

The camera currently streams video in YUYV format, therefore each frame is 640*480*2 bytes.Īt 30fps this amounts to about 17.5MB/s which is pretty low in comparison to the total USB 2.0 bandwidth.Īt 60fps the amount of data gets higher and it could be affected by other peripherals connected to the USB host controller. Low CPU overhead (since there is no decompression involved on the PC) Full VGA (640x480) 60fps video capture test app that features uncompressed high quality raw video Initially, I started poking around with the USB trying to send some commands to the PS3Eye and see what happens…Īfter many long nights I’m bringing you the result: If we could just get it to work under Windows.” I started thinking to my self: “This camera is awesome and it will be such a great and inexpensive replacement for Firefly MV and the like. The camera’s chipset info is virtually non-existent on the web.Īfter examining the camera internals ( pictures here) I found that it features the OV534-LB50 camera USB 2.0 bridge and the OV7720 CMOS VGA sensor.
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Now, the main problem with this camera is that there are no drivers for Windows.

The best part is the price $39.99! I found mine here. This makes the PS3Eye ideal for multitouch applications. Uncompressed video or optional JPEG compression 2.1 F-stop, <1% distortion, fixed focus (25cm to 8 at 75º FOV) 4 channel audio input:16 bits/channel, 48kHz, SNR 90db Well boys and girls, I’ve been working hard last few weeks to make this great camera work under Windows.Īs you may seen it before, here are the specs:
