MiTAC started with GPS navigation, and its navigation products have achieved good sales in the early years, and it is the only designated navigation equipment sponsor of the Shanghai World Expo. In 2010, MiTAC extended the development of dash cams and extensively implanted GPS core technology in dash cam products. With rich experience and leading industry technology, MiTAC has grown rapidly, and its business scope has now covered 56 countries and regions around the world. In the 2017 Hong Kong "Choice" monthly magazine, MiTAC listed a number of tachographs, including MiVue688 and MiVue618, which were well received by the Hong Kong Consumer Council.
In the field of dash cams, Ambarella, Novatek and AIT are the chip manufacturers that are most sought after by high-end dash cam manufacturers. Ambarella's advantage is that it entered the industry earlier, has stable performance, and Novatek chips are the most cost-effective. In 2015, AIT was acquired by Mstar, a Taiwanese IC design company, and Mstar was acquired by IC giant MediaTek in 2016. AIT has a high-end technology that can integrate memory card DDR into the CPU, the biggest advantage of this integration solution is that the thermal stability is very good, not afraid of high temperature in summer, but its cost is also high, and the cost of shipment will fluctuate greatly with the cost of memory, only the production of high-end dash cam brands will adopt this solution, MiTAC is one of the brands that widely use AIT chip solutions.
除了采用高端芯片,宇达电通对于图像传感器和镜头的选择也毫不含糊,产品均采用低照度CMOS感光元件和6G全玻璃镜头,不少还使用索尼Starvis系列产品,夜视能力非常优秀。夜视能力主要与图像传感器中的像素颗粒大小及光圈大小有关,单反的夜视效果好,主要因为它单个像素的颗粒比较大(>3μm),接收光子的效果更佳。这也是索尼STARVIS图像传感器的夜视效果优于Aptina、Omnivision的重要原因。如果用户晚上开车较多,建议选购宇达电通带有索尼IMX291、IMX322和IMX323感光组件的产品——MiVue628Plus和MiVue772,其像素颗粒均在2.8μm以上,夜视能力非常优秀。
Although Mico and Xingkewei's products can well meet the basic video needs, Xingkewei is more comprehensive in terms of functions, most of the dash cams are equipped with such as lane departure warning system, front collision warning system and front car start warning system, and most of the MiTAC electric car recorders do not have these functions.
MiTAC product line can be divided into MiVue™ 6 series and 7 series, and the price is between 500-1000 yuan. Compared with the 6 series, the chip and image sensor solution selection of the 7 series products have kept pace with the times, and there have been many improvements in product stability and clarity. Users who are looking for image clarity can choose MiDentsu's MiVue™ 798 and MiVue790 launched in 2018, both of which are powered by the AIT 8428 Sony STARVIS sensor, which can support up to 1600p resolution, and can also be equipped with optional tire pressure monitoring and parking monitoring. For 6 series and 7 series products, MiTAC also supports the optional MiVue A30 rear view recorder, users in need can purchase, at present, A30 is priced at 725 yuan in China.