Re: Simple Still Camera components?
- From: cs_posting@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:26:01 -0700
On Jul 30, 9:38 am, rickman <gnu...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am seeking the advice of the experienced people out there about
the recommendations for a microcontroller and image sensor
combination. I am looking for a fairly low cost solution since it is
only a hobby. I know that I can get a cheap camera and all, but I
would like to learn about it and try to implement it myself.
I read an article yesterday from the July 16 issue of EE Times on page
32. It dissected four still cameras with the lowest priced one a
Vivitar at $10, yes $10 US!!! It was only CIF format (352 x 288) but
still, that is amazing!
Along those lines, the one-time-use (return to store for processing)
digital cameras are $10-$20... perhaps one could be used as a source
of parts, and do his own interface to the imager - since he said he
wanted the experience of doing it the hard way.
If I was doing that, I'd be tempted to play with a soft core processor
on an FPGA eval board, using the rest of the FPGA to do the low-level
interface state machine. Though it may be possible to get a DSP-type
processor with fast synchronous I/O to interface directly to an
imager, and there's always the processor + FPGA/CPLD option at the
expense of having to prototype a bit more of a board.
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