Sony image sensor connection to imx6

[erdani80]

Hi,

 We are designing a board that will have two sony sensors and the image will be processed in an imx6.

 We are looking at solutions to convert from sub-lvds to parallel cmos interface.

 Has anybody a suggestion on a converter chip or solution we can use?, we are looking at a FPGA to do this but any comment is wellcomed.

Thanks,

  Daniel,

[aneeshkumarvr]

did you get any solution? thine has the chip sub-LVDS to parallel THC63LVD1024

[erdani80]

We used an FPGA and also implemented an ISP in the part.

[gusarambula]

Hello Daniel Amor,

There may be threads covering possible alternatives. FPGAs are certainly one, but it may be easier to use an available solution like the ADV7782.

http://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/ADV7782.pdf

I hope this helps!

Regards,

[pks]

Hello gusarambula,

I am curious whether you know if the ADV7782 not only supports the advertised OpenLDI LVDS, but also sub-LVDS which most Sony imaging sensors use. It seems like this might be the only alternative to using a Lattice FPGA solution.

[erdani80]

That could be an option, but we are targeting parallel camera sensor interface in the imx6 and this component uses serial MIPI.

I'll have a look at other analog parts, thanks :-)

[jamiew]

Hi @erdani80 

Did you ever find a device to do Sony LVDS to parallel MIPI on the i.MX6?

I need to do this as well.

Thanks

Jamie

[erdani80]

@jamiew , we placed an FPGA to do format conversion from sub LVDS to parallel video, and also some image processing to offload the processor