Other Bridge Chips
Here are described chips for bridging video protocols.
TFP410 by Texas Instruments provides a bridge between a parallel single ended video interface and DVI/HDMI. It supports up to 24bit 1600x1200 pixels at 165Mhz. Input can be 12 bits wide DDR, or 24 bits wide SDR.
SIL164 by Lattice Semi also bridges RGB to DVI. Either TFP410 or SIL164 can be used in the 1BitSquared DVI output PMOD (€22) or the Adafruit DVI/HDI Decoder ($30).
DVI to CSI bridges are used heavily in the drone industry. Here is a list of https://openhdfpv.org/hardware/cameras/hdmi-cameras-rpi/HDMI Cameras and DVI/CSI bridge boards [7].
9.4 Camera Stacks do Bridging
Several companies sell camera stacks. They usually include a sensor board, an adaptor board and a communication board. Some contain a processor board. The communication board is always a bridge chip.
Arducam USB 2/3 Shield is the base board for the Arducam camera stack. They operate at 100 Mhz and both support two cameras. The USB 2/3 version has a maximum pixel width of 14/15 single ended wires. The USB 2 version costs $92 and includes H.262 compression.
reCamera is an open source camera stack. Their stack also includes a MCU processor board, and a nice metal case for cooling the MCU.
FramOS is a camera stack for ndustrial cameras.
Protocol bridges are a low cost, and simple solution to connecting video circuits which use different protocols. Advanced bridge chips provide additional useful functionality.
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