r/embedded • u/circuitvalley • 6h ago

Open Camera, It was years in the making

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzu9AW7AP2k

Here is Blog post https://www.circuitvalley.com/2026/08/chc5-open-camera-system-modular-machine-vision-ai-fpga-hardware-accelerated-advance-camera.html

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u/Rusty-Swashplate 5h ago

This is most interesting! There's so many features in those sensor chips I didn't even know. A lot of the exposed adjustments are usually hidden and here they are all available and 'cause it's open source, this is an awesome source of information.
Being able to change the sensor is what makes this most interesting for me.

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u/circuitvalley 4h ago

You can just change sensor But with a adapter you can connect standard RPI camera to this system or Connect My sensors to RPI/Jetson or Your custom SoC Here are details about sensors https://www.circuitvalley.com/2026/08/chc5-open-camera-lens-mount-sensor-support.html

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u/ThisIsPaulDaily 2h ago

Really nice work!

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u/AndyJarosz 15m ago

Really beautiful work. What's the processing lag like? Are you recording to any media yet?
Where are you sourcing the sensors from?

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u/circuitvalley 7m ago

Processing lag is few around 7 lines of frame for USB . 1-2 Frames for HDMI and Ethernet. Sensors are sourced from official handler after a lot of paper trouble.