e-con Systems Launches 5MP High Definition (HD) Camera Solution for Gumstix Overo Computer on modules

This camera solution can be used by the customers for various image processing and video encoding applications in various devices enabling higher Framerate and greater resolutions. “We are pleased to announce the launch of the 5M pixel HD camera board support for the Gumstix Overo series. Enthusiasts and engineers should continue to tap into ready-made solutions like these to decrease time-to-market. Gumstix Overo COMs stream 720p at 30fps and with the Gstreamer support integrated, e-con is able to save video to the flash drive in VGA resolution at 30fps using H.264 Video compression.

Customers who are into applications like OCR would benefit from this since 5M pixel has become the minimum standard for such an industry. To speed up the time to market further, e-Con systems also offers services around the camera on OMAP ISP pipeline tuning, camera testing, driver development and performance optimizations on operating systems such as WinCE, Windows Mobile, Linux and Android.” said Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems. Earlier, e-con Systems had announced its 3MP support for Gumstix Overo COMs with the launch of e- CAM32_OMAP_GSTIX and currently has several customers using this camera board. e-con feels that e- CAM50_OMAP_GSTIX camera board would serve the Gumstix customers who are into applications demanding a good quality Video streaming through HD video at a better Framerate. “e-con’s efforts to develop a range of tiny, functional camera boards increase the range and capabilities that a design engineer can develop for a Gumstix-based solution in surveillance, robotics, image handling and other related video-based product designs” said Don Anderson, EVP of Engineering Services at Gumstix