VP7610

Obsolescence Notice This product is obsolete. This information is available for your convenience only. www.DataSheet4U.com For more information on Zarlink’s obsolete products and replacement product lists, please visit http://products.zarlink.com/obsolete_products/ AUGUST 1996 DS4585 - 1.6 VP7610 COLOUR DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA DECODER IC The VP7610 iCamHost™ Processor chip can decode the signals from a variety of iVision™ compatible digital video cameras (such as Silicon Vision’s iCam™) and process them for use in a host computer system. Digital cameras can offer real cost and performance gains in applications which require a digital video input, and iVision technology realises both these benefits. In a typical analog camera the digitised output from the CCD imager is normally encoded into an analog composite video signal which then has to be redigitised at the input to the host system. By employing the iVision approach the output from the camera is maintained as a digital signal, but in a format which allows for a low cost 9wire connection to the host. Eliminating the unnecessary conversion to an analog signal and back again not only saves cost, but also avoids any possible degradation of image quality. Other benefits include direct control of the camera from the host and the ability to power the camera from the host system so saving the cost of a separate power supply. The VP7610 supports two software selectable CamPort™ interface ports, either of which can receive the dig...