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How can I make this camera usable?
I have this tiny camera that I got off of my Blackberry (phone) when I took it apart. It would be so cool to see it work. Oh, it has 22 pins total. I think it might be too small to solder so I'm up for any ideas. Does anyone know how I can make this the camera usable?
DP
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8 years ago
What kind of blackberry?
Answer 8 years ago
Flip.
Answer 8 years ago
Ahh, ok
Answer 8 years ago
Why?
Answer 8 years ago
Just wondering
Anyways, why dont you connect it back to the phone and use it as it was supposed to? Also, do you know how big in megapixels it is?
Answer 8 years ago
Ok
The phone is broken :( I'm not sure how many megapixels it is, but it's not a lot.
Answer 8 years ago
well, then i dont know
Answer 8 years ago
ok
8 years ago
you would need to take it somewhere to get it fixed.ifyou dont have the money than just DIY
8 years ago
In general, the "camera" on a phone is just the CCD (Charge Coupled Device) which captures the image. All the rest of the work is handled by the same processor that manages the phone calls.
If you are _extremely_ lucky, you may be able to figure out who made this set of components, contact them for interface information, hook it up to a microprocessor and write code that will read an image from it. Nothing less is likely to do the job, and getting those specs is unlikely to be easy... and you may have to replicate some of the circuitry from the phone.
Before doing all that work, you might want to consider just getting a cheap USB camera.
Answer 8 years ago
Actually, these days, the camera is fully integrated - you tell it to take a picture, it sends a suitable Jpeg out.....
Answer 8 years ago
Really? Interesting. In that case reuse may actually be possible, if you can find the specs for interfacing with it -- which means figuring out exactly which camera module you're working with.
Answer 8 years ago
Cool. Thanks.
8 years ago
I'm sorry, but these pictures are so poor they are worthless.
Phone cameras are a very highly integrated camera on a chip - you need to find a part number, before you can find anything coming out. It certainly won't be a video signal.
Steve
Answer 8 years ago
I fixed the picture problem.
8 years ago
Ok, how do I find the part number? There is some writing on the top of the silver part.
Answer 8 years ago
You know those numbers you keep mentioning in the image notes?
(Seriously, are they the best shots you could manage?)
Answer 8 years ago
I got some new shots.