topic Interfacing a parallel image sensor to i.mx 7ulp with FlexIO in i.MX Processors

Interfacing a parallel image sensor to i.mx 7ulp with FlexIO

kunf — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 17:41:03 GMT

Does any one have experience with Interfacing 8bit parallel Image sensor to i.mx 7ulp with FlexIO?

What is the maximum possible resolution with e.g. YUV422 or RGB888?

Thanks for your help

Re: Interfacing a parallel image sensor to i.mx 7ulp with FlexIO

Bio_TICFSL — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:08:35 GMT

Hello kunf,

The MX7ULP has MIPI for camera interface, if you want to interface flexio you have to develop the interface with gpio.

Regards

Re: Interfacing a parallel image sensor to i.mx 7ulp with FlexIO

kunf — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:50:25 GMT

Thank you for your answer. according to the reference manual, the i.mx 7ulp (in contrast to the solo and dual variants) does not have a MIPI camera interface. The only camera interface available is the VIU, which has only very limited options for the maximum possible resolution. Therefore my question is whether a camera stream of higher quality can be achieved via the FlexIO module and GPIOs.

Regards

Re: Interfacing a parallel image sensor to i.mx 7ulp with FlexIO

Bio_TICFSL — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 13:10:18 GMT

Hello,

The MX7ULP has MIPI DSI not for camera, for camera it has parallel IF/F. No you can not connect the camera with high resolution through FlexIO.

Regards