Real time image processing

You're probably looking for something that's more DSP than microcontroller, or maybe a chip that contains both.

I believe TI offers both options, you may want to have a look at their web site.

This might be worth a look. Uses the TI OMAP.

http://beagleboard.org/

I am looking to buy a microcontroller board along with a dev kit that could handle processing a live video feed

Could you define "processing"? The amount of CPU power required for, say, image sharpening is different from that for realtime encoding or feature extraction.

Hi,
if your processing is not very complex you may also use a FPGA only for the image data processing and a controller for the interface/communication/control part.

Umm, I am trying to basically analyze the image - pixel by pixel and perform an optical flow analysis to detect the motion of an object on a live video feed.

I had a look at TI and their OMAP solution - I was wondering if they did have a board and development kit. I was hoping not to waste money on a programmer or waste time on PCB designing because I need to complete this project by June next year.

I had a look at TI and their OMAP solution - I was wondering if they did have a board and development kit.

TI offers a wide range of starter kits and evaluation modules for their processor. Check their web site.

Thanks a lot for your input. I am pretty much sure that I am getting this product for my project: www.ebv.com/.../ebvbeagle-board

Just one last question. What are my advantages/disadvantages if I use a netbook with linux loaded onto it. Which would be the better choice for real time image processing (other than portability if I use a DSP) ?