Re: Simple Still Camera components?

On Jul 30, 10:38 am, rickman <gnu...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 29, 10:31 pm, amerdsp <amer...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Greetings,
I am trying to design and implement a very simple camera that would
capture VGA quality images and store them to flash memory such as SD
or MMC.
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.

Thank you for your time and help.

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! The Disney camera met your VGA requirement at
$49 and they expect this price to drop!


So where do you think image compression takes place in these low cost
cameras?

On the same note, what do you think of using a PIC to do something
like this? I read before that PIC's are not great for image
processing because the memory is not contiguous. How about ARM, AVR?
Any takes on these?

Thanks again..
-- a

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