FMC PCam Adapter features

[Thejashree]

Hi Team,

We are looking for a FMC card which supports MIPI interface.

We want to know the features supported by your FMC card. The queries are listed below.

1) How many MIPI  CSI-2 lanes do you support?

2) What is the maximum line rate of each lane that is tested using the FMC card?

3) Which IOs do you use for clock and data lanes(HP or GTH)? (we are using Xilinx development kit in our application and Xilinx recommends use of HP IOs for data and clock lanes)

4) Does the FMC card support the implementation in ZYNQ Ultrascale+ devices?

5) Do you have the reference design for FMC card so that we can validate the functionalities of the FMC card using Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC devices?

6) Whether the camera is included with your FMC card, if not what are the cameras that can be supported?

7) Does your FMC supports Sony's IMX series of camera sensors , preferably IMX586?

8 ) What is maximum resolution tested using the camera?

9) Could you please provide the FMC pin assignment document to check the pin compatibility if possible.

Please give your inputs on the same.

With regards,

Thejashree

FPGA Engineer

iWave Systems 

[JColvin]

Hi @Thejashree,

I have asked some other engineers more familiar with our FMC Pcam adapter for their input on some of your questions, but I'll provide some input on the ones that I can.

1) Since 4 cameras are supported through the FMC Pcam adapter, each camera has two pairs of of MIPI lines that are controlled by pairs of pins on the FMC connector.

3) The FMC Pcam Adapter as an adapter does not dictate what lines are broken out the LPC FMC Adapter, that is instead dictated by Vita 57.1. However, the Zynq 7020 devices such as the Zedboard of which we have demos for the FMC Pcam adapter, do not have HP, GTX, or GTH lines, only the HR I/O lines.

4) Unfortunately, our FMC card does not support Zynq Ultrascale+ devices.

6) No camera is included with our FMC Pcam Adapter. The camera that we have tested it with is Digilent's Pcam module: https://reference.digilentinc.com/reference/add-ons/pcam-5c/start.

7) We have not tested it with Sony's cameras so I cannot confidently comment one way or the other on that.

9) The pinout of the FMC Pcam adapter is detailed in it's reference manual here: https://reference.digilentinc.com/reference/add-ons/fmc-pcam-adapter/reference-manual#pin-out.

Thanks,
JColvin

 

 

[elodg]

Adding to James' response:

1) Four "Pcam" ports of dual-lane CSI-2. The Pcam ports pinout is described here: https://reference.digilentinc.com/reference/add-ons/pcam-5c/reference-manual#pinout_table_diagram. The pinout is compatible with the RaspberryPi camera connector.

2) Data rate is dependent on the system board and the camera interconnect too. We tested it with the Pcam 5C, which maxes out at 672 Mbps per lane. The level  translator is rated to 2.5Gbps. FPGA HP usually maxes out around 1.2Gbps.

3) Non-GT, User I/O lines are used. https://reference.digilentinc.com/reference/add-ons/fmc-pcam-adapter/reference-manual#pin-out

4) UltraScale support is limited: https://reference.digilentinc.com/reference/add-ons/fmc-pcam-adapter/reference-manual#fpga_io_architecture_compatibility. However, the upcoming FMC Pcam Adapter+ will have a pinout optimized for a select number of MPSoC system boards.

5) The upcoming FMC Pcam Adapter+ will have a reference design.

6) Any MIPI D-PHY based camera, including CSI-2 (constrained by data rate and lane count) is supported as long as you write the necessary drivers for them. D-PHY and CSI-2 slaves, and camera control need to be implemented on the FPGA.

7) If IMX586 indeed supports D-PHY 1.2, it should be compatible. However, dynamic de-skew for >1.5 Gbps operation has never been tested by us.

8 ) Pcam 5C maxes out at 5Mp.