Check out the Analog Devices BlackFin.  There are several commercial compan=
ies (Logitech is one) that uses this for the camera interface, and if I rec=
all, ADI might even have a dev kit for this.

--- On Fri, 10/23/09, M. Adam Davis <stienman@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: M. Adam Davis <stienman@gmail.com>
> Subject: [EE]: Microcontrollers with Image Sensor interfaces
> To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
> Date: Friday, October 23, 2009, 5:33 AM
> Microchip doesn't yet have an image
> sensor interface.=A0 Atmel has a few
> parts, but they all require external memory, and are in the
> $10-$25
> range, rather than $5 - $10.
> =

> What other chips have image sensor interfaces?=A0 (YUV
> 8, RGB 8/10,
> parallel cmos image sensor)
> =

> Is there a chip with onboard flash and ram (32k or more of
> each,
> ideally, but I can deal with lower ram and flash as long as
> I don't
> have to buy external memory)?
> =

> Should I look at FPGA/CPLD (ie, is the cost of a small FPGA
> + pic32
> going to be lower than an atmel + memory, for example)?
> =

> What other options should I look at?
> =

> I'm essentially trying to take pictures as cheaply as
> possible.=A0 Right
> now I'm using this:
> http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=3D9334
> for $50 each
> =

> But would like to interface to this:
> http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=3D8668
> for $10 + microcontroller + support circuitry
> =

> -Adam
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