FRAMOS Integrates Sony’s SLVS-EC With NVIDIA AI For First Time

FRAMOS today announced a new integration supporting SLVS-EC – Sony’s next-gen data interface – natively on the NVIDIA Jetson platform. This implementation is based on an existing IMX530 FRAMOS Sensor Module (FSM) with a 4^th Generation Sony Pregius Global Shutter sensor and provides a reference implementation for customers looking to operate this 24 MP sensor module over an SLVS-EC interface on the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier system on module (SOM) streaming at 54 fps.

Many image sensors in the embedded vision market have standardized on the MIPI CSI-2 / D-PHY interface, which has limitations with respect to bandwidth and distance. Sony’s SLVS-EC interface overcomes these technical challenges, making them more robust while increasing bandwidth and reach.

The NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier offers GPU workstation-class performance with an unparalleled 32 TeraOPS (TOPS) of peak compute, 750 Gbps of high-speed I/O and SLVS-EC interface in a compact form factor. With this release from FRAMOS, customers can now integrate the latest Sony sensors that exclusively incorporate SLVS-EC within the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier SOM into their solutions without expert knowledge. This allows developers to focus on their core competencies to build and deploy optimum products and bring their respective computer vision applications to market faster.

Until now, this technology was limited to FPGA professionals and industrial applications because of its complex nature and the engineering knowledge required to implement it correctly. Now, FRAMOS has created an opportunity for NVIDIA Jetson developers to benefit from these high-performance Sony sensors with their SLVS-EC interfaces. Customers can fully exploit the 2.5 Gbps data throughput on all 8 lanes to get a native overall bandwidth of almost 20 Gbps from a single image sensor within their specific imaging solution. This opens them up to a much broader sensor selection, specifically ones developed for the industrial or AV market.

As an NVIDIA Elite partner and specialist, FRAMOS was able to utilize its FSM module designs to accelerate and improve the performance of the SLVC-EC interface that was supported by NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier platform, making this solution possible to use larger, faster Sony sensors, like the IMX530. Utilizing the onboard Image Signal Processor (ISP) of the NVIDIA Jetson platform, FRAMOS leverages the SOM’s native capabilities and provides its customers with full support for image processing applications on NVIDIA Jetson.

Sony IMX530 development kits, adapters and software will be available in Q3/2021. The FSM-IMX530 with SLVS-EC support for the NVIDIA Jetson platform can be pre-ordered now. Additional SLVS-EC image sensor implementations will be made available as part of the FRAMOS Ecosystem roadmap.

FRAMOS is a global supplier of imaging products, embedded vision technologies, custom solutions, and OEM services. FRAMOS is based near Munich, with local offices in Canada, USA, UK, Italy, and Croatia and a team of 150 employees working worldwide.

You can find more information about FRAMOS and its integration of Sony’s SLVS-EC on its website.

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