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ViCAM®III Digital Imaging Engine

Product Overview
ViCAM®III is an advanced programmable digital imaging engine on a chip, ideally suited for any digital imaging product that processes still images, video and audio. In addition to superior quality and features, the ViCAM®III offers competitive advantages by incorporating numerous functions on a single chip. The flexible design capability allows for multiple product developments all with a single core, reducing both time to market and product cost, while maintaining the highest quality with extensive customer value added capabilities.

Advanced Features & Capabilities
 The ViCAM®III features provide advanced functions from basic cameras to the most advanced embedded imaging system designs you can imagine: 

  • Support for CCD and CMOS image sensors with RGB or CMYG color filters

  • Supports up to 16 mega pixel resolution sensors

  • Digital video I/O via composite video encoder/decoder chips

  • Digital Video output port connects directly to off-the-shelf MPEG encoders

  • Powerful and Programmable RISC micro-processor

  • On-chip multi end-point USB Controller

  • On-chip Audio Codec Inteface

  • Hardware based standard JPEG and Motion JPEG compression/decompression engine

  • Real time text overlay

  • Real time graphic overlay

  • Real time sensor bad pixel correction

  • Direct connection to Compact Flash, SmartMedia and IDE Hard Disk Drive storage devices

  • Full file system support for FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 formats

  • Temporal Noise filtering

  • Fast and Flexible Hardware/Firmware based AGC, AWB, Black Level Control, Color saturation, Sharpness, Contrast and much more...

  • Multiple user definable windows for Motion Detection

  • Multiple user definable windows for Auto Focus

  • On chip multi-endpoint USB 1.1 controller capable of 30fps at VGA resolution (using MJEPG compression)

  • Via Processor expansion port connection to addition cababilities such as Firewire 1394, USB2.0, Ethernet, etc...

  • Hardware based digital pan and zoom provide for area of interest read-out

  • The highly expandable architecture offers support for all related hardware such as pan, tilt, zoom, electronic iris, flash, auto focus, audio, LCD display, memory storage hardware and more

  • On chip UART with speeds more than a mega bit

  • ViCAM®III offers advanced power management to reduce power consumption for portable applications

Customer Proven Applications

The ViCAM®III is ideally suited for any digital imaging peripheral or embedded system level application. Here are a few customer proven solutions:

  • Cellvision - Highest quality IP Cameras for security with MPEG compression with market leading advanced features.

  • Inside Out Networks - USB cameras for security, POS and environmental monitoring.

  • MQuay Inc. - Bus Information Terminals. Adds video and still image recording to information terminals.

  • Netbotz - Security and Monitoring appliances

  • RECONYX - Remote standalone surveillance with DVR capabilities

  • RF System Lab - Dental and Security imaging solutions.

  • SayU Co, Ltd - SeeCo line of video related imaging solutions

  • Spectec - SDC-001A PDA and SmartPhone SDIO Digital Camera.

  • Video Associates Labs - High quality interactive video related products.

Rapid Time to Market Goals, No Problem

For rapid time to market, we have many proven reference designs to meet your requirements and imagination.. 

 

VC3 Development Kit The ViCAM®III Development Kit (DevKit) allows developers to engineer products with the ViCAM®III, and become completely self sufficient in all aspects of the product development. Hardware consist of the main board with the VC3-B256-A ASIC, Front End board and Sensor Board. The basic system is equipped with a Sharp LZ24BP VGA progressive scan CCD and threaded lens. Optional sensors and PCB's are available. The DevKit also includes complete Overview and Documentation, Software Development Tools (Assembly and C code development), a wide variety of ViCAM®III firmware source code reference design projects, Windows WDM and Linux Drivers (with source code), Schematics, PCB Files, and Bill of Materials. Please contact us for further details regarding these kits.

Diagram of Major I/O Components Adobe Acrobat PDF file.
Overhead picture of DevKit showing major I/O components on basic development system.

Product Specifications

The ViCAM® III is available in three packages, a 144 pin BGA for targetted for low-end tethered cameras,  and the highly expandable 208 and 256 pin BGAs.for more advanced designs and embedded applications. 

VC3-B144-A

 VC3-B208-A
 VC3-B256-A

Programmable RISC Micro-Processor

 Yes Yes Yes

Supports CMOS and CCD Sensors

 Yes Yes Yes

Interlaced or Progressive Scan Sensor Support

 Yes Yes Yes

Maximum Sensor Resolution Supported

 1.3 Million Pixels 4 Million Pixels 16 Million Pixels

Digital Video Input Port

 Yes Yes Yes

Digital Video Output Port

 No Yes(8bit) Yes(16bit)

Audio Codec Interface (PCM, AIC, & I2S modes)

 Yes Yes Yes

Programmable JPEG & MJPEG Compression/Decompression

 Yes Yes Yes

Frame Rate w/ compression

 30 @ VGA (640x480) 30 @ VGA (640x480) 30 @ VGA (640x480)

Auto White Balance & Auto Gain

 Yes Yes Yes

Motion Detection

 Yes Yes Yes

Digital Pan & Zoom (Area of Interest)

 Yes Yes Yes

Micro-Processor Expansion Port

 No Yes Yes

Multi End-Point USB Controller

 Yes Yes Yes

Power Supply Requirements

 3.3V/2.5V DC 3.3V/2.5V DC 3.3V/2.5V DC

Package (SIZE)

 144 pin BGA (12x12mm) 208 pin BGA (15x15mm) 256 pin BGA (23x23mm)

Product Data Sheet Brief
Click here for a product data sheet in PDF Format. 

Product Specification Document
Click here for a detailed specification document in PDF Format. 

Product Brochure
Click here for a product brochure in PDF Format. 

Please contact us for further product details and documentation.

 

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