FRAMOS Adapters & Accessories

FRAMOS Adapters and Accessories feature components to operate the individual sensor modules and individual components of development kits. They are accessible for a large variety of sensor-processor combinations within the FRAMOS Sensor Module Ecosystem. They provide the necessary interfacing and translations between the two components and can be used right off-the-shelf for prototyping and final designs

Sensor Adapters

FRAMOS Adapters & Accessories

FRAMOS Sensor Adapter (FSA) boards contain all periphery components required to operate the imagers and are stacked piggyback to the FRAMOS Sensor Modules (FSM). They ensure standard communication between the sensor and the processor board, typically done through MIPI CSI-2 (D-PHY) protocols. Many of the sensor adapters support multiple FSMs types and include options for converting Sub-LVDS and SLVS image data to MIPI CSI-2 (D-PHY) signaling. These sensor adapters allow for better image quality, less redundancy, more flexibility, and all-on-one-board customization options.

Processor Adapters

FRAMOS Adapters & Accessories

The FRAMOS Processor Adapter (FPA) boards provide an interface for third-party processor development boards to work inside the FRAMOS Sensor Module Ecosystem. These boards use a common connector that allows quick connection of FSA boards that translate and transfer the sensor signals into the processor development boards. The FPAs target multiple processor development boards and allow for easy evaluation of sensor performance on a chosen processor. These boards provide a working baseline system to control the sensor and stream images from FSMs for evaluation and further development of a vision application.

Module Accessories

FRAMOS Adapters & Accessories

Flex cable for Molex 60-pin connector on CSI-2 connection and compatible with FSM, FSA-FTx/A, and FPA-4.A.

Features

  • FSA:
    • Contain periphery required to operate imagers
    • Stacked piggyback to FRAMOS Sensor Module (FSM)
    • Multiple sensors share the same FSA type
    • Options with SubLVDS and SLVS to MIPI CSI-2 (D-PHY) conversion
    • Better results:
      • Less impact on image quality by neighboring components
    • Less redundancy:
      • Can place the module on the mainboard and use existing resources with provided proofed electrical references
    •  Flexibility:
      • Can add further functionality without touching the sensor implementation
    • All-on-one-board customization:
      • Possible as soon as the design concept has been fixed
  • FPA:
    • Implement image sensing front-end into the central processing system
    • MIPI CSI-2 routing provide off-the-shelf
    • Test points for relevant signals
    • Up to 4 individual sensor ports
  • Individual supply voltages
  • Reference clocks
  • Processing functions

FRAMOS Adapters & Accessories