Thanks for the info Walter, I was worried
there would be some issue like that. But if
this only applies to CCD cameras maybe I could
just use a CMOS one?
-Roman


Walter Banks wrote:
>
> There are some other issues when you slow down the clock. In CCD
> camera's
> there is a limit to how long you can image before the CCD will saturate.
> Just
> slowing down the clock will extend the imaging time. The new CMOS
> camera's
> are relatively easy to interface to, in some cases the video is
> digitized within the
> camera sensor.

> Roman Black wrote:
>
> > Has anyone tried this camera trick??
> >
> > I want to connect one of those cheap "camera
> > on a PCB" things, (you know the monochrome
> > ones with standard composite video output
> > that you can buy almost anywhere) to a PIC and
> > use the PIC for image recognition, to detect
> > the position etc of SMD chips on a white
> > surface.
> >
> > My (late night) idea is to get a cheapy
> > camera and change it's one obvious crystal
> > to a slower speed one,

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