CPU pin outs...

[cjdelphi]

[title should really be pin in lol]

I was looking at the range of processors from atmel

The World's Most Efficient 32-bit Microcontroller

The 32-bit AVR UC3 takes efficiency to a new level, going beyond high performance and low power consumption. Native fixed point DSP support, dual port SRAM, multi layer data bus, peripheral DMA controller, peripheral event system and intelligent peripherals move performance and power consumption to the next step.

The peripheral DMA controller and multi-layer high-speed bus architecture make the UC3 microcontrollers ideal for high throughput applications. Intelligent peripherals and dynamic power control make UC3 devices the obvious choice for portable and battery-powered applications. Selected UC3 devices include an integrated Floating Point Unit (FPU) which improves arithmetic performance on decimal numbers, with better precision and wider dynamic range.

http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/devices.asp?category_id=163&family_id=607&subfamily_id=2138


And i was thinking it would be nice if there was any reasonable processors not too fast not too slow which had really good battery life better than ARM's... so i found a 32bit processor from atmel.

now... if you look there's no support for cam/video but i was thinking would it not be possible to simply feed the output signal from a small cmos/webcam and then via the firmware simply read in the raw data on any of it's io pins?

thinking about it, it should be possible to do that with the arduino kit in fact using a really basic processor no?

 

[OLIVE2222]

Hi cjdelphi,

The AVR32 7000 range have an Image Sensor Interface (ISI) and a Pixel Co-Processor

Here under the (huge) datasheet
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/doc32003.pdf
and the driver Application Note:
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/doc32084.pdf

Now it depend of what the application is, yes you can connect a camera module on the serial port of an arduino, or any other small 8 bit based board, but performances are limited.
For higher performances, real time analysis, recognition algorithm... you must more horse power and the AVR32 look's fine for such tasks

Olivier