A tiny parts for my AR project

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Hi. I am wondering if there is any really small cameras for arduino. I am thinking as small as a font-facing camera on a smartphone. And I also wonder if there is some good IMU out there, and finally I need a really small IR to detect blinking of an eye. So the listing of tiny parts are:

  • Small Camera
  • IMU of some sort
  • IR (Maybe someone have a better idea)
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Cameras generally require a lot of RAM and other scarce resources on an Arduino.

This thread should be able to give you a good idea about using a camera with an Arduino.

mogren3000:
And I also wonder if there is some good IMU out there,

Yes there are.

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Thanks. I have the ov7670, 4 of them actually.
I need a smaller one. Is there possible to buy a tiny DVR and take it apart and solder it with a arduino?

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mogren3000:
Thanks. I have the ov7670, 4 of them actually.

And have you used them with an Arduino?

mogren3000:
I need a smaller one. Is there possible to buy a tiny DVR and take it apart and solder it with a arduino?

I'm sure the answer is yes. You could also hot glue them to an Arduino.

I'm guessing you want the Arduino to interact with the DVR in some meaningful way? In this case the answer depends a lot on what you want the Arduino to be doing with these cameras?

Here's a small camera.

I know it's possible to use the above camera with a microcontroller but doing so presents the same sort of challenges presented by other cameras.

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I want the camera to record short sequences and save it to a SD-card or something. Maybe send it through Bluetooth.

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google endoscopic cameras. you can get a lot of them on e-bay for low cost. the are used for looking insides of pipes, walls, ducts, and such, all through a small opening.

The lower the cost, the more junk you get.

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dave-in-nj:
google endoscopic cameras. you can get a lot of them on e-bay for low cost. the are used for looking insides of pipes, walls, ducts, and such, all through a small opening.

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The lower the cost, the more junk you get.

Will totally check it out. All these endoscope cameras connect to USB, how do this connect to Arduino. Soldering I guess :slight_smile:

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DuaneDegn:

mogren3000:
Thanks. I have the ov7670, 4 of them actually.

And have you used them with an Arduino?

mogren3000:
I want the camera to record short sequences and save it to a SD-card or something. Maybe send it through Bluetooth.

A camera certainly doesn't need to be tiny in order to learn to record images to a SD card or to send images over Bluetooth.

You might want to explore what is possible with the cameras you already have.