FRAMOS announces a new strategic partnership with “Antmicro”, a software-driven tech company developing edge computing systems and leader in practical adoption of open-source technologies.
For more than 40 years, FRAMOS has been supporting and empowering clients worldwide in building pioneering vision systems, empowering breakthroughs in diverse sectors. Throughout all phases of vision system development and deployment, companies rely on FRAMOS’ proven expertise in component selection, consulting, customization, prototyping, and mass production.
Antmicro’s hardware and software engineering services, combined with a wide range of open source video processing platforms and camera accessories, provide a great starting point for building devices using FRAMOS imaging solutions. As experts in building production-grade edge AI and camera systems, Antmicro also develops open source tools for OTA/fleet management (Remote Device Fleet Manager), AI (Kenning), hardware & BSP testing (Protoplaster) and simulation (Renode).
The partnership between FRAMOS and Antmicro is a synergy for building state-of-the-art, modular embedded vision devices based on FRAMOS optical sensor modules and Antmicro’s wide open “source” hardware portfolio, comprehensive software, “edge” AI, “simulation”, and hardware engineering services.
“FRAMOS has 2MP IMX662, the 8MP IMX678, and the 12MP IMX676, each tailored to deliver optimal performance across a range of applications and over various interfaces such as GMSL”, said André Brela, Product Manager at FRAMOS.
FRAMOS and Antmicro customers will “immediately” benefit from access to the interactive System Designer framework that leverages the modularity and openness of product building blocks, allowing them to prototype and see their ideas come to life with block diagrams and beautiful, interactive 3D renders of physical boards, adapters for FRAMOS sensor modules, along with their individual hardware components, as well as simulate software in the open source Renode framework on top.
“The integration of FRAMOS FSM:GO sensors and the Antmicro open-source hardware and software ecosystem will promote component reuse by embracing the modular nature of computer vision systems engineered by Antmicro, and in turn, help customers get their edge AI devices to market faster”, said Michael Gielda, Co-Founder and VP Business Development at Antmicro.
Leveraging open source for rapid development
Open source is transforming the development of advanced systems with innovative methods and tools that enable engineers to develop better products. Antmicro is at the forefront of the global open-source landscape, driving efforts towards vertical integration across the computing supply chain in e.g. RISC-V International, The Zephyr Project and CHIPS Alliance.
The company offers strategic guidance on open source adoption and creates its own open-source technologies to facilitate product development, such as the earlier mentioned RDFM, Protoplaster, Kenning, and Renode.
Integration of imaging product portfolio with open source hardware and software portfolio
Antmicro has partnered with FRAMOS to better integrate their vision product portfolio with Antmicro’s open-source hardware and software portfolio, including BSP generators, AI pipeline development, OTA, fleet management, factory and simulation testing frameworks, vision pipeline debugging and development tools etc. Using Antmicro software and hardware engineering services, customers can achieve rapid integration of FRAMOS optical sensor modules into real-life products.
For FRAMOS, the partnership with Antmicro is a further step towards becoming a complete solution provider. This cooperation will make the design-in of optical sensor modules even easier, allowing customers to focus more on the respective application. Leveraging the readily available building blocks from FRAMOS and Antmicro, customers can achieve a faster-than-ever time-to-market, a key ingredient for success in today’s fast-paced environment.
With the new partnership with FRAMOS, Antmicro is expanding their database component library available in Open Hardware Portal and therefore reducing the barrier to entry for customers interested in FRAMOS camera-based computer vision systems and assuring their testability and scalability.
Antmicro aims to systematize the world’s hardware with software on a quest towards reusability, testability and automation. The addition of FRAMOS optical sensor modules compatible with Antmicro’s open hardware baseboards (e.g. Jetson Orin Baseboard) and accessories (e.g. FRAMOS CSI Adapter) helps expand the open hardware ecosystem around computer vision, and consequently robotics and edge AI.
Faster Time-to-Market with FRAMOS FSM:GO Optical Sensor Modules
FRAMOS’ FSM:GO optical sensor module portfolio eliminates the complexities of selecting sensors, optics, and image tuning by offering a path to easy integration and tested reliability. With the new product launch, FRAMOS offers a selection of imaging products and services for embedding vision in machines and devices
FSM:GO optical module series is the first module series to offer the complete range of the latest Sony Starvis 2 technology.
FSM:GO is suitable for a wide range of applications and can be used in many industries, e.g. in sports and video surveillance systems including machine learning gesture recognition using these images.
FRAMOS FSM: GO optical sensor modules are compatible with boards and components in Antmicro’s open hardware ecosystem (block diagrams, component list, 3D renders) and extensive open source development toolkit which enables rapid prototyping on the path to implementation of a custom solution.
