Embedded Video module

Hi All,

I am looking for recommendations for an embedded video module which I 
can talk to with an 8 bit MPU (AVR).  I need to be able to control the 
electronic shutter to grab a frame at a particular instant. Lighting 
varies but is reasonably controlled by LED's.  Resolution needs to be 
640x480 monochrome or better. Camera can be integral or seperate. 
Communication can be serial or parallel.

Other option is to design from scratch, any existing proven circuits 
which fill the bill?

I looked at an MVS device but they don't take mastercard & don't have an 
email address.

Any ideas?

Don

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> Hi All,
>
> I am looking for recommendations for an embedded video module which I
> can talk to with an 8 bit MPU (AVR).  I need to be able to control the
> electronic shutter to grab a frame at a particular instant. Lighting
> varies but is reasonably controlled by LED's.  Resolution needs to be
> 640x480 monochrome or better. Camera can be integral or seperate.
> Communication can be serial or parallel.
>
> Other option is to design from scratch, any existing proven circuits
> which fill the bill?
>
> I looked at an MVS device but they don't take mastercard & don't have an
> email address.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Don

hmm.. just yesterday I did make a camera to VGA unit, using
1) micron MT9T111 Camera SoC
2) xilinx s3-1000+sdram as video converter

that was surprisingly easy, just used sdram+vga ip core from www.xess.com
and added camera input unit.

the MT9T111 Camera SoC is really coool thing! it is controlled over I2C
and can do lots of things on chip. But you probably need to convert the
camera data as it can not directly connected to VGA. That could be
done with AL310, well I prefer the xilinx FPGA solution as the AL310
is large BGA and gets too hot.

if you need complete module then the MT9T111 is not enough as it is
only the sensor and processing + digital video output.

Antti

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> Hi All,
>
> I am looking for recommendations for an embedded video module which I
> can talk to with an 8 bit MPU (AVR).  I need to be able to control the
> electronic shutter to grab a frame at a particular instant. Lighting
> varies but is reasonably controlled by LED's.  Resolution needs to be
> 640x480 monochrome or better. Camera can be integral or seperate.
> Communication can be serial or parallel.
>
> Other option is to design from scratch, any existing proven circuits
> which fill the bill?
>
> I looked at an MVS device but they don't take mastercard & don't have an
> email address.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Don

uups! You checked out MVS series from Cognex ??
Those are pretty much high-end things, your posting was about the use with
AVR so I assumed lower cost range requirements. Cognex is pretty much one of
the leaders in machine vision. Been once at their office in France and used
their products also. They have lots of email addresses on their website, but
if they dont have one-click on-line-order for credit cards then that is
understandable as their main clients are not paying with credit cards. If
you are looking into camera from Cognex they sure will sell it too you :)


Antti

No, the MVS to which I refer is a hobbyist supplier in the US.  Would 
love to be able to use Cognex on the project but that will trash the budget.

Cheers

Don
> 
> 
> uups! You checked out MVS series from Cognex ??
> Those are pretty much high-end things, your posting was about the use with
> AVR so I assumed lower cost range requirements. Cognex is pretty much one of
> the leaders in machine vision. Been once at their office in France and used
> their products also. They have lots of email addresses on their website, but
> if they dont have one-click on-line-order for credit cards then that is
> understandable as their main clients are not paying with credit cards. If
> you are looking into camera from Cognex they sure will sell it too you :)
> 
> 
> Antti
> 
>