What kind of frame rates and resolutions do you need? Also, do you need full color or shades of grey will do?
The NTSC signal isn't that hard to decode depending on your specific requirements. Depending on where you are on things, the PRU or other things might be able to do it. On Fri October 18 2013 15:57:08 Brent C. Sink wrote: > There are very few industrial rated USB cameras that work on > the BBB. iDS is the only one that I have found to do so, but > they are expensive. All of the webcams work, but are > consumer grade. > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Gerald Coley <[email protected]>wrote: > > In that case. why not look at using a USB camera? > > > > Gerald > > > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Brent C. Sink <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Ok, thanks. I was afraid of that. If I go the route of > >> the camera cape, and use the Aptina or OmniVision camera > >> instead of composite video, I'll need about 15ft of cable > >> in between the beaglebone and camera. This will be mounted > >> on a noisy machine... will a shielded cable be enough > >> protection for that kind of length? I'm sure it's hard to > >> guess without knowing the application, but it's a concern > >> that I have, which is why I thought just accepting > >> composite video would be the easiest. > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Gerald Coley <[email protected]>wrote: > >>> It has no camera port. You would need an FPGA that would > >>> allow the signals to be captured and read via the GPMC > >>> would be the best bet. You could look at the camera cape. > >>> It might be able to be adapted for use with the TVP5150, > >>> the camera is on an adapter card, or at least give you an > >>> idea on how it may be done using an FPGA. > >>> > >>> Gerald > >>> > >>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Brent <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> By the way, I think I may have settled on the TVP5150 > >>>> decoder chip from TI. Using the reference schematic from > >>>> here<http://www.sleepyrobot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/0 > >>>>1/tvp5151_sch.pdf>I think I may have a chance. However, > >>>> does anyone have any pointers on which signals I need to > >>>> connect to the BeagleBone? > >>>> > >>>> http://www.sleepyrobot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/tvp > >>>>5151_sch.pdf > >>>> > >>>> On Monday, October 14, 2013 10:27:35 PM UTC-4, chrisw wrote: > >>>>> On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Brent <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> I'm looking for a reference design for a NTSC/PAL video > >>>>>> input on the BeagleBone Black. The only thing I found > >>>>>> so far is from e-consystems.com, but there is no > >>>>>> schematic available. I have an analog camera where I > >>>>>> need to capture the input and display it on an LCD, but > >>>>>> so far I haven't been able to find any good decoder > >>>>>> schematics. Does anyone know of any that may exist? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> http://www.e-consystems.com/**NTSC-PAL-Video-Decoder-Bo > >>>>>>ard-** > >>>>>> Gumstix.asp<http://www.e-consystems.com/NTSC-PAL-Video- > >>>>>>Decoder-Board-Gumstix.asp> > >>>>> > >>>>> That board is for the Gumstix Overo, which is an > >>>>> OMAP3730, and more like the Beagleboard XM. It would > >>>>> work for the Beaglebone Black, which doesn't have the > >>>>> same sort of camera interface. You would have to do > >>>>> something more like the Beaglebone Camera Cape, which > >>>>> uses a special purpose chip to interface the "camera" to > >>>>> the GPMC port of the bone. It would be quite a bit of > >>>>> work. > >>>>> > >>>>> I would suggest some sort of cheap USB based NTSC > >>>>> capture dongle that already has linux support. > >>>>> > >>>>> -chris > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>> > >>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > >>>> --- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to > >>>> the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails > >>>> from it, send an email to > >>>> [email protected]. > >>>> > >>>> For more options, visit > >>>> https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > >>> --- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a > >>> topic in the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/iMs8S90aXzk/ > >>>unsubscribe. 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