I am using the LinkSprite camera with an Uno. I have used the 'sample code' that they posted on their website (Tutorial of Using LinkSprite 2MP UART JPEG Camera with Arduino | LinkSprite Learning Center ) .
I adapted it to the pins that I need and everything seems to work OK until I go and try to open the picture on the computer. Then it says that the Jpeg is not formatted correctly (or something to that extent). I have seen this problem on previous threads (seems to be a fairly common issue), but the solutions either seem to be way over my head or simply non-existent. I have tried to use the "Solution Code" from other threads and that usually just creates a long list of errors. I am afraid I simply do not understand the code well enough to troubleshoot what is going on.
Can anyone help?
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <SD.h>
SoftwareSerial mySerial(5,6); // Set Arduino pin 5 and 6 as softserial
byte ZERO = 0x00;
byte incomingbyte;
long int j=0,k=0,count=0,i=0x0000;
uint8_t MH,ML;
boolean EndFlag=0;
File myFile;
void SendResetCmd()
{
mySerial.write(0x56);
mySerial.write(ZERO);
mySerial.write(0x26);
mySerial.write(ZERO);
}
/*************************************/
/* Set ImageSize :
/* <1> 0x22 : 160*120
/* <2> 0x11 : 320*240
/* <3> 0x00 : 640*480
/* <4> 0x1D : 800*600
/* <5> 0x1C : 1024*768
/* <6> 0x1B : 1280*960
/* <7> 0x21 : 1600*1200
/************************************/
void SetImageSizeCmd(byte Size)
{
mySerial.write(0x56);
mySerial.write(ZERO);
mySerial.write(0x54);
mySerial.write(0x01);
mySerial.write(Size);
}
/*************************************/
/* Set BaudRate :
/* <1>¡¡0xAE : 9600
/* <2>¡¡0x2A : 38400
/* <3>¡¡0x1C : 57600
/* <4>¡¡0x0D : 115200
/* <5>¡¡0xAE : 128000
/* <6>¡¡0x56 : 256000
/*************************************/
void SetBaudRateCmd(byte baudrate)
{
mySerial.write(0x56);
mySerial.write(ZERO);
mySerial.write(0x24);
mySerial.write(0x03);
mySerial.write(0x01);
mySerial.write(baudrate);
}
void SendTakePhotoCmd()
{
mySerial.write(0x56);
mySerial.write(ZERO);
mySerial.write(0x36);
mySerial.write(0x01);
mySerial.write(ZERO);
}
void SendReadDataCmd()
{
MH=i/0x100;
ML=i%0x100;
mySerial.write(0x56);
mySerial.write(ZERO);
mySerial.write(0x32);
mySerial.write(0x0c);
mySerial.write(ZERO);
mySerial.write(0x0a);
mySerial.write(ZERO);
mySerial.write(ZERO);
mySerial.write(MH);
mySerial.write(ML);
mySerial.write(ZERO);
mySerial.write(ZERO);
mySerial.write(ZERO);
mySerial.write(0x20);
mySerial.write(ZERO);
mySerial.write(0x0a);
i+=0x20;
}
void StopTakePhotoCmd()
{
mySerial.write(0x56);
mySerial.write(ZERO);
mySerial.write(0x36);
mySerial.write(0x01);
mySerial.write(0x03);
}
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(38400);
while (!Serial)
{
; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
}
Serial.print("Initializing SD card...");
// On the Ethernet Shield, CS is pin 4. It's set as an output by default.
// Note that even if it's not used as the CS pin, the hardware SS pin
// (10 on most Arduino boards, 53 on the Mega) must be left as an output
// or the SD library functions will not work.
pinMode(8, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(8,1);
if (!SD.begin(10))
{
Serial.println("initialization failed!");
return;
}
Serial.println("initialization done.");
Serial.println("please waiting ....");
mySerial.begin(115200);
delay(100);
SendResetCmd();
delay(2000);
SetBaudRateCmd(0x2A);
delay(500);
mySerial.begin(38400);
delay(100);
}
void loop()
{
byte a[32];
int ii;
SendResetCmd();
delay(2000); //Wait 2-3 second to send take picture command
SendTakePhotoCmd();
delay(1000);
while(mySerial.available()>0)
{
incomingbyte=mySerial.read();
}
myFile = SD.open("pic.jpg", FILE_WRITE); //The file name should not be too long
while(!EndFlag)
{
j=0;
k=0;
count=0;
//mySerial.flush();
SendReadDataCmd();
delay(20);
while(mySerial.available()>0)
{
incomingbyte=mySerial.read();
k++;
delay(1); //250 for regular
if((k>5)&&(j<32)&&(!EndFlag))
{
a[j]=incomingbyte;
if((a[j-1]==0xFF)&&(a[j]==0xD9)) //tell if the picture is finished
{
EndFlag=1;
}
j++;
count++;
}
}
for(j=0;j<count;j++)
{
if(a[j]<0x10) Serial.print("0");
Serial.print(a[j],HEX); // observe the image through serial port
Serial.print(" ");
}
for(ii=0; ii<count; ii++)
myFile.write(a[ii]);
Serial.println();
}
myFile.close();
Serial.print("Finished writing data to file");
while(1);
}