Development Tool, CMOS digital camera companion processor

The STV0674 is a flexible, scalable digital cameraco-processor for use with the range of CMOS imaging sensor products.The same chipset can be used for a wide range of digital imaging products with unique features and price/performance points.The STV0674 is designed for use with CIF(352x288) or VGA (640x480) ST CMOS image sensors and provides full exposure control, color processing and mode control for these sensors.The STV0674 can be used to implement any of the following products:Low cost USB Webcam Camera - a two-chip solution providing up to 30 frames per second VGA simultaneous video and audio capture.Dual-Mode Camera - USB webcam and CIF or VGA digital still camera in a single product.Tri-Mode Camera - USB webcam and digital still camera with the addition of a ‘camcorder’ mode toallow simultaneous video and audio capture directly to external memory for later upload to the PC.

• VGA or CIF CMOS sensor support
• Hardware color processing and JPEG compression of image data
• Still image capture
• Tethered video operation over USB
  • Simultaneous video and audio capture
• USB
  • USB for PC and Mac OS (in development)
• Flexible external memory options
  • SDRAM for lower cost, (8 or 16 bit)
  • FLASH for non volatile storage (Data + Code)
  • Smartmedia Card for removable data storage
  • EEPROM for code storage
• Record simultaneous video and audio direct to memory while untethered
• Drivers for PC operating systems Win98, WinME, Win2K and WIn XP.