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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: tarushaggarwal on June 23, 2007, 12:44:32 PM

Title: Simple Robot with Camera
Post by: tarushaggarwal on June 23, 2007, 12:44:32 PM
i am pretty new to robotics...i have just made a simple line following robot using photoresistors.. Now i want to do the same thing using a camera...
i have a cheap ccd camera which just has the red output port ( normal AV wire port )... Can i use this camera??
if so how will i be able to configure it??
and will i still be able to use the ATMEGA16 that i used for the old robot??
i am totally lost as to how to connect the camera to the microcontroller!!.. Can anyone also suggest a good link where i will be able to learn the programming knowledge i will need to do the same....
Thanks,
Tarush
Title: Re: Simple Robot with Camera
Post by: Admin on June 23, 2007, 04:45:54 PM
I recommend just buying a CMUcam or AVRcam (search for both in the forum/web)
Title: Re: Simple Robot with Camera
Post by: megaman935 on June 23, 2007, 05:39:01 PM
AVR cam-
http://www.jrobot.net/
hope this helps!

Mega
Title: Re: Simple Robot with Camera
Post by: tarushaggarwal on June 24, 2007, 06:33:51 AM
i had planned to make a robot with a camera to follow a line..however i live in india and thus do not acess to the avrcam or the Cmucam...therefore i will have to make the development board myslef..
does anyone know how i will be able to this...i have a ccd camera and would prefer to use the atmega16.
i do not need any fancy image processing algo's i just want a very simple algorithm to follow a line.
please can somebody help me?
thanks in advance.
tarush
Title: Re: Simple Robot with Camera
Post by: Admin on June 24, 2007, 08:19:43 AM
Both the AVRcam and CMUcam are open source and have both schematics and code for you to copy.

Have you checked out RoboRealm (http://www.roborealm.com/) yet?
Title: Re: Simple Robot with Camera
Post by: Ro-Bot-X on June 26, 2007, 03:04:36 AM
John Orlando, the maker of AVRCam, told me that he ships worldwide and has many customers around the globe. So send him an email to get a quote on the shipment for your country. I'm sure he'll help you gladly.