The AM37xx supports a camera interface. It is used in the BeagleBoard-xM. Gerald
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 11:47 AM, <dvoc...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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, <dvo...@gmail.com> 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 beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
