I have a little camera ( made by vivitar, not the
OV7670 camera) that is connected to a cable and I've stripped it so that I have the power, ground, input and output wires easily accessible I was wondering if there was a general camera library or anything out there for hooking up a camera to Arduino.
Do you have any details of what the various signals are?
not too sure what would be the best way to find out?
Consult the manufacturer's datasheet.
There is no "general" camera library for Arduino. To use your camera for anything other than its intended purpose, you first have to determine exactly what signals are on all the wires.
the cable that plugs in to the camera i know all those wires which are (+5,GND,data- and data+) but inside the camera in not certain about the signals and things.
OK, how is the camera controlled?
How do you set shutter speed, resolution etc?
(+5,GND,data- and data+)
Those are USB cable signals, intended for using the camera with a PC.
Some Arduinos can act as a USB host, and may be able to access the camera as a USB disk drive (e.g. to retrieve image files).
A much better place to start would be with the ESP32-CAM. It is a great learning tool, very cheap, and there are lots of tutorials on how to use it at randomnerdtutorials.com
you are unable to adjust the shutter speed it is also a fixed lens. there is not much settings you can play with i bought for like 50$ years ago the camera is called DVR 786HD not sure if that will help.
Do some searching on line. Perhaps someone has hacked the camera.
You may find someone has hacked one, but I don't think it is Arduino territory
ok sounds good ill look in to it
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