Are you Interested in Roadtesting the 96Boards ON Semiconductor Dual Camera Mezzanine?

Great...! I like the hardware implementation

I expect to provide more information the closer I  get to launching to the roadtest. But thanks for commenting. I'll see if I can find the info you talked about.

Randall

Really powerful board, but duo camero serves demo purpose only.

Interesting product.

I am interested, but just not up to the challenge.

I hope we get some good road test reports out of this divice.

DAB

The card looks interesting bit i also found there was very little info. I suppose schematics specifies all that, but I also was wondering about sensors and what resolutions and framwrates could be achieved

Ya... Since cant afford a stereo camera, had to make a custom one.

There was nothing to hold the cameras together in place while testing and all

Just found the Meccano piece lying around and fixed the 2 cameras on it with screws from their holders.

Dirty, but it served the purpose.....

Also fixed a sufficiently long metal piece behind the cameras connecting both so that they won't change their position/angles during testing...

Surprisingly, that Meccano piece was the right size for the setup

Wouldn't be able to do the roadtest but intellectually would be interested in the stereo camera aspect.

out of curiousity, what kind of performance are you getting out of your setup?  specifically frame rate and resolution.  also, how much heat is the FPGA generating?  working on  a similar project with other hardware, want to see if this might be able to compete...

I've already bought one and plan to blog about it when I get a chance. I'm busy with work and the second part of my Eclypse Z7 road test at the moment.

My first impressions:

• It's not obvious the cameras are monochrome. I actually bought it without realising this. It makes sense for image processing so that's fine, but it's not mentioned anywhere that I can see.
• There's a connector that fits the Pcam5C so this may allow other (colour?) cameras to be used with the Ultra96. Nothing documented though.
• Software support is not there yet. I've got a beta copy, so it's definitely on the way. Also, Adam Taylor has a project on Hackster.io to get you started.
• It's not easy to get on and off. A combination of a stiff low speed header with a delicate high speed header and cameras make it awkward.

Also, beware ordering one direct from Avnet if you're in the UK. I expected to pay tax, but DHL don't hold back on other fees! It might be worth waiting for resellers such as Farnell to stock it.

We are a design house working closely together with Avnet/Silica in Germany doing also projects in the area of video processing.

Currently we are preparing hardware and FPGA designs for two medical customers and are looking for a suitable hardware platform for evaluation and prototyping.

This solution seems a perfect fit and therefore I would be very interested in supporting you on the roadtest.