Product Brief

A12 Police Wearable Reference Kit

Overview
The Ambarella A12 Police Wearable reference kit enables the fast development of a next generation, on-body wearable
camera for police and security markets. The reference kit features the Ambarella A12W35 system-on-a-chip.
Two lens-sensor modules are present on the compact, body-worn design. One camera module is integrated into the
main unit and is capable of Quad HD at 15 fps encoding, with the other connected externally via a one-meter cable and
supporting encode up to 1080p30 resolution.
In addition to a powerful ARM Cortex-A9 processor, the solution offers a rich set of peripherals including two USB
instantiations. One USB 2.0 host is used for connection to the 4G/LTE module with a second USB 2.0 acting as a
device to enable the kit to be identified as a mass storage device when connected to a PC or docking station.
The ultra-low power Ambarella A12 is designed for long operation and transitions from a powered-off state to a fully
functional state, capturing video or still images, in under one second. The A12 has superior low-light performance and
overall image quality. Additionally, the device is capable of encoding and outputting a second 720p30 stream, making it
well suited to streaming applications.

The A12-Based Police Wearable Reference Design

Key Features
Powerful DSP and General Purpose ARM CPU Development Platform and Supporting Documents
° Based on the Ambarella A12W35 – 32 bit DDR version ° Dual OS for fast time to first video frame/picture
° Up to 504 MHz ARM Cortex-A9 for application software (ThreadX + Linux)

° Support for AES-256 encryption ° Debug board with RS 232 connector

° Hardware-based dewarping engine for lens distortion correction ° Full suite of user guides, API documents and
Programmer’s Guide
Video Input and Encoding
° Board schematic and layout files supplied
° Dual camera video input
• OV4689 sensor as main camera Connectivity, Peripherals and Storage

• OV2710 sensor as peripheral camera with external cable ° USB 2.0 host for connectivity with 3G/4G/LTE chip sets

° Active IR on main camera ° 4G module, GPS and G-sensor on-board

° Up to Quad HD at 15 fps H.264 encode ° USB 2.0 device for mass storage class connection to PC

° Up to 1080p60 H.264 encode ° 2-inch LCD and HDMI output for video preview and file
playback
° Second stream encoding
• 1080p30 + 720p30 second stream ° Internal 64 GB SD card for secure media storage

° Up to 32 MP JPEG still picture encode

° Support for simultaneous video + photo capture
° 30 second video pre-record feature enabled

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