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e-con Systems announces the release of its eSOM3730 Computer on module. The eSOM3730 Computer-on-Module is based on AM/DM37x CPU family from Texas Instruments and runs Windows Embedded Compact 2013. e-con Systems already has dozens of customers in mass production using legacy computer on modules, such as the eSOM270 and the eSOM300.

"With Windows Embedded Compact 2013, e-con Systems is able to act on data and insights more efficiently - enabling the enterprise to create a return on its investment through greater competitive advantage and increased customer satisfaction" said Colin Murphy, product marketing manager, Windows Embedded at Microsoft.

"The eSOM3730 Computer-on-Module from e-con is a perfect blend of processing power and Windows Embedded software targeted at innovative applications for the future, allowing customers to build and deploy their products in the market at a rapid pace. e-con, a long time supplier of Computer-on-Modules, also provides the Rapid Development Kits for the eSOM3730 and provides the product development and customization support for our customers", said Ashok Babu, President of e-con Systems.   Read More

Customers willing to evaluate the eSOM3730, can own it by ordering the ALMACH development kit from e-con's Webstore. The development kit among other accessories also features a 8M pixel camera daughter card.

e-con Systems announces the End of Life (EOL) notification for the following products. e-CAM50_CU5642_MOD , a 5 MP OV5642 Custom Lens Camera Module, e-CAM50_CU35x, a 5.0 MP HD camera Board for OMAP35x processors and e-CAM50_CU35x_GSTIX, a 5 MP Custom Lens Camera Board for Gumstix® Overo® COMs.

e-con Systems announces the release of 5MP Full HD MIPI Camera Board, e-CAM51IMX6 for Wandboard - an low power complete computer based on Freescale® i.MX6 Development Board. The Wandboard is an open source project built around the ARM Cortex A9 powered Freescale i.MX6 CPU. This e-CAM51IMX6 is interfaced directly to the CSI-2 MIPI interface on the Wandboard. The e-CAM51IMX6 includes e-CAM57_MI5640_MOD, a 5 MP Autofocus 2-lane MIPI CSI-2 camera module with 70mm flexible PCB length.

e-CAM51IMX6 can stream Full HD 1080p@30fps and supports HD 720p@60fps. The i.MX6 processor has support for dual camera interfaces and has the ability to record video at 1080p and 720p resolutions in various industry standard video encoding formats. The e-CAM51IMX6 can be plugged directly to the MIPI CSI-2 camera header of Wandboard - Freescale® i.MX6 development through the 33 pin flex cable.

We are excited with the launch of e-CAM51IMX6 for Wandboard, as this expands our camera solutions offering for Freescale i.MX6 family of processors. With our e-CAM51IMX6 camera, we are able to demonstrate the encoding/recording to SD memory card, video streaming over Ethernet/WiFi and local playback - all of them simultaneously and at 720p60 and 1080p30 resolutions." commented Mr. Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems. "Such a high level of integration with Freescale i.MX6 platform by leveraging its video processing sub-system will be an ideal base for our customers who may want to build their solutions around this simultaneous video processing capabilities. In addition e-con can also customize its existing range of camera modules with Wandboard on request", he added.   Read More

e-con Systems announced a new variant of its existing e-CAM21_USB - 2MP High speed USB camera. The new variant shall be able to do a fixed focus starting at 10cm (100mm) when compared to the existing e-CAM21_USB that can do only focusing starting at 60cm (600mm). The part number for the new variant shall be e-CAM21_USB_F10 and the old variant shall be renamed as e-CAM21_USB_F60. Existing customers are requested to order e-CAM21_USB using the new part number e-CAM21_USB_F60.

e-con Systems Inc., is proud to announce the launch of Industry's FIRST Windows Embedded Compact 2013 camera driver. The e-CAM50IMX6 with full Linux support and a soon to be released Android support now has an added advantage for its customers with a support for WEC 2013 as well. The e-CAM50IMX6 is a daughter card having e-CAM57_MI5640_MOD, a 5MP MIPI CSI-2 camera module. The device driver provided along with the evaluation kit, e-CAM50IMX6_WinCE, is DirectShow compatible. New customers can order e-CAM50IMX6_WinCE from our webstore and already existing customers can contact sales@e-consystems.com to request for Windows Embedded Compact 2013 driver package.

e-con Systems Inc., announces the launch of the Denebola (See3CAM_CX3RDK) Reference Design Kit based on EZ-USB® CX3 USB 3.0 Peripheral controller from Cypress Semiconductors. e-con Systems, a Silver level partner of Cypress Partner program, has developed this USB Video Class (UVC) reference design kit for EZ-USB® CX3. This RDK is being launched by e-con Systems on the side lines of the launch of the EZ-USB® CX3 by Cypress Semiconductors.

The Cypress EZ-USB® CX3 is a USB 3.0 peripheral controller that enables developers to add USB 3.0 connectivity to any image sensors compliant with Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Camera Serial Interface Type 2 (CSI-2) standard. The Denebola Reference Design Kit developed using EZ-USB® CX3 is a complete Reference Design Kit and has OmniVision OV5640 CMOS image sensor interfaced to it through 2-lane MIPI CSI-2 interface. This is a fully functional camera reference design kit that can stream uncompressed video 720p60, 1080p30 and full 5MP@15fps. The Reference Design Kit is fully compliant with USB Video Class (UVC) Specification and is compatible with the UVC class drivers supplied by Windows and Linux Operating Systems.

The Denebola CX3 RDK will be part of the See3CAM family of USB 3.0 cameras. The See3CAM is a family of USB 3.0 UVC-compliant cameras from e-con Systems that are targeted at high end imaging applications such as Full HD or more video recording, video analytics and HD video conferencing. The Denebola RDK contains the CX3 base board and OmniVision OV5640 based autofocus camera module daughter board. The interchangeable camera daughter board allows e-con to bring out more daughter boards with various CMOS image sensors in the future. This also allows our customers to quickly evaluate any CMOS/CCD image sensor they want. As the UVC firmware stack is production ready, customers can just develop the daughter boards for their image sensor and just initialize the sensor to stream at any one of the supported video formats of RDK to quickly evaluate their image sensor. This will reduce the time and effort to be spent by our customers for any new sensor evaluation and optimization process.

This RDK will benefit our customers and end users to evaluate the EZ-USB® CX3 peripheral controller for its use in USB 3.0 centric camera applications. Since the camera side interface of CX3 is compliant to the industry standard MIPI CSI-2 interface, a large number of commonly available image sensors can be effortlessly integrated with the EZ-USB® CX3 chip. The customers need not have to spend time and effort on bringing up a new camera evaluation platform, rather concentrate only on the camera daughter board with MIPI CSI-2 interface and the sensor initialization to get it working in a short span of time." said Mr. Ashok Babu, President - e-con Systems. "The partnership with Cypress Semiconductor in bringing up this RDK will help the customers of Cypress Semiconductors for use of their EZ-USB® CX3 device controllers and for e-con's customers to take advantage of the fully functional USB 3.0 UVC camera reference design solution. added Mr. Ashok Babu.

e-con has developed the UVC stack that runs on the See3CAM family of cameras powered by Cypress EZ-USB® FX3 (predecessor to EZ-USB® CX3). The UVC stack of the CX3 RDK is also UVC standard-compliant and hence does not require any special drivers on the PC side. Any standard UVC application (DirectShow compliant application in Windows or V4L2 compliant application in Linux) can be used with our RDK.e-con is offering the customization services to port the UVC stack for any new image sensor as per customer requirements.

e-con Systems Inc., announces the launch of the See3CAM_80, part of the See3CAM family of USB 3.0 SuperSpeed cameras. The See3CAM_80 supports video streaming at resolutions of up to 1080p@30fps and includes an eight megapixel autofocus camera module, the e-CAM80_MI8825_MOD, with an OV8825 CMOS image sensor. The UVC Compliant Camera is plug-and-play in both Windows and Linux. In Windows, the camera is exposed as a DirectShow device and this Linux USB 3 Camera is exposed as a V4L2 capture device.

The 8MP UVC USB camera supports VGA@30, 720p30, 1080p30 preview resolutions for high end video recording, video analytics and HD video conferencing applications. e-con is also bringing the full 8 Megapixel still image capture capability to regular PCs for very high resolution imaging applications. Above all, the See3CAM_80 can stream the full 8MP resolution video at around 11fps for applications where full image resolution required, but at a lower frame rate. All the above are uncompressed video and streaming is through the USB 3.0 interface which supports about 5Gbps bandwidth.

The See3CAM_80 is ideal for customer applications such as document cameras/visualizers, high resolution OCR applications for large sheet sizes, medical and scientific applications such as tissue vision, pathology examination and microscopic applications where high resolution streaming - even at a low frame rate - is required.

The See3CAM_80 makes full use of the potential of its OmniVision's OV8825 CameraChip™ sensor. The OV8825 is a 1/3.2" optical format, 1.4 micron pixel raw image sensor with a fourlane MIPI CSI-2 interface and supports 720p60, 1080p60 and also 8MP at 24fps.

In the late nineties, one of OmniVision's core businesses was the VGA USB 1.0 camera, which helped put us in our current position as a leading camera supplier for today's PC, notebook and entertainment markets," said Harish Iyer, product marketing manager at OmniVision. "Leveraging our advanced 1.4-micron OmniBSI+™ pixel architecture, the OV8825's high performance and fast frame rate 1080p video provides key functionality for See3CAM_80's high bandwidth USB 3.0 solution. We are proud to see the high quality 8-megapixel OV8825 CameraChip™ in the See3CAM80 solution and view it as another major milestone of growth in resolution   Read More

e-con Systems Inc., a leading embedded design services company specializing in development of advanced camera solutions is now acknowledged as a Cypress Design Partner at SILVER membership level.

e-con Systems has worked with Cypress Semiconductor Corp. on its EZ-USB® FX3™ USB 3.0 peripheral controller from its launch and developed a USB UVC stack that is compatible with the Windows and Linux Operating Systems. e-con has developed products around the FX3 solution, leveraging its expertise in CMOS image sensors and sound understanding of USB UVC protocol. The Plug-n-Play UVC stack developed around the FX3 firmware provided by Cypress does not require any drivers to be installed on the host side and works seamlessly with any DirectShow(Windows)/V4L2(Linux) compliant applications for accessing and controlling the camera.

By leveraging the highly-configurable 32-bit, General Programmable Interface (GPIF™ II) 2.0 interface of FX3, e-con has developed an FX3 firmware framework that can interface any video source (CMOS/CCD image sensor, Thermal imager, NTSC/PAL video source, HDMI/DVI video source) to a PC host on both USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 interfaces.

e-con Systems' See3CAM - USB 3.0 camera series, uses the Cypress FX3 controller and the first product of this family, an 1.3MP Global Shutter USB 3.0 UVC camera, See3CAM_10CUG has been already launched in the market. e-con has also customized its FX3 based USB 3.0 camera designs for various customers for meeting their requirements.

e-con Systems has added color (Bayer) support for their See3CAM_10CUG. The See3CAM_10CUG is a USB 3.0 camera capable of streaming camera frames 720p@ 60fps and 1280x960 @ 45fps. This camera can synchronize the exposure of all the pixels on receiving an external trigger. It also supports all the features with a USB 2.0 fallback. With this, the See3CAM_10CUG supports Monochrome and Color (Bayer).

See3CAM is a series of UVC compliant USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Cameras from e-con Systems targeted for applications such as machine vision applications, object tracking, traffic surveillance, Multi-Camera Video Surveillance and Panorama View capture.   Read More

e-con Systems Inc., a leading embedded design services company specializing in development of advanced camera solutions announces the release of 5MP Full HD MIPI Camera Board, e-CAM50IMX6 for Freescale® i.MX6 family of processors. The e-CAM50IMX6 camera board is interfaced directly to the CSI-2 MIPI interface on the Freescale® SABRE Lite board. e-CAM50IMX6 includes e-CAM57_MI5640_MOD, a 5 MP autofocus 2-lane MIPI CSI-2 camera module with 70mm flexible PCB length.

The e-CAM50IMX6 board comes with full schematics and Linux driver support with source code. e-con Systems shall be announcing the support for Android soon.

e-CAM50IMX6 can stream Full HD 1080p@30fps and also supports HD 720p@60fps. The i.MX6 processor has support for dual camera interfaces and has the ability to record video at 1080p and 720p resolutions in various industry standard video encoding formats. The e-CAM50IMX6 contains camera board, flex cable and an interface board. The Interface board is plugged directly on to the MIPI CSI-2 camera header of Freescale SABRE Lite board and the camera board is connected through a flex cable supplied along with the kit.

OmniVision's OV5640 CameraChip™ sensor, which is part of the e-CAM57_MI5640_MOD, has an embedded ISP. The sensor features automatic image control functions including automatic exposure control (AEC), automatic white balance (AWB), automatic band filter (ABF), 50/60Hz automatic luminance detection, and automatic black level calibration (ABLC).

"We are excited to launch our 5MP camera for Freescale i.MX6 CPU and this is a first of the series of cameras from e-con Systems targeting i.MX6 family of microprocessors. The HD and Full HD capable camera daughter with Auto focus feature can help our customers in variety of applications such as automotive infotainment, rear view cameras, portable streaming/recording cameras and video conferencing applications. e-con also provides customization services to our customers interested in using any other CMOS sensor/camera module with i.MX6 with Linux, Android or Windows Embedded Operating Systems." said Mr. Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems.   Read More

e-con Systems today announced Video for Linux support for its See3CAM_10CUG, the 1.3MP USB 3.0 global shutter camera. The Linux support includes sample application with full source code and is UVC compatible. Customers who have bought the See3CAM_10CUG can contact sales@e-consystems.com requesting for Linux support.

Earlier, e-con systems had announced USB 3.0 camera support for Windows and had announced that it would be announcing support for Linux soon. e-con Systems are the only ones in the world to offer USB 3.0 cameras that are UVC compatible.

e-con Systems Inc., a leading embedded design services company specializing in development of advanced camera solutions and services announces the launch of e-CAM56_37x_GSTIX - 5 MP Camera Board for Gumstix® Overo® COM, featuring e-CAM56_37x_GSTIX   - a 5 MP Auto Focus OV5640 Image sensor. e-CAM56_37x_GSTIX Plugs in to the camera interface of TI DaVinci processor on the Gumstix's Overo COMs and is Mechanically compatible with e-CAM32_OMAP_GSTIX.

e-con Systems also announces the End of Life (EOL) notification for the product e-CAM32_OMAP_GSTIX, a 3.2 Mega Pixel Camera Board for Gumstix® Overo® COMs. Raw materials of the discontinued parts are in short supply. As such, all orders will be filled on a first come, first-served basis. The last buy date for this product will be June 18, 2013. e-con Systems suggests e-CAM56_37x_GSTIX as an alternative product for e-CAM32_OMAP_GSTIX. For more details contact sales@e-consystems.com

e-con Systems Inc., Embedded Design Services company, based out of Chennai, and St. Louis, USA has slashed price of its Capella - Stereo vision Camera reference design by up to USD 200. Capella was earlier available at the cost of USD1499 is now available at USD 1299 only.

"We were able to negotiate better pricing from our suppliers and we are pleased to pass this benefit to our customers", said Mr. Harishankkar, VP-Business Development, e-con Systems..

e-con Systems marked its presence for the 3^rd year in DesignWest Exhibition held at San Jose during April 22 to 25, 2013. e-con Systems demonstrated its recently launched products e-CAM51_44x - 5MP MIPI Camera Board for OMAP4 Processors, See3CAM - the world's first UVC compliant USB 3.0 Camera solutions and Customizable USB Camera solutions.

Among them, the most exciting demo was "Capturing the Data Matrix Barcode on a fast running fan using USB 3.0 Camera - See3CAM". e-con Systems' President Mr. Ashok Babu demonstrated this newly launched USB 3.0 See3CAM Solutions at DESIGN West, San Jose, 2013. This barcode capture application was demonstrated on See3CAM connected to PC through USB 3.0 interface.

"We had a great show at Design West 2013, San Jose. There was considerable excitement on our newly launched cost-effective See3CAM - Super speed USB 3.0 Camera series. There were also more enquires to our upcoming cameras in See3CAM Camera series", said Harishankkar, VP-Business Development, e-con Systems.

e-con Systems Inc., announces the launch of the world's first UVC compliant USB 3.0 camera as part of its new See3CAM series. Being UVC compliant means that See3CAM cameras are 'plug and play' on Windows and Linux - no additional device driver software is required and the cameras work with standard Windows (DirectShow) and Linux (V4L2) software.

The new simple and cost-effective See3CAM series solves the problem of implementing high resolution, high quality video and image capture in applications such as barcode detection on moving objects and object tracking - these are applications where the cost and complexity of currently available hardware and software has, until now, been prohibitive.

e-con Systems is a leading embedded product design services company specializing in the development of advanced camera solutions and the new See3CAM USB 3.0 SuperSpeed cameras complement its existing range of camera solutions for embedded and USB2.0 platforms. The first product in the See3CAM family is the See3CAM_10CUG, a 1.3 MP global shutter camera. Available in monochrome and color versions, the See3CAM_10CUG works with both USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 hosts. The camera's USB 3.0 SuperSpeed connectivity enables it to capture images at 720p(HD) @60fps and 1280x960(Full Resolution) @45fps. The monochrome version of the See3CAM_10CUG is targeted at entry-level machine vision, 1D/2D barcode detection, object detection/recognition and other high-speed image capture applications. With an external trigger input, the camera can be used in a variety of industrial automation and scientific applications.

"We are excited to launch the See3CAM series of USB 3.0 cameras. We have been working on USB 3.0 UVC stack development for over two years and I am proud of our engineering team's achievement in launching the world's first UVC compliant USB 3.0 camera. The See3CAM_10CUG, 1.3 megapixel global shutter camera meets the increasing demand from our customers for a global shutter camera with external trigger suitable for entry-level machine vision applications.

The See3CAM_10CUG is well suited for industrial applications such as object recognition/tracking on conveyors, 2d/3d barcode detection on moving objects and object classification. We also provide complete customization of the See3CAM series for any CMOS/CCD sensor, mechanical form-factor or interface such as HDMI/DVI/MIPI/DVP. This enables our customers to access e-con's expertise in SuperSpeed USB 3.0 camera solutions" said Mr. Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems. Read More

e-con Systems Inc., a leading embedded design services company specializing in development of advanced camera solutions announces the release of Full HD MIPI Camera Board, e-CAM51_44x for Texas Instruments' OMAP4 family of processors. The e-CAM51_44x camera board is interfaced to the PandaBoard which is based on OMAP4430 / OMAP4460 processor. e-CAM51_44x includes e-CAM57_MI5640_MOD, a 5 MP autofocus MIPI CSI-2 camera module.

The e-CAM57_MI5640_MOD camera module is based on OmniVision's OV5640 sensor. The e-CAM51_44x board comes with full schematics and Linux driver support with source code. econ Systems will also be announcing support for Android soon.

e-CAM51_44x can stream Full HD 1080p@30fps and also supports HD 720p@60fps. The OMAP4 processor has support for multiple camera interfaces and has the ability to record video at 1080p@30fps and 720p@60fps. Further it can support resolutions up to 20 megapixels. Customers designing virtual reality devices, 3D gaming with gesture recognition, automotive infotainment or sports cameras will benefit immensely from OMAP4's high speed and performance.

OmniVision's OV5640 CameraChip™ sensor, which is part of the e-CAM57_MI5640_MOD, has an embedded ISP. The sensor features automatic image control functions including automatic exposure control (AEC), automatic white balance (AWB), automatic band filter (ABF), 50/60Hz automatic luminance detection, and automatic black level calibration (ABLC).

"After successfully launching the MIPI CSI-2 camera for TI AM/DM37x processors, we have widened our leadership in camera solutions by launching MIPI CSI-2 camera board along with the Open Source device drivers for TI OMAP4 family. We have also customized the MIPI CSI-2 camera module with 70mm PCB length and can provide such customized solutions to our customers with the same or different CMOS image sensor. These solutions on OMAP4 shall help our demanding customers who can now leverage e-con's boutique of Product Design Services along with camera expertise!!" said Mr. Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems.   Read More

e-con Systems announces the End of Life(EOL) notification for e-CAM33_USB, a 3.2 MP Autofocus USB camera Board. Raw materials of the discontinued part are in short supply. As such, all orders will be filled on a firstcome, first-served basis until the discontinued raw material inventory is depleted and cannot be sourced. The last buy date for this product will be March 31, 2013.

e-con Systems exhibits the demo of e-CAM1M_CUGUSB - 1MP Custom Lens USB Camera with global shutter at Embedded world, Nuremberg, Germany during 26-28th Feb 2013. The e-CAM1M_CUGUSB is based on Aptina / onsemi® AR0134 Monochrome Sensor. The e-CAM1M_CUGUSB is featured with the Cypress Fx3 - the next-generation SuperSpeed USB 3.0 peripheral controller which enables to support bandwidth of 5Gbps. Targeted mainly for machine vision applications.

e-con Systems announces the End of Life(EOL) notification for the following products. e-CAM32_OMAP35x , a 3.2 MP camera Board for OMAP35x processors, e-CAM32_PXAx, a 3.2 MP Camera Board for PXAx Processors.

e-con Systems, a Microsoft Windows Embedded Gold partner based out of India, announced that Mr. Prabu Kumar, Windows Embedded Project Lead has achieved Windows Embedded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. e-con Systems is happy to note that he was awarded with MVP, twice earlier.

"Thank you for your exceptional contributions to technical communities! It gives us great pleasure to present you with the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award for the technical expertise you generously provide to others. By sharing your knowledge, experience, and objective feedback, you inspire and help people to solve problems and discover new capabilities every day. We are honoured to welcome you as a Microsoft MVP." said Rich Kaplan, Corporate Vice President, Customer and Partner Advocacy, Microsoft Corporation

"I am excited to receive Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for the 3^rd time. Thanks to Microsoft for encouraging me with this award. I would like to thank e-con Systems for creating a challenging environment for experimenting and sharing my knowledge with the technical community through MSDN newsgroups, forums and publishing articles and blogs related to Windows Embedded CE." said Prabu Kumar.

Prabu Kumar has the distinction of being the only Windows Embedded - Most Valued Professional (MVP) from India. He received this prestigious recognition for his outstanding Technical leadership and expertise in Windows Embedded CE combined with significant contribution to the embedded community. Prabu Kumar, e-con Systems' Senior Project Lead, helps OEMs with the System Integration of Windows Embedded CE on custom designs. He is now more into developing next generation OEM Camera device drivers. On behalf of e-con Systems, he has published many articles and blogs on Windows Embedded CE.

e-con Systems announces the End of Life(EOL) notification for the following products. e-CAM50_OMAP35x, a 5.0 MP HD camera Board for OMAP35x processors, e-CAM50_DM37x, a 5 MP HD Camera Board for DaVinci™ Processors / Sitara™ Processors, e-CAM50_OMAP_GSTIX, a 5 MP high definition camera Board for Gumstix® Overo® COMs and e-CAM50_OMAP_GSTIX, a 5 MP OV5642 Camera Module.

e-con Systems exhibited the exciting Demo of e-CAM55_37x - 5MP MIPI Camera Board at TI Technology Days, Boston and Orlando.

e-CAM55_37x is the world's first MIPI camera interface reference design based on 5 MP auto focus camera module powered by OmniVision's OV5640 CMOS image sensor, for TI's AM37x / DM37x / OMAP35x processors.

Other demos included 5MP Camera boards based on OV5640 and OV5642 camera modules for DaVinci Processors /Sitara Processors and Stereo Vision Camera - Capella

"We had a great show at TI Technology Days. The launch of our MIPI CSI-2 camera interface reference design resulted in more number of booth visitors. The booth visitors were pleasantly surprised with our exciting MIPI Camera interface that enables to place the camera module 200mm away from the connector and streams 720p (HD) video at 60fps." said Harishankkar Subramanyam, VP - Business Development, e-con Systems.

e-con Systems Inc., a leading embedded design services company specializing in development of advanced camera solutions announces the release of the world's first reference design e-CAM55_37x - MIPI CSI-2 Camera Interface for Texas Instruments' AM37x /DM37x family of processors. e-CAM55_37x is interfaced on to Logic PD’s Zoom™ DM3730 SOM-LV Development Kit and includes e-CAM52A_MI5640_MOD, a 5MP autofocus MIPI CSI-2 camera module that is based on OmniVision's OV5640 sensor. The e-CAM55_37x comes with Windows CE 6.0 driver support and e-con systems shall be announcing support for Linux / Android soon.

"e-con Systems has designed and developed an exciting product that enables high resolution embedded camera solutions for the vision and industrial markets. The product leverages the superior features of TI's AM37xx/DM37xx family of processors to offer uncompromising user experience at low power which are key care abouts of customers. Moreover, enabling this enhanced camera capability will allow the development of advanced analytics algorithms on the embedded 64x+ DSP on the DM37xx platform resulting in innovative products." said Mr. Praveen K Ganapathy, Director, Business Development, Texas Instruments (TI) India.

Customers, who are designing handhelds / data loggers with camera, will stand benefitted by the e-CAM52A_MI5640_MOD as the camera module can be placed as far as 10cm from the processor interface. This facilitates the ease of enclosure design.

OmniVision's OV5640 CameraChip™ sensor, which is part of the e-CAM52A_MI5640_MOD, has an embedded ISP. The sensor features automatic image control functions including automatic exposure control (AEC), automatic white balance (AWB), automatic band filter (ABF), 50/60Hz automatic luminance detection, and automatic black level calibration (ABLC).

"With this interface option now available on e-con Systems' e-CAM55_37x kit, developers can take advantage of OmniVision's powerful OV5640 image sensor with numerous auto image signal processing features for fast time to market imaging projects," commented Robbert Emery, senior business development manager at OmniVision. "The OmniVision OV5640, in combination with the new interface option enabled by e-con Systems, opens up new avenues for development of innovative solutions for a broad range of applications including notebook cameras, interactive education and meeting solutions, document camera visualizers, digital pathology, and video conferencing."  Read More

5 MP USB HD Camera - e-CAM51_USB, housing 5 MP Autofocus Camera Module e-CAM52_5640_MOD based on OmniVision's OV5640 CMOS image sensor, now comes with Linux support. The Linux software package for 5MP USB Camera module includes V4L2 Driver and eCAMGUVCView.

EMS is one of two Australian Engine Control Unit(ECU) manufacturers that make ECUs, Capacitive Discharge Ignition units (CDIs), and Race Dashes as well as ancillary products such as igniters and K-Type amplifiers. EMS is now launch ready for their new Race Dash- EDL-7.

EMS is the first australian company to release a full colour touch screen display. The EDL7 Race Dash & data logger can log and display data from any EMS ECU and its built-in data collection channels. The EDL7 is a complete display system with a low-glare 7 inch color touch screen display.

e-con Systems is proud to be associated with EMS. EDL-7 uses e-con systems' Computer on Module - eSOM300™. EMS designed their carrier boards with eSOM300 reference design. eSOM300 is based on XScale®/ARM PXA300 application processor from Marvell and is an ideal choice for embedded applications requiring a combination of low power consumption and mid-range processing and GUI performance, both in consumer and industrial environments.

"We met e-con Systems when we were looking out for a Windows CE based COM vendor. We knew that they were Microsoft Windows Embedded Gold Partner. Our intention was that the COM should have a stable and formidable BSP since our application is going to run on top of it. The eSOM300 Computer on module not only had a stable Windows CE BSP on top of it but also had good amount of hardware documentation which helped us engineer a carrier board to it quickly. We had little time to finish the prototype. e-con Systems completely won us over with their dedicated & faster technical support and helped us reach the market quickly. We are happy to haven chosen e-con Systems as our computer on module partner. I would readily recommend them & I wish to work with them in future projects also." said Manuel Dindakis, Product Design Manager, EMS Computers.

We are glad that our Stereo Vision Camera Reference Design Capella, has been nominated in the Top Embedded Innovative Products list of Embedded Computing Magazine. Check out the June 2012 issue of Embedded Computing. Capella is the world's first embedded pixel synchronous Stereo Vision Camera Reference Design for Texas Instruments´ (TI) OMAP35x and AM / DM37x processor on Gumstix® Overo® COMs.

e-con Systems' has announced the working of MIPI Camera interface on OMAP35x/DM37x processor series. e-CAM52_35x has been interfaced on to the Logic PD OMAP 3530 evaluation board.

"Many customers have approached us for getting the camera module 5cm away from the connector or 8 cm away from the connector since they find it difficult to fit the camera module in the enclosure. The MIPI camera module from e-con Systems presents a solution to these customers. The camera module can be customized to be away from the connector as far as 10cm." said Mr. Hari shankkar, VP-Business Development.

Read more about the annoucement in our Blog.

RoadNarrows Robotics, the value-added reseller of e-con Systems' Camera Products for Gumstix® Overo® COM in USA, exhibited Stereo Vision Camera - Capella in the just concluded IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation in St.Paul, Minnesota. IEEE International Conference is the leading conference in robotics & automation algorithms and technologies. There was considerable excitement among the visitors who witnessed the demo of Capella in the booth. Capella is the world's first embedded pixel synchronous Stereo Vision Camera Reference Design for Texas Instruments' (TI) OMAP35x and AM / DM37x processor on Gumstix® Overo® COMs.

The Stereo Vision Camera Reference Design , Capella can be used by customers to develop their Stereo Vision Camera algorithms and also by customers who would want to integrate Stereo Vision Camera in their product design. The Capella features the camera daughter card e-CAM_9V024_STEREO, which delivers pixel-synchronous stereo frames to the OMAP/DM37x processor.

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e-con Systems Inc., a leading embedded design services company specializing in development of advanced camera solutions announces the launch of USB board camera - e-CAM51_USB, which houses a 5-megapixel pluggable Autofocus Camera Module e-CAM52_5640_MOD based on OmniVision's OV5640 CMOS image sensor. The e-CAM51_USB supports GPIO and microphone with an integrated analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The e-CAM51_USB is USB Video Class (UVC) and USB Audio Class (UAC) compliant and hence doesn't require any device driver installation on the PC side.

OmniVision's OV5640 CameraChip™ sensor, which is part of the e-CAM52_5640_MOD, has an embedded ISP. The sensor features automatic image control functions including automatic exposure control (AEC), automatic white balance (AWB), automatic band filter (ABF), 50/60Hz automatic luminance detection, and automatic black level calibration (ABLC). Majority of these features are supported in e-CAM51_USB through the standard UVC protocol allowing all the third party applications on Linux and Windows based Operating Systems be able to work with our USB camera without any issues. The specialty features of e-CAM51_USB, such as GPIO control, Autofocus control and status, Manual focus etc., are supported through UVC Extension Unit interface. e-con Systems supports the developers with an Extended API DLL to leverage these features and supplies sample application that demonstrates these features.

"e-con Systems' UVC Autofocus USB Camera board is a highly compelling stand-alone camera solution based on OmniVision's 5-megapixel SoC sensor," commented Robbert Emery, business development manager at OmniVision. "OmniVision's OV5640 image sensor offers on-chip image signal processing, including the 3A functions, JPEG compression, color correction matrix and image stabilization for consumer and industrial handheld applications."

"e-CAM51_USB is e-con's 5 MegaPixel USB camera module that offers state-of-the art 5MP still image capturing capabilities along with the 720p and 1080p video streaming capability. With the additional UVC extension features, this would enable our customers to develop interesting products and solutions based on our e-CAM51_USB camera and e-con is also geared to help our customers to customize the same for meeting end applications" , said Mr. Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems. Read More

e-con Systems showcased the world's first Stereo Vision camera reference design, Capella for Texas Instruments’ (TI) OMAP35x and AM/DM37x processor at the ESC, Silicon Valley.

Other demos include e-CAM51_USB featuring a USB camera module with a 5 Mega pixel autofocus camera (scheduled to be launched by early May 2012) was showcased. This is a successor to the hugely successful predecessor e-CAM33_USB. The product will have drivers for Windows and Linux.

"We had a great show at ESC, Silicon valley. We got several booth visits which resulted in back to back meetings at the customer's offices after the show. There was considerable excitement with our Stereo vision camera, Capella with customers looking forward to integrate it in their OMAP/DM37x designs.", said Harishankkar, VP-Business Development, e-con Systems.

e-con Systems Inc., a leading embedded design services company specializing in development of advanced camera solutions announces the world's first Stereo Vision camera reference design based on Texas Instruments' OMAP/DM37x family of processors and Gumstix® Overo® computer-on-module (COM) series. The Stereo Camera Reference design, code-named Capella, includes a DM3730-based Gumstix® Overo® WaterStorm COM, a Gumstix® Tobi expansion board and e-con's camera daughter board e-CAM_9V024_STEREO.

The Capella reference design comes with a Software Development Kit with full source code for application development on top of V4L2 or OpenCV, enabling customers to develop their own Stereo Vision Camera based applications. e-con Systems also provides sample applications with source, for applications such as synchronous stereo image capture, depth measurement etc.

"TI is excited to see innovative solutions for the emerging Stereo Vision market from its valued ecosystem partners like e-con Systems. With increasing, and more complex, demands for image processing applications like e-con Systems' Capella, there is a need for highly efficient processors that can deliver advanced user interface, improved graphics and video processing capabilities," said Praveen K Ganapathy, Director, Business Development, Texas Instruments. "Texas Instruments' OMAPTM/DM37x family of processors is designed to provide a scalable, high-performance ultra-low power platform that absolutely delivers the experience users expect."

"Being one of the leading suppliers of embedded camera solutions, we have many requests from customers who want to integrate pixel synchronous stereo vision into their products. These customers have a variety of application requirements other than showing the traditional disparity map and many of them use Gumstix® Overo® COMs as their processing system. With the Capella reference design, e-con Systems precisely addresses these requirements and also allows customers to implement traditional stereo camera applications such as disparity mapping, human tracking and gesture detection by implementing their own algorithms on top of our Stereo Camera reference design," , said Mr. Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems.

"The Stereo Camera reference design can also be customized to interface with other TI OMAP35x/DM37x implementations. Baseline, lens can also be customized to suit customer's specific requirements," added Mr.Ashok Babu. Read More

e-con Systems Inc., a Windows Embedded Gold Partner specializing in development of advanced customized camera solutions Windows Embedded Development services, windows ce driver development and other related services, has recently licensed its Windows CE camera driver source code to MilDef CReTE Inc. Taiwan. The customer, MilDef CReTE Inc. is a leading manufacturer of rugged handheld computing devices. The rugged handheld contains e-con's camera module featuring Omni Vision's image sensor and e-con systems' Windows CE camera driver.

"e-con Systems has been providing us with good technical support and high quality camera driver source codes. This enables us to accelerate our new system development process ahead of schedule. With e-con Systems' quick response and reliable technical support, we can focus our efforts on core technology improvement and development." said Ms. Janice Liao, Program Manager, MilDef CReTE Inc.

e-con Systems has been working very closely with OmniVision and has been using the OV sensors from VGA up to 5Mega Pixel. In addition to general purpose image sensors, e-con Systems works on specialty sensors from OVT such as High Dynamic Range sensors for outdoor usage, 720p HD and 1080p Full HD sensors for security and surveillance applications, and CCD replacement sensors for low light ambience etc. e-con has built a strong technical support-alliance with OmniVision to provide world-class customized optimal solutions and consultation services to the customers.

"By licensing the camera driver source from e-con Systems, MilDef CReTE Inc, can customize the same for meeting the ever-increasing demands from its customers on variety of their rugged handheld platforms and also pass on the benefit of e-con's advanced camera driver to its end-customers.", said Mr. Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems. Read More

e-con Systems Inc., a leading embedded design services company specializing in development of advanced camera solutions and services announces its video decoder board e-CAMNT_MX53x to support analog camera interface for Freescale® i.MX53 Quick start board(QSB).

e-con Systems'  e-CAMNT_MX53x video decoder board can be used as a plug-n-play to interface NTSC/PAL camera. Along with the adapter daughter card, e-con systems also provides drivers for Linux. The NTSC/PAL video decoder board has interfaces for both S-Video input and Composite video input (CVBS).

"With the e-CAMNT_MX53x, e-con enables our customers to use analog video sources on the Freescale i.MX53x platform and takes advantage of the inbuilt deinterlacer of i.MX53x processors. The camera driver from e-con supports the inbuilt deinterlacer hardware block and displays smooth deinterlaced video from the interlaced analog sources." said Mr. Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems.

This new NTSC/PAL decoder board measuring 61.5 mm x 54.76 mm, will be helpful for customers who provide solutions for Surveillance, Endoscopy, Low Light Camera applications and other customers who use CCD cameras that supports analog interface. Read More

e-con Systems Inc., a leading embedded design services company specializing in development of advanced camera solutions and services announces its camera adapter board e-CAMNT_35x_GSTIX to support analog camera interface for Gumstix Overo COMs.

e-con Systems, e-CAMNT_35x_GSTIX adaptor board can be used as a plug-n-play to interface NTSC/PAL camera. Along with the adapter daughter card, e-con systems also provide drivers for Linux. This Adapter board shall have support for S-Video IN and CVBS IN.

This new NTSC / PAL adapter card will be helpful for customers who provide solutions for Surveillance, Endoscopy, Low Light Camera applications and other customers who use CCD cameras which support analog interface. Read More

e-con Systems Inc., a leading embedded design services company specializing in development of advanced customized camera solutions and related services announces its second 5MP High definition (HD) camera solution based on OmniVision OV5640 HD CMOS Image sensor for AM37x / DM37x processors from TexasInstruments.

e-con Systems' new camera daughter card e-CAM52_35x has the e-CAM52_5640_MOD, a 5 Megapixel camera module based on OV5640 image sensor. The camera daughter card in turn directly plugs on to the Digital Video port(DVP) interface of the DM3730 processor available on the DM3730 EVM board from Texas instruments.

"OmniVision is pleased to see e-con Systems adopt the OV5640 SOC sensor for their imaging product offerings. The development and release of e-con Systems' e-CAM52_35x daughter card and e-CAM52_5640_MOD camera offers a turn-key, 5 mega-pixel imager ready for multi-segment applications.

The OV5640 SOC sensor uses advanced pixel technology offering a fully-featured yet extremely cost-effective solution for excellent quality image capture and HD video. Moreover, our OmniBSI™ technology differentiates itself from competing products by enabling best-in-class low-light sensitivity as well as an ultra compact camera module that is 8.5 x 8.5 mm with a z-height of less than 5 mm." said Robbert Emery, Senior Business Development Manager, OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
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e-con Systems, a Microsoft Windows Embedded Gold partner based out of India, announced that Mr.Prabu Kumar, Windows Embedded Project Lead has achieved Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. e-con Systems is happy to note that he was awarded with MVP, last year too.

"We are pleased to present you with the 2012 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in Windows Embedded technical communities during the past year." said Nestor Portillo, Director, Community & Online Support, Microsoft Corp.

"I am excited to receive Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award, thanks to Microsoft for recognizing me with this award. I would like to thank e-con Systems for encouraging me to share my knowledge with the technical community through MSDN newsgroups, forums and to publish technical articles and blogs related to Windows Embedded CE. e-con Systems is doing a fabulous job of nurturing passion outside the job parameters also." said Prabu Kumar.

Prabu Kumar has the distinction of being the only Windows Embedded - Most Valued Professional (MVP) from India (among the 62 MVPs around the world). He received this prestigious recognition for his outstanding Technical leadership and expertise in Windows Embedded CE combined with significant contribution to the embedded community. Prabu Kumar, e-con Systems' Senior Project Lead, helps OEMs with the System Integration of Windows Embedded CE on custom designs. He is involved in various BSP adaptations, customizations and optimizations to help OEMs secure Windows Embedded CE based designs, while maintaining a quick time to market. He has published many technical articles and blog posts on Windows Embedded CE on behalf of e-con Systems. He has also participated in MSDN newsgroups and forums related to Windows Embedded.