MSM8916 Linux Camera Announcement

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June 9, 2014

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Contents

1 CTA Release Announcement – 6/6/2014 ........................................................ 4

2 Camera Pre-Kickoff Announcement Summary – 5/13/2014 ......................... 6

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Revision history

Revision Date Description

A Jun 2014 Initial release

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1 CTA Release Announcement – 6/6/2014

The MSM8916.LA.1.0 CTA release officially enables the ‘start tuning’ phase for camera
projects. At this point, customers planning to begin color tuning are expected to:
 Have carefully reviewed all information presented in the camera pre-kickoff announcement
 Work with their sourcing team to review 00028471 and make the camera selection that best
aligns with the project schedule
 Have had official “Camera Project Kickoff” discussion with QTI TAMs and Camera
Customer Engineering teams to discuss the following items, identify any risks and discuss the
mitigation plan:
 Camera module source selections, along with the information on module composition
(part numbers for lens, IR Cut-Filter, Actuator, Actuator IC, flash, flash IC, etc.),
calibration plans/requirements
 Ownership agreement (e.g., customer/module vendor, third party, QTI, etc.) for various
stages of driver development and tuning referred in 00028471 , and setup the process on
how QTI would be timely updated about the overall health of the project all the way up to
the product launch, to avoid last minute project risks.
 Overall project and camera specific schedule/milestones
 Customer’s KPI specs, numeric and subjective Image Quality specs
 Parity between MSM8916™ camera features and customer project’s mandatory features
 Have completed camera bring up for their target, and verified preview, snapshot, recording
functionalities
The following table lists the details of updates. Before visiting Solution links, you must first log
in to Docs & Downloads.

Item updated Update details

MSM8916 Camera Announcement Document
PVL Camera Drivers on GCDB
Camera workflow document
This document; which is used to push important
announcements to MSM8916 camera customers from
time to time. After logging into the Docs & Downloads
portal, download Job Aid to understand how to
subscribe to this document and get automatic email
update notifications in the future.
Driver and AF gating completed drivers are now
available to download via GCDB. Refer to 00028472
for details on how to access the drivers from GCDB.
Mandarin version added. After logging into Docs &
Downloads, click 80-NL239-36 to download Rev. B of
the workflow

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Item updated
Tuning parameters accessibility
80-N5126-1: Camera Module Selection and
Calibration Data
80-NN841-1: AF Actuator Tuning Guide
00028471: Camera Module Selection and IQ
Timeline Determination Guide
00028472: Accessing PVL Camera Drivers from
Global Components Database
00028470: Information about all camera
software documents and training videos
00028513: Information about all camera Image
Quality tuning documents
00028895: Camera Feature Enablement Guide
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CTA Release Announcement – 6/6/2014
Update details
Frequently modified tuning parameters have been
moved from 3A library to mm-camera source for easy
tunability. Refer to 00028907 for more information.
Step by step instructions for module calibration.
Document will be on Docs & Downloads during the
week of 6/9/2014.
New document describing the AF actuator tuning
process.
Added more details on schedule impact for non-PVL
selections and tuning ownership.
Added more details on ‘Levels’ and ‘Phases’ of the
delivered drivers.
Updated direct download links and guidelines for
video download.
Added 80-NN841-1 A (Presentation: AF Actuator
tuning guide).
Updated direct download links to various documents
New Solution; provides details on how to enable
various camera features from the application layer
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2 Camera Pre-Kickoff Announcement
Summary – 5/13/2014

After logging into Docs & Downloads, review 80-NL239-36 to find more details on new camera
workflow processes that provide information about what should be done at every stage of your
product development, and what to expect from QTI deliverables.
Useful Solutions for the MSM8916 camera, accessible after logging into CDMATech Support:
 00028522 – Release schedule for MSM8916.LA.1.0
 00028512 – Linux Camera Enablement Plan Overview
 00028483 – List of MSM8916 Linux Camera Features
 00028471 – Camera Module Selection and IQ Timeline Determination Guide
 00028472 – Accessing PVL Camera Drivers from Global Components Database
 00028473 – Camera Hardware Bring-up Guidelines
 00028470 – Information about all camera software documents and training videos
 00028513 – Information about all camera Image Quality tuning documents
Many of these Solutions have hyperlinks to other Solutions, where you can find more information
about your topic of interest. For example, 00028473 has links to useful documents and solutions
for the camera hardware bring-up. Solutions 00028470 and 00028513 on the other hand, have
download links for various documents, so that your team can download the correct documents
directly from the Solution.

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