{"id":26914,"date":"2019-05-06T13:49:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T20:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=26914"},"modified":"2021-06-09T13:17:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T20:17:53","slug":"introducing-the-fmc-pcam-add-low-cost-cameras-to-your-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/introducing-the-fmc-pcam-add-low-cost-cameras-to-your-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the FMC-Pcam Adapter!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last year we released our low-cost camera module, the<a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/pcam-5c-5-mp-fixed-focus-color-camera-module\/\"> Pcam 5C<\/a>, to largely positive reception. The only downside was that it could only connect to boards that had a Pcam connector (such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/zybo-z7-zynq-7000-arm-fpga-soc-development-board\/\">Zybo Z7-20<\/a>). This year, thanks to feedback from our customers, we have decided to fix that issue with the new<a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/fmc-pcam-adapter\/\"> FMC-Pcam Adapter<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/FMC_Pcam_Adapter-obl-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26959\" width=\"338\" height=\"251\"\/><figcaption>FMC-Pcam Adapter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/fmc-pcam-adapter\/\">FMC-Pcam Adapter<\/a> has the high-speed FMC connector on one side and MIPI CSI-2 interfaces on the other (FMC to CSI-2), it comes in dual (2 cameras) and quad (4 cameras) versions and can be connected to a compatible board, such as the Digilent Zedboard.  It was designed to connect the<a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/pcam-5c-5-mp-fixed-focus-color-camera-module\/\"> Digilent Pcam<\/a>, but could easily be adapted to connect a Raspberry Pi camera (uses the same interface) for a Raspberry Pi camera to FPGA application. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ability to connect multiple cameras allows the development of some exciting embedded vision applications, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> High-speed algorithms<\/li><li>Camera overlaying<\/li><li>Intelligent cameras <\/li><li>Multiple video streams going into an FPGA.  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So if you have been looking for a way to connect low-cost cameras to your FMC-enabled board, take a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/fmc-pcam-adapter\/\">FMC-Pcam Adapter<\/a> and let us know what you think!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/FMC_Pcam_Adapter-use-1000-1024x393.png\" alt=\"low cost camera fpga\n\" class=\"wp-image-26958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/FMC_Pcam_Adapter-use-1000-1024x393.png 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/FMC_Pcam_Adapter-use-1000-600x230.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/FMC_Pcam_Adapter-use-1000-768x294.png 768w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/FMC_Pcam_Adapter-use-1000-800x307.png 800w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/FMC_Pcam_Adapter-use-1000.png 1956w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style6 like-26914 jlk' data-task='like' data-post_id='26914' data-nonce='4d1b41d1d7' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-26914 lc'>+4<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style6 unlike-26914 jlk' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='26914' data-nonce='4d1b41d1d7' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-26914 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-26914 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add low-cost cameras to your design with the new FMC-Pcam Adapter!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[4470],"class_list":["post-26914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-expansion-modules"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/FMC_Pcam_Adapter-obl-600.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":4470,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"larissa","display_name":"Larissa Swanland","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5f61b3eec23600758fbff3f5d93b1747629d804ba07aa739844b484018ff6786?s=96&d=mm&r=g","1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":"","9":"","10":""}],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26914"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=26914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}