Is there a way to get parallel video from the picamera, though? Parallel video data pins d4 through d9 are muxed with the CSI-2 ones. I don't know where to find d0-d3.
On Saturday, July 20, 2013 4:18:25 AM UTC+2, Teknoman117 wrote: > > The GPIO subsystem of the AM33xx CPUs does not run fast enough to do what > you want here, I honestly think the best route for this would to design a > board that converted a CSI device into a USB device. Problem is that the > CSI (and DSI) standards are proprietary, and one must be a member of > MIPI.org to access those standards. And one who is a member is not > allowed to discuss those documents, because they have all signed NDAs. Its > a bummer really. > > Nathaniel Lewis > CTO at E1FTW Games > 3rd year Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering > Project Manager for the Robotics Society at UC Merced > Undergraduate Lab Technician Intern at MESA Labs > (925) 961 7578 > [email protected] <javascript:> > > On Jul 19, 2013, at 6:55 PM, AGSCalabrese <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > I am interested in installing the picamera on the BBB. > Would you be interested in working with me on this ? > The Raspberry Pi Camera Module is a custom designed add-on for Raspberry > Pi. It attaches to Raspberry Pi by way of one of the two small sockets on > the board upper surface. This interface uses the dedicated CSI interface, > which was designed especially for interfacing to cameras. The CSI bus is > capable of extremely high data rates, and it exclusively carries pixel > data. see http://www.mipi.org/specifications/camera-interface > Apparently the RBPi uses the CSI-2 bus standard. Quote: On the production > board[23] <http://elinux.org/RPi_Low-level_peripherals#cite_note-23>, the > Raspberry Pi Foundation design brings out the MIPI CSI-2 (Camera Serial > Interface[24] <http://elinux.org/RPi_Low-level_peripherals#cite_note-24>) > to a 15-way flat flex connector S5, between the Ethernet and HDMI > connectors. A compatible camera[25] > <http://elinux.org/RPi_Low-level_peripherals#cite_note-25> with 5 > Megapixels and 1080p video resolution was released in May 2013. The > connector implements the control link ( 2 pins ) , the differential clock ( > 2 pins ) , ground ( 4 pins ) , 3.3V power ( 1 pin ) , 2 channels of > differential pixel data ( 4 pins ) , CAMCLK ( 1 pin ) and CAMGPIO ( 1 pin ) > . Schematics can be found here ==> > http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Raspberry-Pi-R2.0-Schematics-Issue2.2_027.pdf > > The BBB does not appear to have any *obvious* high speed I/O for > supporting the CSI-2 data channels , so some research will have to be done. > > Best Gus in Denver @99guspuppet > > On Jul 17, 2013, at 10:01 AM, [email protected] <javascript:> > wrote: > > Thanks. > On Sunday, July 14, 2013 8:06:05 PM UTC+1, Gerald wrote: >> >> I don't know of any. It might be possible, but it would require some real >> documentation to make that determination. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 6:08 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is it possible for there to be an interface board for the picamera. It >>> is significantly cheaper than the current camera cape and has a higher >>> megapixel resolution. >>> >>> I don't know what kind of speeds you get compared to a USB camera. >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> >> >>> > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > 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 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/d/optout.
