Cameras

CMUcam4

Price: £89.99 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

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The CMUcam4 is a fully programmable embedded computer vision sensor. The main processor is the Parallax P8X32A (Propeller Chip) connected to an OmniVision 9665 CMOS camera sensor module.

Full Documentation on the CMUcam4 Website:
http://www.cmucam.org/projects/cmucam4

Features
Fully open source and re-programmable using the Propeller Tool
Arduino Shield Compatible
w/ Supporting Interface Libraries and Demo Applications for the Arduino and BASIC Stamp

VGA resolution (640x480) RGB565/YUV655 color sensor
Image processing rate of 10 frames per second
Raw image dumps over serial or to flash card (640:320:160:80)x(480:240:120:60) image resolution
RGB565/YUV655 color space

Onboard Image Processing (QQVGA 160x120)
Track user defined color blobs in the RGB/YUV color space
Mean, median, mode and standard deviation data collection
Segmented (thresholded) image capture for tracking visualization (over serial or to flash card) 80x60 image resolution
Monochrome color space

Histogram generation (up to 128 Bins)
Arbitrary image clipping (windowing)

µSD/µSDHC/µSDXC flash card slot with FAT16/32 full file system driver support w/ Directory and File manipulation

I/O Interfaces
Two-port servo controller (pan and tilt w/ 1us resolution at a 50 Hz refresh rate) Pan and/or Tit servo channels can be configured as GPIOs

Indicator user controllable LED (red) and power LED (green)
TTL UART (up to 115200 baud , 19200 baud by default)

Monochrome baseband analog video output (NTSC/PAL) of 160x120 resolution for tracking visualization (segmented (thresholded) image w/ color centroid and bounding box overlay at 30 FPS)
CMUcam4 GUI for viewing images on the PC.

OEM Colour Monitor

Price: £54.30 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

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Can be used with CMUcam4 in Demo mode.

TFT color "OEM" 2.36 "
This small OEM module has a TFT 2.36 "color" OEM "with automatic PAL / NTSC. Designed for integrators, it has a wide power supply range (5 to 12 VDC) and low power consumption (120 mA @ 5 VDC). It consists of a Party "screen" associated with a control board connected by a flexible flat cable.

Download the Datasheet CAF257.pdf

Key features:
- Size 2.36 "(480 x 234 pixels)
- Mode PAL / NTSC (auto switching)
- Video input: 1 V pp (75 ohms)
- Contrast: 150:1
- Pitch: 0.1 mm x 0.1525
- Power supply: 5-12 VDC
- Consumption: 120 mA @ 5 VDC
- Connection to 4-pin connector
- Display Dimensions: 55.20 x 47.55 mm
- Display Area: 48 x 35.6 mm
- Control board Dimensions: 56 x 43.5 mm

uCAM-RS232

Price: £45.00 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

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The uCAM (microCAM) is a highly integrated serial camera module which can be attached to any host system that requires a video camera or a JPEG compressed still camera for embedded imaging applications.

The module uses an OmniVision CMOS VGA colour sensor along with a JPEG compression chip that provides a low cost and low powered camera system. The uCAM-RS232 module has an on-board serial interface (RS232 levels) that is suitable for a direct connection to any host controller or a PC system with a COM port.

User commands are sent using a simple serial protocol that can instruct the camera to send low resolution (160x120 or 80x60) single frame raw images for a quick viewing or high resolution (640x480 or 320x240) JPEG images for storage or viewing.

The uCAM comes in a compact form factor with a built in lens and a 4-wire connector that provides easy access to both power and serial data.

Small size, low cost and low powered camera module for embedded imaging applications.
3.3V DC Supply @62mA.
Built-in down sampling, clamping and windowing circuits for VGA, QVGA, 160x120 or 80x60 image resolutions.
Built-in colour conversion circuits for 2-bit gray, 4-bit gray, 8-bit gray, 12-bit RGB, 16-bit RGB or standard JPEG preview images.

Resources:
Technical Manual
Demonstration Software

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