THine Produces Raspberry Pi Camera 15m Long-Distance Transmission Module

THine Electronics, Inc. (JASDAQ:6769), the global leader in high-speed serial interface and provider of mixed-signal LSI, today announces that THine has cooperated with Silicon Technology Co., Ltd. to produce a module that enables long-distance transmission (15m at maximum) of images when a camera is connected to “Raspberry Pi,” which has become popular as board computer, and will start sale of the module through Silicon Technology from the 3rd quarter of 2018.

Recently, demand and use case of “Raspberry Pi” have increased, which is a small, cheap, but high-performance board computer meeting needs of IoT and AI processing. However, since the distance to transmit MIPI signals output from cameras is generally limited to several tens of cm in conventional systems with FFC cables, there has been difficulties in free arrangement of cameras.

With recognition of needs of “Raspberry Pi” camera and such problem for application in IoT and AI, THine has developed a solution for drastically increasing freedom of camera arrangement to enable long-distance transmission of 15m at the maximum, and will start sale of the solution through collaboration with Silicon Technology.

“While ‘Raspberry Pi’ has been widely used for IoT and AI, there has been problem of limited transmission distance in arranging cameras. Increase of use cases of creating small and cheap but high-performance and high-freedom camera systems is expected through provision of a module that enables extension of transmission distance of ‘Raspberry Pi’ camera to 15m by collaboration with Silicon Technology,” says Yasuhiro Takada, CEO of THine Electronics.

About THine Electronics
THine Electronics Incorporated is a fabless maker that provides innovative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies such as V-by-One® HS, LVDS, other high-speed data signaling, timing controller, analog-to-digital converter, ISP, power management and drivers for LEDs and motors in growing niche markets for our customers’ solutions, targeting its strategic markets in flat screen TVs, smart phones, document processing, amusement, industrial application, and automotive markets. THine is headquartered in Tokyo, and has subsidiaries in Taipei, Seoul, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Santa Clara. THine Electronics is listed on JASDAQ of Tokyo Stock Exchange under the security code of 6769. For more information, please visit http://www.thine.co.jp/en/.

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