ES2

Verifeid OS

• Verified: Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04

• Should work: 24.04

Steps

PART1:
# Download the driver source code, and 
wget https://github.com/qshiwu/PCIe-NPL54-Public/raw/refs/heads/main/NPL54_ES2.zip

# Please contact the sales to get unzip password.
unzip NPL54_ES2.zip

# Install the necessary packages and utilities for compiling and video streaming.
cd NPL54_ES2
chmod 777 00_install_es2.sh
sudo ./00_install_es2.sh


PART2:
## Make each NPL54 board streaming
cd app/NPL54Capture
sudo ./NPL54Capture -b 1
sudo ./NPL54Capture -b 2
sudo ./NPL54Capture -b 3
sudo ./NPL54Capture -b 4
OR
sudo ./NPL54Capture

# Use other script to get the video from /dev/video100 to /dev/video115
cd script
chmod 777 gst_low_latency.sh
chmod 777 gst_low_latency_all_fps.sh

./gst_low_latency.sh /dev/video100
./gst_low_latency.sh /dev/video101
...
./gst_low_latency.sh /dev/video115

OR

./gst_low_latency_all_fps.sh

Rotary Switch and DIP Switches

The PCIe-NPL54 relies on rotary switches and DIP switches to adapt to various camera modules.

1. Please kindly note that we have mistakenly placed the SW6 upside down

2. For the 3x 8MP + 1x 3MP configuration, please connect the 8MP cameras to ports 0, 1, and 2. Note that port 0 corresponds to the highest position on the PCIe bracket.

	SW2 #1	SW2 #2	SW2 #3	SW2 #4
ON	60 FPS Fsync	20 FPS Fsync	Fsync for Each Camera Aligned with 25% Phase Shift	PPS Input and Fsync: Aligned
OFF	Fsync depends on SW2 #2	30 FPS Fsync	Fsync for Each Camera Aligned with 0% Phase Shift	PPS Input and Fsync: Not Aligned

	RSW1	RSW2	SW6#4	SW6#3	SW6#2	SW6#1
4x AC-IMX390 (30FPS)	0	0	OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF
4x AC-AR0233 (30FPS/ 60FPS)	4	0	OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF
4x AC-ISX031 (30FPS)	1	0	OFF	ON	ON	OFF
4x AC-IMX490 (30FPS)	2	0	OFF	OFF	OFF	ON
3x AC-IMX728 (30FPS) (TBD)	3	0	OFF	ON	OFF	ON
3x AC-AR0820 (30FPS)	7	0	OFF	ON	OFF	ON
4x TierIV C1 (30FPS)	8	0	OFF	OFF	ON	OFF
4x TierIV C2 (30FPS)	9	0	OFF	OFF	OFF	ON

GPS PPS Input, Phase Shift, and Framsync

• We have reserved an independent framesync for each camera.

• The source of the framesync is an onboard MCU.

• The implementation focuses on the rising edge of the framesync.

• The framesync can be further aligned with the GPS PPS input, which is fed in via the 8-pin terminal block.

• A phase shift can be applied to introduce different delays in framesync among the cameras.

MCU Commands

We have reserved an RS232 interface to allow the host to communicate directly with the MCU. The pinout of the MCU's RS232 can be found on the IO page.

Please remember to set the RS232 port as 115200, 8E1

#MCURST3   // MCU soft reset 
#"v00009   // Get firmware version
#"t00007   // Get model name
>M000009   // Overwrite the DIP switch settings to set "Fsync for Each Camera Aligned with no Phase Shift"
>M100000   // Overwrite the DIP switch settings to set "Fsync for Each Camera Aligned with 0%,25%,50%,75% Phase Shift"