DRIVE AGX Serial Products - GMSL & GMSL2 compatibility

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Hi Sir,
I study the topics about GMSL & GMSL2 compatibility on our Forum as below.
I find GMSL & GMSL2 camera seem not have any compatible problems. Right?
But I do not know if there are no any GMSL & GMSL2 camera compatible problems on DRIVE AGX serial products(e.g. E3550, Pegasus…) as well? Are there any documents for reference? Thanks.

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GMSL & GMSL2 compatibility

2019/03/27 - GMSL2 camera reading

2019/04/10 - Integrating GMSL2 camera to Nvidia Xavier

2019/05/08 - GMSL2 or GMSL compatibility
https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1051527/general/gmsl2-or-gmsl-compatibility/

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Dear melinda.hung,

Yes, there is no compatible problems. Please see the table and section in below doc for GMSL camera. Thanks.
DRIVE AGX Developer Kit Mechanical & Installation Guide (PDF)
Table 3-1. Interface Connectors and Cables
3.2.2 FAKRA Connectors for Camera Inputs

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Hi SteveNV,
Thanks for your immediate reply and detailed information.

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Hi StevenNV,
About the spec that you provided (“With the GMSL2 Deserializer/Aggregator, both Xavier A and Xavier B can access these 16 cameras”). What are the differences between GMSL and GMSL2? (e.g Bandwidth, Latency, Reliably, Power Consumption, Cost, Image Quality…) Does GMSL2 have any enhancement? Thanks.

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Dear melinda.hung,

AFAIK, GMSL2 has twice the bandwidth of GMSL1.
However GMSL is Maxim own interface so please contact Maxim team for more information. Thanks.

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Hi SteveNV,
OK, thanks for your kindly reply. I will contact with Maxim.