Renesas Electronics has announced the ADAS Surround View Kit. An extension of the ADAS Starter Kit, the Surround View Kit is said to simplify and accelerate the development of surround view applications when combined with the Starter Kit.
The ADAS Surround View Kit combines automotive cameras from Integrated Micro-electronics and multiple high-speed gigabit multimedia serial links (GMSL) from Maxim Integrated Products on a miniature automotive chassis. This is said to eliminate the need for system manufacturers to source and set up these components themselves for their surround view development.
The kit provides a 2-channel CAN interface and a gigabit Ethernet connector interface for in-car applications, where the model chassis is not used.
Once connected via an on-board extension connector to the ADAS Starter Kit, the ADAS Surround View Kit is claimed to provide outstanding processing performance to system manufacturers. It is based on the cutting-edge performance of Renesas’ R-Car H2 SoC, which is capable of delivering more than 25,000 DMIPS and providing state-of-the-art 3D graphics capabilities and powerful vision processing cores. The R-Car H2 SoC supports up to four independent input HD camera channels, allowing the implementation of 360° camera views and object recognition.
The kit is supported by the Yocto distribution that is also used for other R-Car evaluation boards. In addition, Renesas will provide sample applications that will help system manufacturers to use the ADAS Surround View Kit, and accelerate the development of dedicated hardware and software solutions for future ADAS applications.
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Tom Austin-Morgan
Source: www.newelectronics.co.uk