Interfacing a DM365 with a CMOS Camera

Steven Gutierrez

Hello, everyone. I'm trying to hook up a DM365 with a TCM8230MD (Sparkfun sells them). I'm new to video formats and was wondering if it'd be possible to get video off of a CMOS sensor (such as this one) using only VD and HD sync signals. That is, Table 2-4 of http://focus.ti.com/lit/ug/sprufg8c/sprufg8c.pdf makes reference to a C_FIELD signal which is multiplexed with some other stuff. Is this absolutely necessary? Also, this particular sensor requires an external clock. Can I just use any old programmable clock for this? Thanks in advance.

over 14 years ago

0 Anshuman Saxena over 14 years ago

TI__Mastermind 19985 points

Hi Steven, Yes, you should be able to connect your CMOS sensor with DM365 with HD, VD, PCLK and data lines. I assume it would be giving out progressive content, so C_FIELD might not be needed. For clocking, you can generate some base clock for the sensor from DM365 using the CLKOUT pins. Is that what you were looking for? Regards, Anshuman PS: Please mark this post as verified, if you think it has answered your question. Thanks.

0 Steven Gutierrez over 14 years ago in reply to Anshuman Saxena

Prodigy 190 points

Awesome. Thanks.

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