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AXIOM Alpha Prototype Progress Report

Submitted 11 years 6 months ago by Sebastian.

This is a combined news update regarding both our hardware and software development progress. As you can see, our work with Axiom Alpha prototype is coming along quite nicely. We’re sure you’ll all be happy to hear that raw still image capture has been working well on our testing board for quite some time now. However as we are still finishing the prototype enclosure, we have not yet carried out many other calibrations and tests - especially considering that the image sensor we’ve installed in... » Read more

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Log Archive now available

Submitted 11 years 6 months ago by Sebastian.

It was not long ago that the majority of our community based communications started taking place live in real-time on IRC . This marks a transition from our earlier forum and mailing list system and moves our team members and community closer together as we can interact in a more natural manner. We have now set in place our own IRC log archive , storing all those interesting conversations for later reference and allowing anyone to catch up on discussions that took place in their absence. Our... » Read more

apertus° now accepts Bitcoin donations

Submitted 11 years 7 months ago by Sebastian.

Bitcoins are new, Bitcoins are exciting, they're innovative and experimental. The Bitcoin currency places a high value on transparency, openness and security and are entirely independent from nation states and the big financial institutions. You could call them a bit nerdy at present. Now, replace all occurrences of "Bitcoins" in the last few sentences with "apertus°" and you will see this paragraph still makes sense. Following this, the apertus° Association is now also accepting donations in... » Read more

apertus° association general assembly 2013

Submitted 11 years 7 months ago by Sebastian.

The apertus° association will hold its annual general assembly on Monday the 11th of November 2013. All association members are kindly invited to participate in this event. The details can be found on the apertus° forums. More information about the apertus° association can be found here: https://www.apertus.org/association Photo Credits: World Economic Forum » Read more

First Images from AXIOM Alpha

Submitted 11 years 7 months ago by Sebastian.

On the Road to Pixeltown After a seriously busy month spent programming VHDL for the FPGA (we had a backlash when we discovered a bug in the provided memory AXI slave interfaces, which required a workaround), creating Linux drivers and scripts, testing and establishing workflows, our Zedboard is now fully communicating with the CMV12000 image sensor . We knew this wasn’t going to be a walk in the park, and to explain how complicated it is getting data from the sensor (which probably isn't that... » Read more

The AXIOM Gamma Open Module Concept

Submitted 11 years 8 months ago by Sebastian.

Introduction With our effort to build a feature reduced Axiom camera prototype (Axiom Alpha) nearing completion , we're testing variations of our concept and designs for the full Axiom camera system. Whilst the official announcement for the Axiom camera occurred back in July 2012, the world has since changed: New technologies are now available, with prior hardware difficulties and bottlenecks now much easier to overcome. In the last twelve months, the apertus° team has also grown and evolved-... » Read more

AXIOM Alpha Prototype Hardware complete

Submitted 11 years 8 months ago by Sebastian.

After receiving our PCBs for the prototype , we have now started assembling them. Doing so has required a series of complex procedures and multiple runs of hand soldering tiny components or reflow soldering on a hot plate. This has been immediately followed with connectivity testing and interface communication tests. At present, all components have been properly installed and testing/verifying electrical connectivity has indicated that everything is in good working order. On the software side... » Read more

The apertus° Team at IBC 2013

Submitted 11 years 9 months ago by Sebastian.

Whilst operating on a super tight schedule, we were able to meet up with a good range of contacts from various companies including Xilinx, P+S Technik, LockCircle, Ikonoskop, Silicon Imaging, Atomos, Altera, Cinema5D, Redsharknews / Editshare, Slashcam.de and IntoPix. After generating some interesting discussion with the aforementioned players regarding our project and the future of Axiom, we will be sure to incorporate their high quality feedback into our designs (in the appropriate areas). We... » Read more

apertus° at IBC 2013

Submitted 11 years 9 months ago by Sebastian.

IBC ( International Broadcasting Convention ) is an annual event for audiovisual professionals. This is the first year in which apertus° members will be present at this event. Whilst we will not be running our own booth, we have planned to meet up with business associates, colleagues and friends who shall also be in attendance. If you wish to meet us there on Saturday 14th September, please notify us quickly so that we may factor this into our schedule. » Read more

AXIOM Alpha Milestone Reached

Submitted 11 years 9 months ago by Sebastian.

It's about time Today is a major milestone on our path to having a working Axiom Alpha prototype ! After months of designing, routing, checking, double-checking and then revising our designs, we have now placed an order for the final version of the printed circuit boards (PCBs) we will be implementing in our prototype. The Image Sensor Front End (SFE) PCB Top Side. PCB Bottom Side. This 4 layer PCB will act as the bridge between our image sensor: the CMV12000 (providing a native resolution of... » Read more

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