{"id":7644,"date":"2018-06-01T07:30:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T06:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=7644"},"modified":"2018-05-30T17:41:57","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T16:41:57","slug":"kit-enables-fast-and-easy-advanced-camera-system-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/kit-enables-fast-and-easy-advanced-camera-system-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Kit enables fast and easy advanced camera system development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thine Electronics and California Eastern Laboratories, the sales and technical support partner of <span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thine.co.jp\/en\/\">THine<\/a><\/span> for the Americas and Israel, have announced launching a <span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thine.co.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CDK, Camera Development Kit<\/a><\/span>, which provides an innovative ease-of-design tool to advanced camera system developers.<\/p>\n<p>More advanced camera systems require specialised co-dependency of multiple components, resulting in more complicated design challenges.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7565662001938327\" data-ad-slot=\"7585079586\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nISP firmware design is one of the hardest challenges, as it depends on (1) CMOS image sensor and related camera module components such as the lens, (2) image improvements according to Customer&#8217;s requirements and preferences, and (3) other requirements such as video compression.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7647\" style=\"width: 193px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CDK-Hardware-Small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7647\" src=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CDK-Hardware-Small.jpg\" alt=\"Kit enables fast and easy advanced camera system development\" width=\"193\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camera developers can design systems with up to 16MP CMOS camera modules reducing development time and effort significantly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition, typical ISP firmware development needs thousands of script lines, which requires highly trained programming expertise. Using the CDK enables lower development costs and faster time to market than other alternatives including FPGA&#8217;s and ASIC&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>The CDK consists of hardware, firmware, and THine&#8217;s specialized GUI-based tuning tool requiring limited expertise with minimum training.<\/p>\n<p>The interactive GUI-based software provides real-time camera image feedback, facilitating image tuning and system device changes to be optimised for customer preferred CMOS sensors\/modules. 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