RggBer, a FPGA based open hardware to embedded vision is live on Crowd Supply - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: RggBer
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 06, 2016, 04:26:43 pm
content: Now, the campaign is live onhttps://www.crowdsupply.com/jie-zou/rggberSupport us when you find something needed!

author: RggBer
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 06, 2016, 04:52:46 pm
content: Any comments are welcome!

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2016, 05:45:05 pm
content: What camera module are you using ? Is it fully documented ? It can be hard to find full info on many camera modules.Expected price ?

author: RggBer
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 07, 2016, 01:58:13 am
content: RggBer is using OV5640 image sensor chip in the camera module. Please see the module in attached.The module is fully documented by the supplier.Usually user need to spend time to find the full info of image sensor chip. Lucky, OV5640 is a commonly used chip and these are full docmentations online.We created the HD camera demo based on these online documentation.As a open source hardware, finally we will share and open all the design files to people. For example, the registers setting and AF control firmware.About the price, we do not finalize the price. During the campaign,usually small batch order, the order price would be $150/unit as estimation, to cover the material cost, NRE cost and manufacture cost.

author: RggBer
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 22, 2016, 06:33:59 am
content: DIY your 1080p graphics card by RggBerhttps://hackaday.io/project/15696-rggber-a-open-hardware-for-image-processing/log/47888-diy-your-1080p-hdmi-graphics-card-by-rggberIt is a project update on the page. More soon...

author: RggBer
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 07, 2017, 03:58:45 pm
content: Support us!

author: Scrts
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2017, 07:29:46 pm
content: Quote from: RggBer on January 07, 2017, 03:58:45 pmStill using 8051? Then no.

author: RggBer
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 09, 2017, 04:20:30 am
content: Quote from: Scrts on January 08, 2017, 07:29:46 pmMCU is for CIS setting, EDID data setting and UART interface to BL module. It seems all of them are not timing critical. For most FPGA deisgner and hardware designer, handle C51 is much easily. Essentially, RggBer is a FPGA based open hardware!

author: Scrts
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2017, 06:46:48 pm
content: Why not using a free version of Nios then?

author: RggBer
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 10, 2017, 02:38:05 am
content: Quote from: Scrts on January 09, 2017, 06:46:48 pmNios II CPU was one of the solutions once we considered about. We gave up for:1) Nios II request FPGA internal reg resource and RAM resource. We did not think it was mandatory.2) Once user need to change even a bit in setting, he/she have to recompile the whole FPGA project. For MCU solution, user can update it in less than 1 minute.3) MCU provides lots of analog resoures such as ADC and DAC that enhance the control capabilities of RggBer. For example, you need to drive a MENS for image scan by DAC drive.Thanks for your questions.