Hi,
Has anyone used this camera?
I have a project in mind for this, but it would require the camera module (the black plastic bit with the lens on it) to be removed and re-positioned.
The question boils down to how many electrical connectors their are between the lens and the circuit board, and how fiddly are they.
Is there anyone out there who's got one in front of them and could offer guidance on whether this is feasible? I emailed sparkfun and got a non-answer from them!
Thanks
Seems an expensive way to hack something, i.e if you are going to take it apart
There are plenty of cheap $50 GoPro clone cameras that do what that $150 module does.
So if you are going to tear it apart, I'd be more inclined to tear a $50 camera apart than a $150 one 
plenty of cheap $50 GoPro clone cameras
I'm looking for a good quality image, my understanding was that the HackHD camera is a GoPro but without the box! The sample videos provided seem to be as good as a GoPro.
Can you point me in the direction of a $50 go-pro clone with very high image quality?
Thanks
The question boils down to how many electrical connectors their are between the lens and the circuit board, and how fiddly are they
If it is anything like a mobile phone's camera, there'll probably be at least 16 very fiddly lines, with at least two lanes of MIPI differential lines plus clocks, reset and a couple of supply lines and grounds.
Personally, I wouldn't.
The question boils down to how many electrical connectors their are between the lens and the circuit board, and how fiddly are they.
In the photo of the bottomside of PCB I only see 4 pins from the camera module itself. You would have to remove the screws and desolder those 4 pins. I don't see any other connections coming from the camera module)
I only see 4 pins from the camera module itself
Are you looking at a photo, or do you have the camera in front of you?
I've also looked at the photo, and there are clearly 4 connections right next to the lens, but it's hard to tell if they're actually connected to the lens or not!
As AWOL says, there may be many very fiddly wires underneath the black plastic shrouding.
raschemmel:
The question boils down to how many electrical connectors their are between the lens and the circuit board, and how fiddly are they.
In the photo of the bottomside of PCB I only see 4 pins from the camera module itself. You would have to remove the screws and desolder those 4 pins. I don't see any other connections coming from the camera module)
It looks to me like there's a black plate under the camera module - how can you see anything on the PCB?
The sensor in the HackHD is a CSP-device, which is soldered onto the board:
If you want GoPro-like video with a removable sensor (on a Flex PCB) look at the Mobius Camera or the SJ4000, whick both uses a sensor on a flex, which can be detached.
In the case of the Mobius, you can purchase a ready-made extension cable for the sensor, i don't know about the Sj4000.
// Per.
I was looking at the photos on the Sparkfun site.
As AWOL says, there may be many very fiddly wires underneath the black plastic shrouding.
If you remove the screws and look under the plastic cover you can confirm that the camera module only has 4 pins connecting it to the
pcb. If you desolder those, you can relocate the camera.
Save yourself a ton of money and use this:-
http://www.raspberrypi.org/product/camera-module/
Along with a Raspberry Pi.
raschemmel:
I was looking at the photos on the Sparkfun site.As AWOL says, there may be many very fiddly wires underneath the black plastic shrouding.
If you remove the screws and look under the plastic cover you can confirm that the camera module only has 4 pins connecting it to the
pcb. If you desolder those, you can relocate the camera.
Why are people like you so ignorant? The 4-pin-connector is not related to the image sensor.
http://hackhd.tumblr.com/image/29469236586
A 4-pin camera would be a composite CCIR-module or USB-based. I have never seen any CSP-devices with Xtal oscillator and PHY built-in, so a 4-pin device is pretty much out of the question. Also, the data-rate for a HD-camera is quite high.
// Per.
Thanks Zapro
I think the picture makes it clear, the image sensor is an integral part of the PCB and can't be removed/remounted.
Perhaps I should have added more detail in the original post. What I want to do is to mount a quality camera inside the leading edge of an aircraft wing, pointing forwards. The wing is about 20mm thick, so there's only space for the camera to point forwards, everything else must lie flat. (so the raspberry Pi camera would have a similar problem.)
I think you need a prism then.