Hi Gerald, thanks for taking the time. Unfortunately, it appears that both of these capes rely on an ASIC to perform the glue logic between the CMOS imager and the TI CPU, which greatly increases BOM costs.
I'm currently trying to find a chip that can beat a $7 Freescale i.MX25 connected directly to a sub-$3 CMOS imager for a cost-sensitive application. Is there anyway to connect a CMOS imager directly to the TI Cortex A8? Thanks! On Monday, June 30, 2014 8:58:19 AM UTC-4, Gerald wrote: > > Have you looked at a cape? http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBone_Capes > > I counted two listed at the cape website. > > Gerald > > > On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 4:05 PM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am looking for a low-cost solution to connect a sub $3 CMOS imager to a >> sub $6 application processor. This is for a cost-sensitive video >> application. >> >> Unfortunately, it looks like the TI processor at the heart of the BBB >> cannot directly decode CMOS imagers. All camera capes I have seen appear >> to require an ASIC between the imager & CPU to act as 'glue logic', which >> significantly raises costs. >> >> Has anyone been able to connect a low-cost CMOS imager to the CPU without >> glue logic? (Like it can be done with the RaspberryPi or the i.MX25) >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > > -- 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.
