On 06/27/2012 04:39 AM, alan.b.pearce@stfc.ac.uk wrote:
>> I just was given a broken flat cable from Nokia N95 - 8Gb, which has a f=
ront camera
>> on it. Looks like it has very little number of pins, so probably it is i=
2c, but how
>> to find out what type exactly it is?
>> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/45620469/IMAG0100.jpg
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> I have a camera out of a cell phone as well, and while I couldn't find a =
data sheet on it, I found one that is close, and it has an I2C interface fo=
e camera control, and an 8 bit bus to transfer the video information so tha=
t frame rate video can be seen on the phone LCD to use as a view finder. I =
suspect this one will have a similar arrangement, as the I2C is just too sl=
ow to transfer the video at frame rtes.

Most of the Linux based cameras use USB. I'd suspect that it's using
something similar.

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