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14 years ago

CMOS Camera Connection to FPGA (DE2 Board)

Hi everyone,

I am doing a project in which i have to interface CMOS camera of EPIX Inc name SV9C10. This camera has RJ45 connector and also DE2 board has RJ45 connector. Can You please guide me and material or any other sort of help that how i can connect a camera with Ethernet cable.

This will be very helpful for me.

Thanks in advance.

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    14 years ago

    Just because the camera has an RJ45 connector doesn't mean it can do Ethernet.

    You can wire all sorts of Interfaces to RJ45, e.g. serial Uart is very common.

    As the camera seems to come with some dedicated capture board, and receives it's power via the RJ45, I would assume they are using a non-standard implementation. Your best bet is to build an adapter to split power supply and data.

    At first I would look at the datasheet of camera and DE2 board to determine wether an interface matches regarding function (e.g. Ethernet, serial, ...) and voltage level (in case of serial).

    Second, if you really want to do ethernet, look for the Triple-Speed-Ethernet (TSE) IP-Core and Nichestack examples. These are not for free, but you can try them out and the examples tend to work.
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    14 years ago

    Dear thanks for your informative reply. I have a board which has PCI interface, it is PIXCI SI1 of epix inc. Now i want to connect this camera with FPGA means when on triggering the switch on FPGA it will capture the image. Now can you tell me that how i can do this. Your guidance will be more than thanks to me.

    Waiting for favorable response.

    Thanks