Camera with PIC chip

[mackrackit]

I do not think you can do it with the USB on the PIC.
But this might work for you
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~cmucam/

[The Master]

That looks really interesting. It looks like exactly what i was going to make except its already made! The price is a little higher than i was hoping for but it might be worth it. The functionality to send the image back to the PC will help too. I was going to add that later on so the PC can take single frames and save them or process them in more detail.

I should probably only get 1 because of the price and even still i wont be able to afford it for a while. I was origionally thinking about 3 cameras. I can get cheap webcams for about £15. The CMUcam3 looks good though and it appears that the camera can be detached from the circuit so that will help for fitting it into a small place. Ive gotta watch the cost a bit though because i need lots of other components too.

Thanx for the link

[mackrackit]

Yep, a little high on the price, but like you say, it is already made.

Here is one that is set up for the basic stamp. The code should be about the same for PBP.

I think spark fun has a few camera modules, but I do not know how to use them.

[mackrackit]

I forgot the link

http://www.parallax.com/Store/Microc...%2cProductName

[The Master]

I think i saw that one on one of the links i got from the other site. I dont think i would need it to connect to PIC chips if it can connect to the PC serial port. Then again if im having more than 1 (eventually) with PIC chips being used to control other things then it might be best to have a main PIC chip that connects to the PC and controls the others. That could take even more strain off the PC.

As long as this camera circuit outputs to serial then i should be able to connect a PIC to that and not have to have any special camera circuit.

That one does look cheaper but it looks like CMUcam2. If im going to spend all that money i think ill get the CMUcam3 because it looks so much more advanced