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Table 1 Comparison of some interface standards

From: A high speed tri-vision system for automotive applications

Interface Type

Cable Type

Bandwidth (MBits/s)

Temporal Determinism

Multi-Camera

Cable Cost (&Weight)

Complexity

Analogue interfaces

 RGB

CP

GHz

5

N

H

L

 Composite

CC

GHz

5

N

M

L

 RF Composite

CC

GHz

5

Y

M

L

 Component

CC

GHz

5

N

M

L

Automotive media interfaces

 MOST

FB

23

4

Y

L

M

 APIX

STP

1000

5

N

M

M

 IDB-1394

STP

400

2

Y

L

H

 FlexRay

UTP

20

4

Y

M

H

Field busses

 D2B

CT, FB

5.6

3

M, L

M

 LIN

UTP

0.02

2

L

M

 CAN2.0

UTP

1.0

3

L

H

 PROFIBUS

UTP

12.0

3

L

M

 SPI, I2C

UTP

0.1–1.0

2

L

M

Consumer-oriented serial interfaces

 Gig-Ethernet

UTP, FB

1000

1

Y

L, L

H

 IEEE1394b

STP

3200

3

Y

M

H

 USB2

STP

480

3

Y

M

H

Industrial vision parallel interfaces

 RS644

CP

<1000

5

N

H

L

 RS422

CP

<1000

5

N

H

L

Industrial vision hybrid interfaces

 Camera-Link

CT, FB

7140

5

N

M, L

L

  1. 1 = Poor. 2 = Fair, 3 = Medium, 4 = Good, 5 = Excellent, L = Low, M = Med, H = High, Y = Yes, N = No
  2. CP Parallel Copper, CC Copper Coax, UTP Unshielded TP, STP Shielded TP, FB Fibre