Hi, Does anyone have good advice on what hardware to use for a little hobby project where i will try to capture video from an anologue cam and transmit it via a digital radio transmitter (fixed 10 $ part). Specifically i am thinking about which video digitizer IC to use. Does anyone know of a good one? I am a novice, so i'd prefer a simply chip and there is no need for fast capture. I was planning to control it using i PIC MCU. Does it sound feasible? Best regards Soren
project advice - video -> ADC -> radio -> PC
Jan 17, 2006
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I'm not aware of any single chips, and if there were, they are going to be BGA, or similar, meaning you'd need to get a PCB made. Why do you want to do this? There may be easier ways. And is buying an off-the-shelf solution not something you'd want to do?
Thanks, It was just for something to do with my PIC, thinking of a cheap alarm/surveillance system - but i think you are right that there is not a chip for it.
Thanks Soren
One interesting app might be an IR 'camera'.
Take several IR detectors, a lens, and a R/C model servo or two to scan them. This would give you a (slow) thermal image.
I do not know of any one chip solutions. Though TDA7134 does much of what you want. you would still have to add a radio chip(set). You could use the PIC to initialize them and receive remote control.
JosephKK
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