The easiest, (and cheapest) option would be to buy a basic car dash cam which appears to be a complete solution for your requirements, and also includes a li-ion battery and charging circuit and USB connectivity to both charge/power the camera and transfer video files, which will be in a standard compressed format. You can get a basic 720p dash cam for little more than the camera module you listed if you buy online. Mike On Thu, 8 Mar 2018, 02:24 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 > > --=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 .