So I came today with an idea but till posting here i read few more topics and google on internet
couldn't find info, the basic idea is to take a old webcam (or new, doesn't mater) and open it using the
pins to receive at least few frames to store them as photo on a sdcard.
I took a look on forum and read that arduino is not possible to capture and make video because of the
speed ""mcu"?" but people said that they have done something just to store image in *.jpg format.
Is that possible? and If yes, what exactly do I need?
I'll keep searching because I find that a cool project to work.
the fastest electrically powered bar stool was clocked at 51 MPH !
just proves you can take a thing that is not meant for one purpose, add a ton of money, a bunch of hardware, spend a lot of time, and get a thing to do something it is not meant to do.
If I wanted to go 51 mph, I would just use something designed for it.
my question to you is if you just want to impose your will and force the Arduino to do something it is not designed to do, and ignore other devices are are actually designed to do what you ask.
or, if you are looking for a device or microcontroller that is designed to work with video and take the easy way ?
or just buy a trail camera ?
there are other microcontrollers that are much more capable when it comes to video and photos.
dave-in-nj:
arduino, motion sensor, solenoid, off-the-shelf digital camera.
sense motion, solenoid presses the button, camera takes picture ans stores on SD card.
I have right now arduino uno and just made the question if it's possible to do that just taking a picture:D I
need a portable device that will take few pictures and at this point i was thinking about a old webcam that i
got and use it with arduino to take pictures without any Computer software but directly with atmega and
webcam.
For it to work with a Uno you would need a specific jpeg serial camera and an SD card. Even then it would take about 10 to 15 seconds for one picture. See:- http://www.ladyada.net/make/IoTcamera/
So I need a specially designed device for this purpose, no point even trying...
well I'll go then with a 20~40$ HD mobias camera tried to find a project for the weekend but looks like
people crash my dreams.
Let me recap. I need a portable homemade arduino webcam device that will take constant picture every few seconds.
There is apparently a serial cam that captures a .jpg image and can can send it via a serial connection arduino (like other forms of serial data). I don't think you will be capable of hacking an analog or digital cam to connect to an arduino.
