Xué

Xué: open source reconfigurable network camera based in the Milkymist SoC.

The whole source files please check git repository here.

Run 1 schedule

License

• PCB licensed under CC-By-SA
• FPGA cores licensed under GPL v3
• Software licensed under GPL v3

Specification

• Community wishes: Xue/Wishes

Hardware

Xue/block_diagram

• Xue/block_diagram
• latest schematics
• Milkymist One Layout Criteria: Milkymist_One_Layout_Criteria
• Current placement and layout Xue/layout (In progress)
• Sensors comparison: Xue/sensors
• Power Requirements
• Power supply design: Xue/PSU

Use Cases

• de-brand the world in real-time (suggested by Allin Kahrl), http://boingboing.net/2010/10/08/digitally-masking-co.html
• synchronize two or more cameras
• real-time Ogg Theora encoding

FPGA CORES

• Milkymist SoC
• Elphel

Algorithms

• VP8 open video format for the web WebM wikipedia
• Another VP8 decoder implementation ffvp8
• H.264 vs VP8: a video codec comparison
• VP8 vs x264
• Dirac: BBC open and royalty-free video compression format. Dirac wikipedia
• Lagarith lossless video codec
• Gaussian KD-Trees for Fast High-Dimensional Filtering here

Lenses

• Lenses online shop http://www.vd-shop.de
• Lense maker http://www.azurephotonics.com
• http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/understanding-mtf.shtml
• http://www.gpsinformation.org/jack/photo-test/pics/lens-tests.html
• http://photodo.com
• http://old.photodo.com/art/Lens6.shtml
• http://www.imatest.com/docs/sharpness.html

Mounts

• http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/digitalcameras/0,39001469,62061468,00.htm
• http://www.c-mount.passion.pro/
• http://www.ukaoptics.com/mounting.html
• http://www.optics-online.com/cmt.asp (http://www.sunex.com lense holders)
• http://www.mars-cam.com/lenses/ccd_cmos/lholders.html - Marshall V-LH4, V-LH8

Mechanical design

• Xue/enclosure

References

• http://www.ime.usp.br/~fr/sbc/
• Meet Apertus, The Open Source HD Cinema Camera
• http://surveyor-corporation.stores.yahoo.net/
• http://cmucam.org
• http://fcam.garage.maemo.org/
• Simple Serial Imager
• C328/C329 color camera modules
• Camera 2.0 http://graphics.stanford.edu/projects/camera-2.0/
• Hardware Tips for DDR Termination, Layout, and Routing Micron tn-46-14
• Image Sensors World

Spartan-6 References

• Spartan-6 FPGA PCB Design and Pin Planning Guide
• Spartan-6 FPGA Configuration
• Spartan-6 FPGA SelectIO Resources
• Inverting LVDS Signals for Efficient PCB Layout in Spartan-3 Generation FPGAs
• Spartan-6 FPGA Memory Controller