Hi, I have to capture 320x240 video frames using a microcontroller. Does anyone have any idea of how to accomplish this task ? Do I have any available serial camera ? (CMUcam models have lower resolutions power) What is the difficult level of integrating a USB Webcam using a microcontroller ? Thanks for any advice, Andre
I've designed different camera/display/scan conversion products over the years and I suggest you look at the big picture first(so to speak). What do you mean by capture? Is this real time video or still images? Do you just load the video stream into memory and read it back out or is there any pixel by pixel processing involved? Calculate all your basic data rates, pixel, line, frame and based on your controller specs you'll get an idea of what it can do in these times. Our systems usually boiled down to an FPGA or EPLD generating video timing and memory conrol signals or pixel processing all under supervisory control of a microcontroller. In one system I had the FPGA calculate frame information which the micro used for automatic gain and level control. In short, look at the basic timing to see if the chip is suited for your application.