Apertus AXIOM Professional Digital Cinema Camera is open source

Apertus AXIOM Beta is a professional digital cinema camera built around free open source software and hardware. AXIOM Beta is the latest version powered by MicroZed development board based on Xilinx Zynq 7020 ARM + FPGA SoC, and running Arch Linux ARM. The camera will run Arch Linux ARM on MicroZed board, support common network protocols (SSH/FTP/SCP/etc), and be configurable via a web interface. It has many interesting specification as listed below, however audio recording is not currently supported. Many more software and hardware details can be found in their Wiki.

AXIOM Beta developer kit hardware specifications:

• “Linux” Board – Xilinx Zynq 7020 based MicroZed board
• Beta Main Board – Hosts two external medium-speed shield connectors and two high-speed plugin module slot connectors.
• Image Sensor – 12MP CMV12000 (Used for research and development) via CMV12K ZIF Sensor Board
• Lens Mount Passive E-mount
• Ports – USB / USB UART / JTAG / Gigabit Ethernet
• Modules and Shields
  • Single HDMI Full HD (4:4:4) output at up to 60 FPS
  • Dual 6G SDI output (in development)
  • 3x PMOD debug module
  • LED matrix debug module
  • Genlock, Trigger, Timecode, LANC shields (in development)
  • 4K Displayport/HDMI (in development)
• Power Supply – 5V/5A via power adapter board; Other voltages provided via Beta Power Board
• Dimensions -111.76 x 74 x 65.1 mm (devkit)
• Weight – 319 grams (devkit)

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