The adoption of ADAS is driving up the number of cameras and sensors integrated into vehicles to support remote sensing technologies like radar and LiDAR. Next-generation vehicles are expected to have six or more cameras to enable L2 and L2+ ADAS functionalities. As image sensor technology and satellite sensor architectures evolve to deliver higher resolution and quality, the increasing number of in-vehicle camera/sensor links require security and support for data rates of more than 2 Gbps.

To address the requirements of next-generation automotive camera, sensor and display applications, the Automotive SerDes Alliance Motion Link (ASA-ML) standard was developed by an alliance of leading automotive Original Equiment Manufacturers (OEMs), Tier 1 suppliers and  semiconductor vendors, including Microchip. This open, multi-vendor, standards-based solution enables the transition from proprietary to standards-based serializers and deserializers.