I'm looking for a certain camera module

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Hi guys!

Yesterday I read somewhere about a camera module that captured a jpeg picture, compressed it, stored it on the module AND THEN you could have it sent to your arduino/avr. Anyone know something about this? I thought I read it on Sparkfun but I can't seem to find anything like that so it must have been on some other site...

The reason why I am asking is because I will try to build a small camera (arduino + cam module). If it works out I will then move the code to a another chip and build my self a stand alone camera (cam, chip, battery and the photo will be stored on a microSD).

Tldr; Anyone know a module that matches my description or do you want to recommend a module/breakout board that you have had good experience with? :slight_smile:

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How about this one

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/UART-RS232-JPEG-serial-port-camera-module-OV528-communication-protocol-SPI-camera/1716307824.html

Note. There are also camera based on the ov7670 chip, but they are very hard to use and need loads of connections.

But I guess it depends on your application, I.e if you are happy with slow access to Jpeg via rs232 the camera on aliexpress is probably the best option.
If you want to do some sort of real time motion detection, then the ov7670 fido version may be better