Solectrix presents new Features, Adapters and Accessories for the proFRAME System

New proFRAME Camera Adapters for ASA Motion Link

Now available, the camera adapter camAD3 QUAD VS775s supports the transmission of video data using the ASA Motion Link standard. Installed on a proFRAME 3.0 Base Board (all form factors), the camera adapter can be used both in data loggers for the recording of camera data streams (video capture) and in HiL setups for the playback of video data (video replay).

The ASA Motion Link (ASA-ML) standard, launched by the Automotive SerDes Alliance in 2019, addresses a similar field of application as the established GMSL and FPD-Link technologies. The focus is on the asymmetric transmission of CSI-2 video data and control information (I²C, GPIO) between cameras or (touch) displays and control devices.

The adapter is equipped with four VS775s (Microchip) (de)serializer chips. Solectrix offers two product variants: the camAD3 QUAD VS775s 4xIN can capture up to four CSI-2 video data streams. The camAD3 QUAD VS775s 2xIN/2xOUT can capture up to two CSI-2 video data streams in so-called tap mode and play back up to two CSI-2 video data streams.

In addition to Power over Coax, it also supports sideband/backchannel communication (I²C) for the exchange of initialization sequences and control signals.

New Accessories for Testing of ECUs with Connected Cameras

Also now available, the PoC Fault Injection Unit is an independent device that is connected between ECU and camera and which can be used to deliberately modify the PoC current from the ECU.

It enables the simulation of overload situations like those caused by a surprisingly strong power demand from a camera or by additional electrical loads like a lens heating or LEDs for driver supervision systems. The ECU’s reaction to short circuits can also be tested.

New proFRAME Feature: I²C Fault Injection

A now available proFRAME feature called I²C Fault Injection offers the user the possibility to manipulate the I²C communication between an ECU and a camera by injecting faults. For this purpose, the proFRAME is operated in TAP mode as a so-called “man in the middle” between an ECU and one or more cameras.

I²C Fault Injection enables the implementation of various test scenarios. For example, the proFRAME can be used to generate bit errors – possibly caused by faults on the I²C transmission path in reality. Alternatively, return values from a sensor in response to a register read command from an ECU can also be changed. An example of this is the targeted setting of error bits of a camera sensor (e.g. “temperature too high”) in order to validate the ECU’s reaction to such an event.

Solectrix at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo Europe

From Mai 20 to 22, Solectrix will be presenting the whole flexibility and technological range of the modular proFRAME system at its booth 9102 at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo Europe in Stuttgart. Request an appointment with our experts today for a personal demonstration of the new features or the established base components of the proFRAME system!