ALi ships smallest USB 2.0 video camera controller

ALi Corp. has announced the availability of the M5603 USB 2.0 video camera controller, which it touts to be the smallest solution for USB 2.0 PC-camera based applications.

Packaged in a 64-pin TQFP, the IC has a built-in color-processing engine for CMOS image sensor, image compression CODEC, USB 2.0 controller, AC '97 CODEC interface, and a microcontroller with user-configurable I/O capable of achieving up to 30fps at VGA/CIF size, real-time video performance.

It also has an on-chip HQ ratio-adjustable video compression engine, enabling the M5603C to support up to SXGA (1,280-by-1,024) snapshot for still image capturing applications.

The M5603C is equipped with a complete range of software support such as Video for Windows to TWAIN driver to Windows XP/2000/ME. It is suitable for desktop, laptops, tablet PCs, and other handheld devices.