Yes, but where on Earth do you get the 128x128 graphic lcds to go with it without tearing apart a pocket pikachu? : ( alice > --------------- cc:Mail Forwarded --------------- > From: Russell McMahon AT ~INTERNET > Date: 12/07/99 09:04 AM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU AT ~INTERNET > Cc: > Subject: Gameboy camera to P(i)C interface??? > > > Russell, > > Try searching the Web for Gameboy Hacking. There are several pages > dedicated to writing games for the GB and GB Colour. I have seen > information about the camera, including internal pictures. I believe > that the 'camera' chiip used is a Mitsubishi Artifical retina device > 128 x 128 pixels. The device does several forms of image processing > 'on-chip' hence the name artificial retina. Details can be found on > Mitsubishi's site. > http://www.mitsubishichips.com/products/assps/a_retina/index.htm > > Check out the Brookes Sensor page where this link came from, > > http://www.pacific.net/~brooke/Sensors.html > > Hope this gives you some pointers. > > Dave. > > > ______________________________ Forward Header _____________________________ > _____ > Subject: Gameboy camera to P(i)C interface??? > Author: Russell McMahon at ~INTERNET > Date: 07/12/1999 09:04 > > > > > The Gameboy video cameras are being specialed here for $NZ30 (about $US15) > These are a moderately low resolution CMOS b&W video unit with extra > hardware to work in the gameboy. > Details for PC interfacing these to a PC using a gameboy are available on > the net. > It should be possible to talk to these directly but I can't find technical > details from anyone who has done it. > Is anyone aware of an interface directly to these cameras - using a PIC or > otherwise. > > > > Russell McMahon > _____________________________ > From other worlds - www.easttimor.com > www.sudan.com > What can one man* do? > Help the hungry at no cost to yourself! > at http://www.thehungersite.com/ > (* - or woman, child or internet enabled intelligent entity :-))