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Problem with Aptina MT9M034 camera

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Hi everyone!

 

I'm having trouble with this chip MT9M034 from Aptina, I can communicate with it perfectly through I2C, set its registers, PLL, clock, etc. But the signs on the parallel bus and "FRAME_VALID" and "LINE_VALID" are dead. Just de PIXEL_CLOCK signal is working, and in the exactly frequency that I configured.


I've tried various registers settings and nothing happens, anyone can tell me if these Aptina chip have some trick to work? I'm about to give up, maybe I have damaged the chip while I was welding it on the PCB board image

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    Hello.  Did you find an answer to your question?  I am having the exact same issue but have not found a solution.  Thanks -

  • 0 in reply to clem57

    It looks like the data sheet for a different sensor.  Is there something in this datasheet that helps with this problem?  I have the datasheet for the MT9M034 and read it through many times.  I cannot find anything that I am doing incorrectly.  I am wondering if others have found a solution to this problem.

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    Here is a solution to your question -

    Yes, unlike other sensors, the default settings on the registers do not produce the required signals.  And, after you set the registers in an intuitive way the following signals are still not active:  FRAME_VALID, LINE_VALID, DOUT[11..0].

     

    The following are the minimum set of registers that I have found that will activate the outputs (all in hex):

    Note - I am bypassing the PLL and just using the external clock (register 0x30B0), but the PLL works fine if you want to program it too.

    Note - The most unintuitive issue is that register 0x309E does not default to 0x0000 like it is supposed to.  Instead it defaults to 0x0196.  This appears to be the main reason there are no outputs from the part in its default settings.

     

    0     : Data at address 309E
    2     : Data at address 3002
    0     : Data at address 3004
    3C1     : Data at address 3006
    4FF     : Data at address 3008
    5300     : Data at address 30B0
    10DC     : Data at address 301A

     

    The following sequence is another minimum set of registers that will produce an output:

     

    58     : Data at address 301A
    2000     : Data at address 304C
    60     : Data at address 304A
    2     : Data at address 3002
    0     : Data at address 3004
    3C1     : Data at address 3006
    4FF     : Data at address 3008
    5300     : Data at address 30B0
    10DC     : Data at address 301A

     

    And, the following is a better set of registers that include:

    1. Setting 0x309E to the default of address of 0x0000 to get the outputs to work.

    2. Bypasses the PLL.

    3. Sets for 1280x960.

    4. Sets the pedestal up so that you do not have long strings of 0xA if you operate in 8 bit mode which caused problems.

    5. Turns the embedded data off which was showing up in the image on the first two lines of the active area.

    6. Sets up the row and column noise corrections.  

    7. Activates the parallel outputs and enables streaming.

     

    0     : Data at address 309E
    2     : Data at address 3002
    0     : Data at address 3004
    3C1     : Data at address 3006
    4FF     : Data at address 3008
    5300     : Data at address 30B0
    B8     : Data at address 301E
    1802     : Data at address 3064
    404     : Data at address 3044
    E007     : Data at address 30D4
    8     : Data at address 30BA
    11DC     : Data at address 301A
    11D8     : Data at address 301A
    10DC     : Data at address 301A

     

    The sensor works pretty well once you get past what is required to get it to output the required signals.

  • 0 in reply to Former Member

    Thanks a lot! Setting 0x309e to 0 solved my problem that was the same. All other things work fine.

     

    It's quite a shame having not the default value in the chip. Above all because the register is something like an undocumented internal one.

  • 0 in reply to Former Member

    Dear All, could someone help me how to make reset and standby pins operate ?