Lattice to showcase new reference design for MIPI CSI-2 image sensor bridge

USA: Lattice Semiconductor Corp. will demonstrate a MIPI Specification CSI-2 (Camera Serial Interface 2) image sensor bridge reference design in its private "Mobile Innovation" meeting suite at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) January 8-11 in Las Vegas. Lattice suite 2980 will be located in the East Tower, Las Vegas Hotel.

This reference design will allow customers to use low cost MIPI CSI-2 image sensors with their ISP of choice. The CSI-2 image sensor bridge accepts the image data from a CSI-2 sensor and converts the data to a CMOS parallel bus so that virtually any ISP can process the data.

The CSI-2 image sensor bridge can be demonstrated on a hardware evaluation board, and an HDL design file for the Lattice MachXO2 ultra-low density FPGA is also available so customers can immediately begin using the CSI-2 bridge design. The reference design can support CSI-2 interfaces from 1 to 4 data lanes and the parallel CMOS bus to the ISP is configurable as well. The hardware demo uses a Sony IMX169 CSI-2 image sensor operating at 1080p30.

"CSI-2-based image sensors have been prevalent for some time now in smartphones and tablets," said Ted Marena, director of Marketing Solutions for Lattice. "The Lattice CSI-2 image sensor bridge reference design will allow engineers implementing other types of consumer designs to use these low cost image sensors. In addition, because the MachXO2 FPGA's I/Os are programmable, virtually any ISP can be bridged."

Applications such as black box car driver recorders, home security cameras and aftermarket automotive backup cameras are just a few of the consumer-based designs that could utilize the CSI-2 bridge design.