Shenzhen, December 2, 2024 – ALPSENTEK, ® the leading developer of Hybrid Vision sensors, today announced the launch of its latest generation of board-level development platform for Hybrid Vision, APX EVK Gen2. Designed for the ALPIX® family of hybrid vision sensors, this board offers powerful hardware performance and flexible scalability to meet the demanding demand for innovation in the consumer, smart home, robotics, automotive, and security sectors, accelerating the validation of product strategies.
Figure1: APX EVK Gen2 for Hybrid Vision Sensor
Highlights of the high-performance development platform:
As a board-level development platform for converged vision sensors, the APX EVK Gen2 development board has many highlights:
1. Compatible with the full range of ALPIX® Fusion Vision Sensors (HVS): Supports existing models and can be extended to future products. ALPIX® realizes the comprehensive integration of classic image sensors and innovative event sensors at the chip architecture, pixel design, data processing and algorithm application layers, which not only provides image data rich in colour and detail, but also outputs event data that records the motion of objects.
2. Powerful FPGA processing capability: Equipped with high-performance FPGA, it provides powerful data processing capability, supports flexible hardware programmability, and provides real-time and efficient computing support for machine vision applications.
3. Abundant data interfaces: It provides data transmission interfaces including MIPI D-PHY, DVP, etc., as well as communication interfaces such as USB3.0, USB4.0 and Thunderbolt 4.0 to ensure wide compatibility and high-speed data transmission between devices.
4. Diverse storage options: Equipped with 64MB QSPI-NOR Flash, SDHC card, 16GB eMMC high-speed flash memory, and other options to meet storage needs from small prototype development to complex product validation.
5. Flexible and reliable power management: Support a variety of voltage outputs to ensure the stable and efficient operation of the system.
6. Integrated DDR4 memory: Equipped with 4GB 64-bit DDR4 memory, it supports complex algorithm operation and large data processing.
7. Platform compatibility: Compatible with Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
Figure2: The APX EVK Gen2 integrates the features and uses of a dedicated development board for vision sensors
“APX EVK Gen2 is not only a key integration of the technology roadmap and product portfolio, but also provides a powerful platform for developers to use and explore the potential of ALPIX® sensors, opening up a high-speed lane from product idea to implementation,” said Jian Deng, CEO of ALPSENTEK. “This board can not only be equipped with existing ALPIX® chip models, but also compatible with future product series, while providing flexibility and scalability of software and hardware, allowing developers to quickly validate product development strategies according to their needs.”
The highly integrated architecture of APX EVK Gen2 not only improves development efficiency, but also reduces the cost of hardware platform construction, testing, and switching, and offers different options of ALPIX® sensors to help developers achieve the best performance and cost-effectiveness. In addition, the product comes with a detailed user manual to help developers familiarize themselves with the platform and get started quickly.
Hybrid Vision Technology Key Enabler: Boost technical community and industry standardization
“The launch of this development board will accelerate the maturation of the convergence vision sensor technology community and promote research and interaction in the field of visual artificial intelligence.” Professor Liu Xiaoguang from the School of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Microelectronics at Southern University of Science and Technology commented, “The development board not only meets the scientific research needs of industry developers, but also many universities and institutes, and will give rise to more achievements and cooperation networks. ”
“AlpsenTek is committed to promoting the industry standardization of Hybrid Vision technology, and the release of APX EVK Gen2 has accumulated valuable experience for defining the versatility and compatibility of the technology.” Deng further emphasized, “More importantly, it helps our customers get stronger and faster development support, and it also allows us to listen to customer feedback in a timely manner and provide more leading product solutions.”
