JPEG usually means still frames. What about something like one of these? They have the ADC on-chip already http://www.arducam.com/camera-modules/2mp-mt9d111/ Ryan On 8 March 2018 at 17:31, Neil wrote: > I discovered that too. Seems that the TTL NTSC means NTSC analog output > with TTL serial control. > I'll need to figure out how fast that ADC would need to be. > > I now see JPEG camera modules... I need to figure out the protocol for > that. > > Cheers, > -Neil. > > > > On 3/7/2018 11:00 PM, Jean-Paul Louis wrote: > > Neil, > > That camera has only analog output, so you will need a fast ADC to > record it. > > > > > > > >> On Mar 7, 2018, at 9:22 PM, Neil wrote: > >> > >> I want to record video of at least 1.0MP to SSD (or other memory) for > >> about 3-5 minutes. 15FPS is fine. But I really want to avoid SBCs > >> because of the OS (and more specifically the boot time), so wondering > >> what it would take to do this with a microcontroller. > >> I'm looking at camera modules similar to this... > >> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/600TVL-1-4-1-8mm-CMOS- > FPV-170-Degree-Wide-Angle-Lens-Camera-PAL-NTSC-image/32570417705.html > >> > >> I believe (haven't yet found a clear answer) that these cameras do 24 > >> bpp (Is this correct?), and if so I'd need 1 MP x 3 bytes x 60 secs x = 5 > >> mins =3D 900 MB to store raw data. > >> That's no prob with an SD card, but I expect bandwidth will be an issu= e, > >> so I'd need to compress it. This is where I draw a blank... what does > >> it take to compress video? > >> > >> I'm clueless on video, so wondering if a microcontroller (say PIC32 or > >> ARM) would be able to accept TTL NTSC video at this rate and compress > >> it, and then store it. Or is there a specialized processor I can use = to > >> accept the NTSC video stream and store it to SD? > >> Should I use some other protocol other than NTSC for this perhaps? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> -Neil. > >> > >> -- > >> http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > >> View/change your membership options at > >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > Just my $0.02, > > > > Jean-Paul > > N1JPL > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .