![]() It should work at lower resolutions, but is untested. There are some assumptions made in the code, first, that your camera is already configured correctly Image size has been set persistently to the maximum 640×480. ![]() Note this this circuit can be built with pretty much any Arduino board, but bear in mind that the code and its timings rely on a 16MHz processor, I have no idea what the results will be at different speeds, but at worst, it won’t work as expected. The red (5V) wire is connected to RAW on the Arduino, and NOT VCC, this is because power to the raw pin will be regulated to the correct voltage (3.3V in this case), putting higher voltages straight on the VCC rail will likely damage your board. The circuit is extremely simple as you can see, but there is a very important point to pay attention to. Fortunately, the Arduino is capable of regulating the voltage to it’s required level if it’s connected up right! Circuit The voltage is critical, because the camera will need to run at 5V to be reliable. In this case I’m using a 3.3V Arduino Pro Mini. The reason I went for software serial is that this particular Arduino is to be used as a single node in a larger “internet-of-things” and the hardware serial port is required for communication over the XBee module that will be attached, to other nodes in the network.įirstly, I’ll start with a diagram of the hardware. Here is a small piece of code I threw together with help from the original source from Linksprite allowing me to interface with the Colour UART Camera from an Arduino board, over SoftwareSerial. Unfortunately, due to the price, and relativeĬapability compared to more modern options (a la Raspberry Pi Camera) I do not intend to replace the camera.Īlthough it was educational while it lasted, it will never be anything more than just that, educational. Sadly this camera died shortly after this first post, so further development was not carried out.
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