The UCAM-II(microCAM-II) is a highly integrated serial camera module which can be attached to any host system that requires a video camera or a JPEG compressed still camera. The module uses a CMOS VGA colour sensor with a JPEG compression chip. It has an onboard serial interface (TTL) that is suitable for a direct connection to any host microcontroller UART or a PC system COM port. The uCAM-II module provides both RAW format and JPEG format images. User commands are sent through serial protocol that can instruct the camera to send low resolution single frame raw images of 80x60 to 160x120 pixel for viewing or high resolution of 160x128 to 640x480 pixel JPEG images for storage or viewing. The uCAM-II is compact with a built in lens and a 5 wire connector that provides easy access to both power and serial data. The uCAM-II ships with the 56 degree lens installed. There is a locking nut on the barrel thread of the lens which is used to lock the focus in place once set.
Small size, low cost and low powered camera module
5V DC supply nominal
Onboard EEPROM provides a command based interface to external host via TTL serial link
UART is up to 3.68Mbps for transferring JPEG still pictures or raw images
Onboard VGA colour sensor and RAW/JPEG CODEC for different resolutions.
Built in down sampling, clamping and windowing circuits for VGA, QVGA or 160x120 image resolutions
Built in colour conversion circuits for 16bit CrYCbY, 8bit gray, 16bit RGB or standard JPEG images
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