Re: CCD / CMOS affordable camera kits???

On Sun, 29 May 2005 03:15:23 -0500,
kg6lri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (vitoal18t) wrote:

>I tried searching the web, but failed to find what I need, that's why
>I am posting.
>
>I am trying to get up to speed in Digital Image Processing based on
>FPGA design.
>
>I am having hard time finding a camera kit (cmos or ccd) with VGA
>resolution. I know Atmel, Omnivision, Kodak, provide sensors, but I
>don't want to bother with board layout at this point. I simply want
>to read raw image data from the sensor (camera) and figure out how to
>do image processing in an Spartan 3 FPGA.
>
>Are there any well known development kits that will let me do that? Or
>should I just take apart cheap Webcam and solder some wires?
>
>Please assist, my budget is at most $50 and I need to find a ccd/cmos
>sensor with pinhole lens ASAP.

Try http://www.uoptions.info. They have a module that provides either
a JTAG or RAW image over a serial link. I cannot access the site right
now, but AFAICR the price was in the region of US$50 although the
resolution might not be full VGA.

Regards
Anton Erasmus

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