TES Electronic Solutions develops hardware and software systems and sub-systems, with profound expertise in embedded systems, graphics, and HMIs for a series of industries, especially the automotive and industrial area with driver assistant systems like 3D Surround View.
TES 3D Surround View is a demonstration of driver assistance systems with vehicle cameras. Its implementation is GPU optimized with OpenGL ES. The software is highly portable as well as customizable and supports any kind of camera.
Learn more in Toradex blog post Customizable Embedded 3D Surround View Turn-Key Solution on Apalis iMX6 SoM
The following Computer on Modules are supported:
While you can use a wide variety of displays and monitors, additional configuration may be required for a specific setup.
A section in the end of this guide provide instructions about display configuration.
This partner demo image is meant for the evaluation of the technology. It is not suitable for development or production.
This section provides instructions for you to quickly get started with TES 3D Surround View.
Load the Toradex Easy Installer on the target module and select the TES 3D Surround View demo image from the list of available images:
Installing TES 3D Surround View using the Toradex Easy Installer (click to enlarge)
When the installation ends, power-cycle the board and wait until you see TES 3D Surround View.
TES 3D Surround View
To control the camera and observe the vehicle surroundings, please connect a USB Keyboard.
The controls used in this mode are
| Keys | Controls |
|---|---|
| ←, ↑, →, ↓ | Move the camera vertically and horizontally around the center |
| ⇧ + ↑, ⇧ + ↓ | Zoom in and out |
| ⇧ + ←, ⇧ + → | Orbit horizontally around the center axis |
To access one of the fixed views, press number keys from 0 to 9, as the sidebar from the Graphical User Interface shows.
For more information about TES 3D Surround View head over to the TES documentation and TES 3D Surround View Product Brief.
Note: This demo application does not have touch screen interactivity
Displays and Monitors used in Embedded Systems are available in a myriad of configuration possibilities - resistive, capacitive or without touch, single or multi touch, different resolution, density of pixels, pin-out and clock frequency are some examples.
To make things easy for you, Toradex provides specific instructions on how to use its display offerings as well as comprehensive information about how to interface your custom display or monitor to Toradex modules. Please refer to the table below:
| Display | Display Resolution | Touch Screen Support | Touch Screen Calibration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resistive Touch Display 7" Parallel | First Steps with Parallel Resistive Touch Display - Resolution | Supported out-of-the-box | Touch Screen Calibration (Linux) |
| Capacitive Touch Display 7" Parallel | First Steps with Capacitive Touch Display 7 Inch Parallel - Resolution | First Steps with Capacitive Touch Display 7 Inch Parallel - Touch Screen | Touch Screen Calibration (Linux) |
| VGA monitor | Display Output, Resolution and Timings | USB HID touch screen works out-of-the-box | Touch Screen Calibration (Linux) |
| DVI/HDMI monitor | Display Output, Resolution and Timings | USB HID touch screen works out-of-the-box | Touch Screen Calibration (Linux) |
| • For additional comprehensive information • If you use another display/monitor |
Display Output, Resolution and Timings | • Compile the specific kernel driver: Build Linux kernel • Enable it in the device-tree: Device Tree Customization |
Touch Screen Calibration (Linux) |
Download offline installers and older releases of the Partner Demo Image in this section.
TES offers licenses for evaluation, prototyping, product development, and production. In order to get started, please contact TES and get your evaluation kit.
