Miniature TTL Serial JPEG Camera with NTSC Video

Description Show Reviews This tiny little camera module can be a pretty neat project addition, it is just like our other JPEG cameras (same chipset/software) , but much smaller and slimmer. It was designed to be used in security systems and does two main things – it outputs NTSC color video and can take snapshots of that video (in color) and transmit them over the TTL serial link. You can snap pictures at 640×480, 320×240 or 160×120 and they’re pre-compressed JPEG images which makes them nice and small and easy to store on an SD card. Perfect for a data-logging, security, or photography project. One nice thing about this particular camera is all the ‘extras’ that come with it. For example it has auto-white-balance, auto-brightness and auto-contrast taken care of for you as well as motion detection built in! That means you can have it alert your project when something moved in the frame. The lens is manually adjustable, it has a 1-15 meter focal distance by default which is good for most projects. We also carry a much larger, but enclosed weather-proof version Using the module is pretty easy and only requires two digital pins (or a TTL serial port) – by default it transmits at 38400 baud. Of course we wouldn’t just leave you with a datasheet and a ‘good luck’, we even spent a lot of time researching the module and DSP to make a really nice Arduino library with example code that shows how to change the image size and compression quality, detect motion, control the video output stream, etc. We also have a very detailed tutorial that will help get the most use out of your camera. Example photo 1 (outside street) & example photo 2 (inside person) Note: We have these working great with classic Arduino UNOs (and other Atmega328-based ‘duinos) but they are not yet MEGA compatible. Technical Details The datasheet is in Chinese, but it still has some useful diagrams Module size: 20mm x 28mm Module Weight: 3g Image sensor: CMOS 1/4 inch CMOS Pixels: 30M Pixel size: 5.6um*5.6um Manual focus adjustable from 5 to 15meters Output format: Standard JPEG White balance: Automatic Exposure: Automatic Gain: Automatic Shutter: Electronic rolling shutter SNR: 45DB Dynamic Range: 60DB Max analog gain: 16DB Frame speed: 640*480 30fps Scan mode: Progressive scan Viewing angle: 60 degrees Image size: VGA640*480), QVGA320*240), QQVGA160*120 Baud rate: Default 38400 Current draw: 75mA Operating voltage: DC +3-5V (the power pin is marked 3.3V but it goes into a 3-5V input regulator so you can power it with 3-5VDC) Communication: 3.3V TTL Three wire TX, RX, GND We have a fairly full-featured Arduino library with examples that demonstrate how to use the camera The datasheet for the DSP processor itself (not terribly useful for the module but good for reference This is the DSP management tool (windows only sorry!) it allows you to tweak pretty much everything on the camera as well as test it out via a serial port A basic python sketch that will let you snag a image over a serial port – good for testing when you cant use the DSP tool above This is the ‘protocol cheat sheet’ for the sensor its a little crummy – we suggest reading our library code and porting it instead of trying to do it from scratch with this sheet Check out our detailed tutorial on how to use this camera module with an Arduino (and in general Fabien’s Netduino + Camera tutorial 0 Reviews Hide Reviews Show Reviews