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http://www.electronics123.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2723/.f?sc=8&category=241EVU20 USB2.0 EV Board For Digital Camera Module (за 96$).
EVU20 is the USB 2.0 evaluation board for digital camera module. It provides a high speed USB interface to upload video data from camera module to PC. The EV board is specially designed for evaluating the digital camera module using OmniVision image sensor.
Features:
USB2.0 standard compliance
Transfer speed up to 480Mbps
support Win2K / XP SP2
Support different sensor module
Still picture capture by hardware snap shot
Camera Modules supported:
Model Sensor Resolution
AA5620 OV5620 2592x1944
AA2640 OV2640 1600x1200
AA9653 OV9653 1280x1024
AA10620 OV10620 768x506
Цена 5Мп модуля - 64$
За те же деньги модуль - High Dynamic Range CMOS image sensor OV10620
sensor array 768x506 pixels, dynamic range: 100dB, 1/4”, 30fps.
А за 48$ модуль 1.3Мп, 1/4" с full-frame, sub-sampled or windowed 8/10bit images.
Эх, были бы матрицы покрупнее....