camera pins are accesible via carrier board header.
J11: Parallel - 16 bit + I2C
For more details refer to: https://www.variscite.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/VAR-DT6CustomBoard-Schematics.pdf
- VAR-SOLOCustomBoard:
CSI1 - MIPI Clock +4 Data lanes are accessible via carrier board Headers.
J12: MIPI 2 Lane + CLK + I2C
CSI0 - Parallel camera 8 bit pins are accesible via carrier board header.
J8: Parallel - 8 bit + I2C
For more details refer to: https://www.variscite.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/VAR-SOLOCustomBoard-Schematics.pdf
For maximum, supported resolution and combinations refer to http://cache.freescale.com/files/training/doc/ftf/2014/FTF-CON-F0119.pdf page no 21 for more details and combination.
Note: i.MX6 platform doesn't have the SOC based Image Signal Processing (ISP) unit to convert bayer data to RGB and YUV.
Hence i.MX6 platform relies on MIPI camera to convert the
bayer data to YUV format.