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| 1. Would e-CAM work on any PXA270 or higher board having quick capture interface, as a plug in module? |
| The camera module currently works on e-con’s PXA270 reference platform(Sirius) and on Karo’s Triton Starter kit 3. Efforts are being made to port to other standard modules as well. However for any customized platform of the customer e-con can port the driver in a matter of 2 weeks and build a custom module for the PXA270 board as well that fits in to the board. The e-CAM uses the PXA270 quick capture interface and hence any development board would be able to support e-CAM with some changes to the hardware. |
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| 2. How will you ensure that your e-CAM is working, once it reaches us? I.e. how will we test the e-CAM and the application we are targeting? |
| We will send a test Platform along with for the testing purpose, returnable after a period of 4 weeks. |
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| 3. Details about the test platform? Is there any option to buy the same as well? |
| Yes, customers interested in buying the test platform can buy it at an additional cost of US$ 1000. |
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| 4. What all possible upgrades are available in terms on mega Pixel and how it works? If we need to upgrade to a 2 Megapixel sensor, do we need a different Daughter card? How will this affect the software? |
| Yes, for a 2 Megapixel it will be a different daughter card and will have a different driver as well. For customers who have purchased our 1.3Megapixel image sensor, upgrading to the 2M pixel sensor comes at a minimal additional cost for US $500. |
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| 5. What are the dimensions of the e-CAM? (With sensor installed)? |
| PCB (l X b X h) is 30 mm X 34 mm X 1.8 mm & the connector mounting adds to 10 mm of height |
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| 6. What is the Business Model followed by e-con for Licensing? |
e-con has two business models to offer:
Option 1: One Time License Fees with Manufacturing Rights
For a one time license fees, customers get camera module with Test Platform with the following
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Schematics of the processor interface to the daughter module connector,
complete driver along with the source code,
Schematics of the daughter card,
View finder application for the image capture, JPEG image converter, BMP Image converter, Driver API, Test nk.bin and User manual for the test platform
Windows CE 5.0/6.0 BSP for test platform,
Binaries for the view finder and JPEG/BMP image converter source, 1D bar code capture
Documentation, User manual for the Sirius test platform Driver API documentation
4 weeks of full time support over phone and email.
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Customers own the responsibility of customizing drivers and integration with their platform and possess the manufacturing rights.
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Option 2: Simple distribution
Customer will be provided with the following
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Camera driver dll
View finder application with source
Schematics of the daughter card,
Application API document
JPEG capture
Documentation on porting the camera driver to the BSP.
Documentation on how to interface e-CAM to the customer’s hardware.
1 week support
Test platform(optional)
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| 7. What sort of a lens is on the e-CAM? |
| e-CAM with the 1.3 Megapixel camera has a fixed focus of 50cm whereas the e-CAM with 2 Megapixel is an autofocus one and has a focus of 50cm and above. |
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| 8. What is the price of each e-CAM? (Sensor and Daughter card). Would you be able to give me a rough estimate on the cost for your standard 1.3M module and a 2M module? |
For pricing please write to  and use the Get Quote link on our website to give more information.
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| 9.What will be the total current consumption and what are the voltages that will be required? |
| The total current consumption shall be 200mA and there will be 1.8V, 2.5V and 3.3V required for the operation. |
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| 10. What interface do I need to have to support the e-CAM? |
| Currently the e-CAM uses the quick capture interface of PXA270. The following diagram explains the interface. |
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| 11. Does this camera support autofocus? |
| The 1.3M is a fixed focus one having a focal length of 50cm and the 2 Megapixel is an autofocus one. |
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| 12. What is the software support? |
e-con offers 4 (four) weeks of free support by mail and phone as built in.
All the software and hardware supplied, carry a 180 day warranty i.e. shall there be any bugs in the BSP during the warranty period,
e-con will provide customer a new release with all the bugs corrected without any additional charges.
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| 13. What are the operating systems for which there is device driver available? |
| Windows CE 5.0 and 6.0, Windows Mobile and Linux 2.6.18. |
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| 14. What are the microprocessors that are supported? |
| PXA320, PXA270 and i.Mx31. |
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| 15. Would e-CAM be able to support bar code reading? |
| Yes the camera supports 1D bar code capture. We have tested our 1D bar code capture using the Bar Code reader software (Free Demo) from http://www.metois.com/Eymbarcode/EymBCdemo24Install.zip |
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| 16. Can the board which I use support the e-CAM? |
| Please refer to Question Q1 & Q10 |
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| 17. Is it possible to get any references of customers who have bought e-CAM? |
| Yes, please write to |
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| 18.Can I get pictures of very close in range? |
| The e-CAM has a focal length of 50cm and anything less than requires a change of lens assembly
to macro lens. e-con is ready to work as a customized project for these customers. The best pictures can be taken at a distance of 3ft. |
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| 19. I want to use a different sensor and not the e-CAM’s image sensor. Can e-con Systems do custom design for me? |
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Yes, e-con systems is a designs services company and do accepts orders for custom design offerings, for details please send your query to |
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| 20. Is the 1.3 and 2M versions of e-CAM readily available? |
| The 1.3 M pixel is completely software ready for Windows CE 5.0/6.0. The 2M pixel shall be available from December 1st 2007. |
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| 21. Does the e-CAM support very low lighting conditions? |
| The e-CAM requires some flash or some ring light under low lighting conditions. |
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| 22. Does the e-CAM support flash? |
| The 1.3M pixel version doesn’t support flash, whereas the 2M pixel camera supports flash. |
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| 23. Does the Windows CE 6.0 e-CAM driver direct show compatible? |
| Yes, the Windows CE 6.0 driver is direct show compatible. E-con systems will provide sample direct show applications. Windows CE 6.0 brings in the direct show qualities of Windows Mobile and hence applications such as Video recording, Video encoding and transmission can be developed. |
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| 24. I would like to use the e-CAM for Video surveillance? How do I do it? |
| Yes, e-con Systems provide software support for MJPEG encode of the video captured from the e-CAM and
sends it over the network. This is available to customers who are interested in this. |
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