Mobile Industry Processor Interface CSI-2 Transmit Bridge Reference Design

MIPI CSI-2 Transmit Bridge Reference Design. MIPI (Mobile Industry Processor Interface) based application processors (APs) can be used for a multitude of designs outside of the consumer mobile market place because they offer tremendous integration, low power and low cost. However, if an AP needs to interface to an image sensor that is not designed for mobile applications, then conversion bridge logic is required. Image sensors targeting the embedded or digital still camera markets, for example, often have sub-LVDS or other proprietary interfaces that are not CSI-2 (Camera Serial Interface). The parallel to CSI-2 transmit reference design enables designers to easily implement the bridging function in FPGA. The parallel to CSI-2 transmit design underscores how Lattice Ultra Low Density FPGAs can connect various image sensors to APs or image sensor processors (ISPs)