Case Study: 18 MP Camera Design for Micro-object Detection

The objective of the solution is to capture a 4K resolution RAW 12-bit image in snapshot mode from the camera at 10FPS and transfer that to a Windows PC over USB3 via UVC for micro particle and biological cell analysis.

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Key Highlights

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8 Layer High Speed Design

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18M Sensor capturing 5 RAW images in 1 second time each of 25MB

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MiPi to USB bridge deliver 125 MB data to windows PC in a 1 second time

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Windows PC based application to control camera parameters

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Start from proto to mass production owned by Engibrains

| Engibrains’ Contribution

Segments We Worked On

Hardware

  • PCB layer : 8 layer
  • PCB Size: 40mm X 40mm
  • 250+ Electronic Components
  • Schematic Design (Altium)
  • PCB Layout design (Altium)
  • Proto to non-form factor unit
  • Production – form factor unit
  • BOM Optimization

Firmware

  • ThreadX CX3 based firmware Development
  • Camera driver development
  • UVC based PC application development to control and capture RAW images
  • Automated test application development
  • Board bring up utility development

QA

  • 200+ test cases identified
  • Functional Testing
  • Regression Testing
  • Automated Test-suite development
  • Test execution and report generation

Production

  • Prototype- Non-Form Factor
  • Prototype-Form Factor
  • Field Trial Batch #1 – 100 Units
  • Field Trail Batch#2 – 200 Units
  • Post delivery support
  • Production Unit QA

| Technologies Used

Our Tech Stack will reduce your risk

HW Tools

  • Schematic Design (OrCAD)
  • PCB Layout design (OrCAD)

Language & Tool

  • C , C++
  • Python
  • ThreadX
  • Eclipse
  • Visual Studio
  • Git
  • Atlassian Jira

IF/Connectivity

  • USB 3.0
  • Mipi
  • CAN
  • I2C
  • SPI

QA Tools

  • Digital Oscilloscope
  • High-end DMM
  • Hot Air Rework Station
  • Thermal Camera
  • Digital Microscope

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