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		decae 32 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Line scan camera image processing for train photog... How is this possible? What sort of camera can do this?

londons_explore 32 days ago [–]

Almost any camera. Eg. The OV2640.

But you need to have really low level access to registers. Said registers are normally configured by i2c (aka SCCB).

In Linux I think you'd need to patch a driver to do it for example.

decae 32 days ago | [–]

That sounds like a lot of fun to play around with, thank you!

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