So i want to use the high resolution camera from a phone (probably a samsung galaxy s3/s4) and have it be battery powered, and write all data to a SD card or microSD card. But i dont have ANY clue on where to start.
I basically want to make a micro camera that will fit into a small housing unit, with the camera being from a smartphone, and dont know if i will need a motherboard or what. I want to make this as small as possible.
So requirements are:
It writes to SD/microSD, uses a small camera (like those found in smartphones) motherboard has to be as small as possible,
and must be battery powered (lithion ion is best) for a minimum for 5 hours.
If anyone can tell me what i need to do to accomplish this i will be very happy. Money isnt an option for me so if anyone can help me i'd appreciate it and am willing to pay.
I don't quite understand your motivation for this question. If you don't have the smartphone camera yet (based on how you've not selected one) and all you want to do is run a battery powered camera for 5 hours - if money's no barrier to paying someone to build one for you (so it's not about learning, or the experience, or the fun, and the proud afterglow of making it yourself) why not just skip that step and buy a commercially available product?
An Arduino does not not have enough computing power to do anything useful with photographs.
You could, perhaps, use the Arduino to control the phone with blutetooth and save the picture on the phone's SD card. You would have to write a suitable program on the phone as well as on the Arduino.
If it is an Android phone you may get some ideas for simple programming here.
Why not to use a smartphone? It has the camera, the microSD and the battery and, I believe, you will easy find the right app. You can use an external battery, like the ones that are used to recharge smartphones.
Another solution is to use a Canon small camera and CHDK firmware.
The last one is a RaspberryPi and the Raspberry camera but you have to add the battery.
Money isnt an option for me. My reasons for this build are because i am curious in learning how to build this.
Reasons for me not just going out there and purchasing a commercial product are that i want it to be much smaller than a smartphone. For example, the ipod nano has a good camera on it, but i want to just simplify it so that it records to a microSD and not much else. The whole point of this is to be able to make a "hidden camera" which is much smaller than a smart phone. The reason i want to learn to build it myself rather than buy is because i cant find a good commercial product for this. I need it to be in a small housing.
I've done work with arduinos and im not looking for anything wifi compatible. I just dont know where to start so thats why i asked on this forum.
igotgamble:
The whole point of this is to be able to make a "hidden camera" which is much smaller than a smart phone. The reason I want to learn to build it myself rather than buy is because I cant find a good commercial product for this. I need it to be in a small housing.
There's a hint there, but you haven't picked it up yet.
No matter how (may times and many ways) you ask it, the answer is going to be the same. You have come to the wrong place, this endeavour has nothing whatsoever to do with Arduinox.
For starters, but it is not by any means the principal reason, you are not going to find an Arduino solution that is more compact than a smartphone in any case. The most compact solution you are going to find will either be the smallest smartphone you can locate, or (perhaps) something marketed as a "spy camera".
so what are you thinking of as in size? I have the same exact problem, just that money is a problem, just not size. maybe i could help you though...Ive just may have enough coding experience though too to try it out. what board are you planing on useing, and are there any other things you want it to do other than write video? you could use a PIR sensor to signal it to start recording to save disk space. just a few thoughts...
