riotboard camera module

Seems to be a really tough question!

I just don't have any CMOS camera modules lying around to take a swing at answer.  Any particular one(s) you are looking at?

Thanks for your answer John.

The camera should have at least 1MP and available for the Austrian market. I have recently worked with the Wandboard Solo and  there isn't a camera module available for the Europe market, except with huge shipping costs.

Last week I saw the Riotboard at the Embeeded World and was impressed of the size and layout. I hoped that there are peripheral available. Or at least some module which I can use.

It would be great if you could recommend a camera module which I can order and connect to the Riotboard. My main focus is the evaluation of the VPU encoding by using a directly connected camera.

Thanks for you help!

The "e-CAM50IMX6" camera has Mipi/CSI-2 interface which is supported by riotboard hardware (J8).

Have a look at "DM-CAM130" and "CAM8100-UCAM8100-U" from element14/Embest.

The drivers supporting riotboard will be available in few weeks.

Are you looking at any specific application to use this camera with?

Thanks tusharp I am really looking forward to evaluate Freescale's VPU encoding as soon as the drivers are available.

Maybe I will use this camera to build my own IP cam, which is streaming h.264 video...

Thanks again, I appreciate it!

Hey i´m new on all this board development and i was looking for a camera module so i take a look to the one you suggested, the e-CAM50IMX6, and just happens that i´m confused about the MIPI CSI-2 interface. The e-CAM50IMX6 supposedly is configured to provide MIPI-CSI-2 interface only, it has a 24 pin FFC connector that goes to another interface card for the sabre lite board which has dual row 30 pin connector .

So like you say if it has MIPI CSI-2 interface it should fit on riots mipi cam interface. But

my confusion is that roit´s mipi csi-2 interface has single row 20 pin connector. As far as i know the CSI-2 is a protocol but the connectors just don´t match.

Do you know how can i plugged in to the riot board?

but the connectors just don´t match

The connectors are definitely a challenge.

In the meantime have a look at "DM-CAM130" and  CAM8100-UCAM8100-U , specifically CAM8100-U.

These modules will be supported on Riotboard .

Is that DM-CAM130 the same as STM32F4DIS-CAM - STMICROELECTRONICS - MODULE, STM32F4, 1.3MP CAMERA | Farnell UK

Any thoughts on higher resolution cameras?  Something comparable to the RPi camera would be nice...

Yes, the DM-CAM130  is based on "STM32F4".

The hardware has 1280*1024 resolution.

Currently only the above cams are going to be supported.

High res cam may will come down the line sometime in future.

Hello,

I have ordered the CAM8100-U module, and I can confirm that the module is automatically detected and supported by the RIoT board. However, the images/pictures from this module are having a lot of artifacts and are of bad quality (see attached).

Anyone else using that camera mdule with the RIoT board?

Erich