Yes. GMSL deserializers are available in multiple configurations, supporting one, two, or four input links, allowing flexible sensor aggregation architectures.
This enables designers to connect multiple cameras or sensor modules to a single processing unit without additional switching or external muxing, which is especially useful in multicamera robotics systems.
GMSL SERDES also supports advanced features to manage and route data intelligently across the system. These include:
• I2C and GPIO broadcasting for simultaneous sensor configuration and frame synchronization.
• I2C address aliasing to avoid I2C address conflict in passthrough mode.
• Virtual channel reassignment, allowing multiple video streams to be mapped cleanly into the frame buffer inside the systems on chip (SoCs).
• Video stream duplication and virtual channel filtering, enabling selected video data to be delivered to multiple SoCs—for example, to support both automation and interaction pipelines from the same camera feed or to support redundant processing paths for enhanced functional safety.
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