I have currently brought the SFE CMOS Camera - 1300x1040 pixles and I am trying to figure out how to use it and hook it up. I am currently using a PICAX 28X microcontroller. It says that the SFE CMOS Camera can support video and I just want it to send video back to my laptop over a wireless connection. Could some one tell me how to hook it up and program my microcontroller to work with that camra? Since this is my first project I am trying to learn as much as possible so any and all help will be appreciated.
Ya I was going to have it just take a still send it back to my monitor witch would update every time it sends it back over a wireless connection. But I would put a way to limit the frame rate unfortunately I was thinking about using the pause command to regulate frame rate but ultimately decided I could get acceptable results by just by making a sub-procedure and using the number of times the code repeats as the frame rate. The unfortunate part is that the frame rate will drop when it receives servo position information from my comp just because of the extra code but I am not expecting it to be too bad.
My only problems though is how I hook it up to my microcontroler (what connects to what pin and what I don’t connect. Remember this is my first project.) and how to program it to take the pictures and save it to be sent.
I will also check out the SparkFun forum you suggested to. Thanks for the help
Think of video as a series of still photos, running at x frames per second. So you will need to capture the image and send it off as quickly as possible (max 15fps). This will require experimentation but the PICAXE should be able to communicate via standard I2C setup. Not much information is available for this CMOS camera module except this manual. You may also wish to check out the SparkFun forum for more information.
