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Ian Smith, MIPI Alliance Technical Content Consultant: 21 September 2023
First published in August 2021, the MIPI white paper, "An Introductory Guide to MIPI Automotive SerDes Solutions (MASS℠)" provides an overview of MIPI’s standardized automotive connectivity framework for high‑performance sensors and displays, and...
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Ian Smith, MIPI Alliance Technical Content Consultant: 15 February 2023
At MIPI’s first event of 2023, the co-chairs of the MIPI Security Working Group, Philip Hawkes and Rick Wietfeldt, provided a comprehensive introduction to the upcoming MIPI Security Framework, including an overview of specifications slated to be...
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Ian Smith, MIPI Alliance Technical Content Consultant: 5 January 2022
It's been more than 12 months since we published our last blog post highlighting popular IoT developer kits that support MIPI camera and display interfaces. Since then, a number of new kits have been launched that support other MIPI interfaces, including
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Ian Smith, MIPI Alliance Technical Content Consultant: 2 November 2021
Planning is well underway for the MIPI Automotive Workshop, coming up on 17 November 2021. The half-day virtual event, designed to provide a comprehensive look at the latest MIPI automotive specifications and initiatives, will benefit automotive...
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Ian Smith, MIPI Alliance Technical Content Consultant: 21 October 2021
The MIPI I3C® and I3C BasicSM specifications define scalable, medium-speed, utility and control bus interfaces for streamlined, cost-efficient connection of peripheral devices and sensors with application processors. As the broadly welcomed successor to...
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Ian Smith, MIPI Alliance Technical Content Consultant: 15 September 2021
Automotive technology is advancing faster than ever, and electronic components have never been more central to the design and success of new vehicles. Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and rapidly evolving in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) platforms...
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Ian Smith, MIPI Alliance Technical Content Consultant: 10 August 2021
In this latest installment of our MIPI in IoT blog series, we'll examine the use of MIPI specifications in the smart home market, including a closer look at the features of key MIPI specifications in IoT and how they can meet the specific requirements of...
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Ian Smith, MIPI Alliance Technical Content Consultant: 29 June 2021
Update: MIPI A-PHY was adopted as an IEEE standard in June 2021 and is also available as IEEE 2977-2021.
To provide additional support to developers working with the MIPI A-PHY℠ v1.0 specification, the A-PHY Working Group has released an Application Note...
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The scope of the Internet of Things (IoT) is vast, covering numerous consumer and enterprise market sectors. For a closer look at how MIPI Alliance specifications support growth in IoT, we're taking a look at a different IoT market sector each month. In...
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Ian Smith, MIPI Alliance Technical Content Consultant: 27 April 2021
Update: MIPI A-PHY was adopted as an IEEE standard in June 2021 and is also available as IEEE 2977-2021.
MIPI Automotive SerDes Solutions (MASS), a standard framework providing end-to-end connectivity solutions for automotive sensors (camera/lidar/radar)...
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Ian Smith, MIPI Alliance Technical Content Consultant: 18 March 2021
The scope of the Internet of Things (IoT) is vast, covering numerous consumer and enterprise market sectors. For a closer look at how MIPI specifications support growth in IoT, we're taking a look at a different IoT market sector each month. In this...
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Ian Smith, MIPI Alliance Technical Content Consultant: 16 March 2021
Automotive display requirements are evolving rapidly as trends in connectivity, automation, sharing and electrification demand that automakers incorporate a growing number of larger and higher-resolution displays inside their vehicles. The use of...
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Ian Smith, MIPI Alliance Technical Content Consultant: 1 February 2021
The scope of the Internet of Things (IoT) is vast, covering numerous consumer and enterprise market sectors. For a closer look at how MIPI specifications support growth in IoT, we’re launching a new series of blog posts that will focus on a different...
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Ian Smith, MIPI Alliance Technical Content Consultant: 10 November 2020
In the closing session of MIPI DevCon 2020, a panel of IoT experts convened to assess the current state of the “Internet of Things” and answer fundamental questions such as, “Is the IoT transitioning from hype to reality?”
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Ian Smith, MIPI Alliance Technical Content Consultant: 28 September 2020
Read the new white paper, “MIPI Alliance: Enabling the IoT Opportunity" »
Over the past decade, MIPI specifications have become firmly rooted into the core of smartphones, connecting the sensors, cameras, displays, radios and other components that are...
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Ian Smith, MIPI Alliance Technical Content Consultant: 9 September 2020
Advanced high-resolution cameras and displays are at the core of many new electronic devices, enabling continuously more sophisticated vision-based services and enhanced user experiences. Integrated cameras and displays can now be found in a wide array...