Thanks to a friend of mine, I've came into possession of an Arduino Uno and a radio shack camera shield. The hardware all works on the Arduino and I have to assume also on the camera. However the code from Radio Shack is riddled with errors for the Arduino. I need help fixing this!!!! Most of my issues come from the mentioning of SD (sd card) I also have that shield as well but I'm just trying to get my camera working first before saving. Perhaps this could be the cause of my issues. Can someone PLEASE HELP me out! it is frustrating and making me want to throw my dear Arduino against the wall (and set fire to the camera) just kidding.
This is part of a Computer Science project for my college class and I'm wanting first to make an auto-feed camera (like a webcam??? if that makes any sense) and then add the memory to save pictures and what not. I have read several feeds from multiple websites and they depict the camera as a rip off and just incompatible, I really hope this is not the case.
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Links? Code?
^radio shack product page (zip file download is under 'product summary')
The code is too long to post directly but i'll try to attach it.
Please notify me if you need more information
2760248.zip (3.03 MB)
Having read the product reviews it doesn't look good I'm afraid to say.
The basic Arduino doesn't have the processing power to do much, if anything, with images. The cameras usually have the capability to write to SD card directly, and the Arduino does peripheral things, such as deciding when to take a picture, pointing the camera in the right direction, etc.