Innodisk announced the GMSL2 Camera Starter Kit on October 22, a multi-camera package built around four 3MP fixed-focus GMSL2 camera modules and a capture card. The company says customers can set up a multi-camera system and "begin validation right out of the box."
The kit also ships with four FAKRA cables, a power adapter, power cords and a quick start guide. Innodisk provides full camera source code for the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, so teams can adapt the software driver themselves and use the kit as a base for further development. The company also offers customization services covering hardware tuning and application deployment.
GMSL2 is a high-speed video transmission technology that originated in automotive applications and supports long cable runs. Unlike plug-and-play USB cameras, it needs a dedicated capture card and platform-specific drivers. Innodisk says integrating cameras, capture cards, drivers and host platforms often takes six months or more before a team can validate anything. For automation engineers building multi-camera perception into robots, that lead time is the cost the kit is aimed at.
"Innodisk takes on the complexity of early-stage integration so customers can focus on development and move into PoC sooner," said CK Hsu, Senior Manager of the Camera Product Business Department at Innodisk. Skipping component sourcing, system-level integration, driver debugging and tuning is the company's pitch for shortening the path from proof of concept to deployment.
Innodisk lists blind spot detection and advanced driver assistance systems for heavy-duty vehicles among the target uses. The kit also covers object recognition and environmental perception for humanoid robots and autonomous mobile robots. The company plans to expand its GMSL2 portfolio with more starter kits covering other camera models and supported platforms.
