The AD-GMSL2ETH-SL is designed for machine vision and real-time sensor fusion in applications including robots and autonomous vehicles. This edge computing platform features two MAX96724 Quad Tunneling GMSL2/1 to CSI-2 deserializers, enabling connectivity with eight GMSL cameras. Each camera supports up to 6 Gbps per channel. Video data is transferred from the MAX96724 deserializers to an AMD KV26 system-on-a-module (SOM) via MIPI CSI-2 interfaces.
The SOM aggregates video data from the eight GMSL cameras onto a 10 Gb Ethernet link, ready for transmission to a central processing unit. The AD-GMSL2ETH-SL supports the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) with hardware timestamping for accurate synchronization with host systems and other edge devices, while a web-based user interface is available for system configuration and control. This user interface allows users to adjust camera control parameters, enable PTP synchronization, configure general-purpose I/O (GPIO), and view system diagnostics.
The edge computing platform also features an integrated graphical user interface (GUI) for easy integration, an ideal feature for complex systems such as robotics. The platform is accompanied by an open-source software stack, FPGA design, and reference applications, enabling designers to quickly begin software development based on a proven implementation. The AD-GMSL2ETH-SL is ROS2 compliant.
