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How to Use OV7670 Camera Module with Arduino​

Published  April 9, 2019   46
A Abhimanyu Pandit
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How to Use OV7670 Camera Module with Arduino​
How to Use OV7670 Camera Module with Arduino​

Cameras have always dominated the electronics industry as it has lots of applications such as visitor monitoring system, surveillance system, attendance system etc. Cameras that we use today are smart and have a lot of features that were not present in earlier cameras. While todays digital cameras not only capture images but also captures high-level descriptions of the scene and analyse what they see. It is used extensively in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning etc. The Captured frames are processed using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and then used in many applications like Number plate detection, object detection, motion detection, facial recognition etc.

In this tutorial we will interface most widely used camera module OV7670 with Arduino UNO. The camera module OV7670 can be interfaced with Arduino Mega with same pin configuration, code and steps. The camera module is hard to interface because it has large number of pins and jumbled wiring to carry out. Also the wire becomes very important when using camera modules as the choice of the wire and length of the wire can significantly affect the picture quality and can bring noise.

We have already done ample projects on Cameras with different kind of Microcontrollers and IoT Devices such as:

The Camera OV7670 works on 3.3V, so it becomes very important to avoid Arduino which gives 5V output at their Output GPIO pins. The OV7670 is a FIFO camera. But in this tutorial, the picture or frames will be grabbed without FIFO. This tutorial will have simple steps and simplified programming to interface OV7670 with Arduino UNO.

Components Required

  • Arduino UNO
  • OV7670 Camera Module
  • Resistors(10k, 4.7k)
  • Jumpers

Software Required:

Things to Remember about Camera Module OV7670

OV7670 Camera Module is a FIFO camera Module available from different Manufacturers with different pin Configurations. TheOV7670 provides full frame, windowed 8-bit images in a wide range of formats. The image array is capable of operating at up to 30 frames per second (fps) in VGA. The OV7670 includes

  • Image Sensor Array(of about 656 x 488 pixels)
  • Timing Generator
  • Analog Signal Processor
  • A/D Converters
  • Test Pattern Generator
  • Digital Signal Processor(DSP)
  • Image Scaler
  • Digital Video Port
  • LED and Strobe Flash Control Output

The OV7670 image sensor is controlled using Serial Camera Control Bus (SCCB) which is an I2C interface (SIOC, SIOD) with a maximum clock frequency of 400KHz.

Camera Module OV7670 OV7670 Camera Module

The Camera comes with handshaking signals such as:

  • VSYNC: Vertical Sync Output – Low during frame
  • HREF:  Horizontal Reference – High during active pixels of row
  • PCLK: Pixel Clock Output – Free running clock. Data is valid on rising edge

In addition to this, it has several more signals such as

  • D0-D7: 8-bit YUV/RGB Video Component Digital Output
  • PWDN: Power Down Mode Selection – Normal Mode  and Power Down Mode
  • XCLK: System Clock Input
  • Reset: Reset Signal

The OV7670 is clocked from a 24MHz oscillator. This gives a Pixel Clock(PCLK) output of 24MHz. The FIFO provides 3Mbps of video frame buffer memory. The test pattern generator features 8-bar color bar pattern, fade-to-gray color bar patter. Now let’s start programming the Arduino UNO for testing Camera OV7670 and grabbing frames using serial port reader.

Circuit Diagram

Arduino OV7670 Camera Module Circuit Diagram

Arduino OV7670 Camera Module Interfacing circuit hardware

Programming Arduino UNO

The programming starts with including required library necessary for OV7670. Since OV7670 runs on I2C interface, it includes <util/twi.h> library. The libraries used in this project are built-in libraries of ArduinoIDE. We just have to include the libraries to get the job done.

After this, the registers need to be modified for OV7670. The program is divided into small functions for better understanding.

The Setup() comprises all the initial setups required for only image capturing. The first function is arduinoUnoInut() which is used to initialise the arduino uno. Initially it disables all the global interrupts and sets the communication interface configurations such as the PWM clock, selection of interrupt pins, presclaer selection, adding parity and stop bits.

​arduinoUnoInut();

After configuring the Arduino, the camera has to be configured. To initialise the camera, we only have the options to change the register values. The register values need to be changed from the default to the custom. Also add required delay depending upon the microcontroller frequency we are using. As, slow microcontrollers have less processing time adding more delay between capturing frames.

void camInit(void){
 writeReg(0x12, 0x80);
  _delay_ms(100);
  wrSensorRegs8_8(ov7670_default_regs);
 writeReg(REG_COM10, 32);//PCLK does not toggle on HBLANK.
}

The camera is set to take a QVGA image so the resolution need to be selected. The function configures the register to take a QVGA image.

setResolution();

In this tutorial, the images are taken in monochrome, so the register value is set to output a monochrome image. The function sets the register values from register list which is predefined in the program.

setColor();

The below function is write to register function which writes the hex value to register. If you get the scrambled images then try to change the second term i.e. 10 to 9/11/12. But most of the time this value works fine so no need to change it.

writeReg(0x11, 10);

This function is used to get the image resolution size. In this project we are taking pictures in the size of 320 x 240 pixels.

captureImg(320, 240);

Other than this, the code also has the I2C configurations divided in to several parts. Just to get the data from camera, the I2C configurations has Start, Read, Write, Set Address function which are important when using  I2C protocol.

You can find the complete code with a demonstration video at the end of this tutorial. Just Upload the code and open the Serial Port Reader and grab the frames.

How to Use Serial Port Reader for reading Images

Serial Port Reader is a simple GUI, download it from here. This captures the base64 encode and decodes it to form an image. Just follow these simple steps to use Serial Port Reader

Step 1: Connect Your Arduino to any USB Port of your PC

Connecting Arduino Uno for Interfacing With OV7670 Camera Module

Step 2: Click on “Check” to find your Arduino COM Port

Check For Successful Connection of OV7670 Camera Module with Arduino Uno

Step 3: Finally click on “Start” button to start reading serially.

Start Capturing Images using OV7670 Camera Module with Arduino Uno

Step 4: One can also save this pictures by just clicking on “Save Picture”.

Below are Sample Images Taken from the OV7670

Captured Image1 using OV7670 Camera Module with Arduino UNO

Captured Image2 using OV7670 Camera Module with Arduino UNO

Captured Image3 using OV7670 Camera Module with Arduino UNO

Precautions when using OV7670

  • Try to use wires or jumpers as short as possible
  • Avoid any loose contact to any pins on Arduino or OV7670
  • Be careful about connecting as large number of wiring can lead short circuit
  • If the UNO gives 5V output to GPIO then use Level Shifter.
  • Use 3.3V Input for OV7670 as exceeding voltage than this can damage the OV7670 module.

This project is created to give overview of using a camera module with Arduino. Since Arduino has less memory, so the processing may not be as expected. You can use different controllers which has more memory for processing.

Complete Project Code

#include <stdint.h>
#include <avr/io.h>
#include <util/twi.h>
#include <util/delay.h>
#include <avr/pgmspace.h>
#define F_CPU 16000000UL
#define vga   0
#define qvga  1
#define qqvga   2
#define yuv422  0
#define rgb565  1
#define bayerRGB  2
#define camAddr_WR  0x42
#define camAddr_RD  0x43
/* Registers */
#define REG_GAIN    0x00  /* Gain lower 8 bits (rest in vref) */
#define REG_BLUE    0x01  /* blue gain */
#define REG_RED       0x02  /* red gain */
#define REG_VREF    0x03  /* Pieces of GAIN, VSTART, VSTOP */
#define REG_COM1    0x04  /* Control 1 */
#define COM1_CCIR656  0x40    /* CCIR656 enable */
#define REG_BAVE    0x05  /* U/B Average level */
#define REG_GbAVE   0x06  /* Y/Gb Average level */
#define REG_AECHH   0x07  /* AEC MS 5 bits */
#define REG_RAVE    0x08  /* V/R Average level */
#define REG_COM2    0x09  /* Control 2 */
#define COM2_SSLEEP         0x10  /* Soft sleep mode */
#define REG_PID           0x0a  /* Product ID MSB */
#define REG_VER           0x0b  /* Product ID LSB */
#define REG_COM3    0x0c  /* Control 3 */
#define COM3_SWAP         0x40  /* Byte swap */
#define COM3_SCALEEN          0x08  /* Enable scaling */
#define COM3_DCWEN          0x04  /* Enable downsamp/crop/window */
#define REG_COM4    0x0d  /* Control 4 */
#define REG_COM5    0x0e  /* All "reserved" */
#define REG_COM6    0x0f  /* Control 6 */
#define REG_AECH    0x10  /* More bits of AEC value */
#define REG_CLKRC   0x11  /* Clocl control */
#define CLK_EXT           0x40  /* Use external clock directly */
#define CLK_SCALE   0x3f  /* Mask for internal clock scale */
#define REG_COM7    0x12  /* Control 7 */ //REG mean address.
#define COM7_RESET          0x80  /* Register reset */
#define COM7_FMT_MASK         0x38
#define COM7_FMT_VGA          0x00
#define COM7_FMT_CIF          0x20  /* CIF format */
#define COM7_FMT_QVGA         0x10  /* QVGA format */
#define COM7_FMT_QCIF         0x08  /* QCIF format */
#define COM7_RGB          0x04  /* bits 0 and 2 - RGB format */
#define COM7_YUV          0x00  /* YUV */
#define COM7_BAYER          0x01  /* Bayer format */
#define COM7_PBAYER         0x05  /* "Processed bayer" */
#define REG_COM8    0x13  /* Control 8 */
#define COM8_FASTAEC          0x80  /* Enable fast AGC/AEC */
#define COM8_AECSTEP          0x40  /* Unlimited AEC step size */
#define COM8_BFILT    0x20  /* Band filter enable */
#define COM8_AGC    0x04  /* Auto gain enable */
#define COM8_AWB    0x02  /* White balance enable */
#define COM8_AEC    0x01  /* Auto exposure enable */
#define REG_COM9    0x14  /* Control 9- gain ceiling */
#define REG_COM10   0x15  /* Control 10 */
#define COM10_HSYNC         0x40  /* HSYNC instead of HREF */
#define COM10_PCLK_HB         0x20  /* Suppress PCLK on horiz blank */
#define COM10_HREF_REV          0x08  /* Reverse HREF */
#define COM10_VS_LEAD         0x04  /* VSYNC on clock leading edge */
#define COM10_VS_NEG          0x02  /* VSYNC negative */
#define COM10_HS_NEG          0x01  /* HSYNC negative */
#define REG_HSTART    0x17  /* Horiz start high bits */
#define REG_HSTOP   0x18  /* Horiz stop high bits */
#define REG_VSTART    0x19  /* Vert start high bits */
#define REG_VSTOP   0x1a  /* Vert stop high bits */
#define REG_PSHFT   0x1b  /* Pixel delay after HREF */
#define REG_MIDH    0x1c  /* Manuf. ID high */
#define REG_MIDL    0x1d  /* Manuf. ID low */
#define REG_MVFP    0x1e  /* Mirror / vflip */
#define MVFP_MIRROR         0x20  /* Mirror image */
#define MVFP_FLIP   0x10  /* Vertical flip */
#define REG_AEW           0x24  /* AGC upper limit */
#define REG_AEB           0x25    /* AGC lower limit */
#define REG_VPT           0x26  /* AGC/AEC fast mode op region */
#define REG_HSYST   0x30  /* HSYNC rising edge delay */
#define REG_HSYEN   0x31  /* HSYNC falling edge delay */
#define REG_HREF    0x32  /* HREF pieces */
#define REG_TSLB    0x3a  /* lots of stuff */
#define TSLB_YLAST    0x04  /* UYVY or VYUY - see com13 */
#define REG_COM11   0x3b  /* Control 11 */
#define COM11_NIGHT         0x80  /* NIght mode enable */
#define COM11_NMFR          0x60  /* Two bit NM frame rate */
#define COM11_HZAUTO          0x10  /* Auto detect 50/60 Hz */
#define COM11_50HZ          0x08  /* Manual 50Hz select */
#define COM11_EXP   0x02
#define REG_COM12   0x3c  /* Control 12 */
#define COM12_HREF          0x80  /* HREF always */
#define REG_COM13   0x3d  /* Control 13 */
#define COM13_GAMMA         0x80  /* Gamma enable */
#define COM13_UVSAT         0x40  /* UV saturation auto adjustment */
#define COM13_UVSWAP          0x01  /* V before U - w/TSLB */
#define REG_COM14   0x3e  /* Control 14 */
#define COM14_DCWEN         0x10  /* DCW/PCLK-scale enable */
#define REG_EDGE    0x3f  /* Edge enhancement factor */
#define REG_COM15   0x40  /* Control 15 */
#define COM15_R10F0         0x00  /* Data range 10 to F0 */
#define COM15_R01FE         0x80  /*      01 to FE */
#define COM15_R00FF         0xc0  /*      00 to FF */
#define COM15_RGB565          0x10  /* RGB565 output */
#define COM15_RGB555          0x30  /* RGB555 output */
#define REG_COM16   0x41  /* Control 16 */
#define COM16_AWBGAIN         0x08  /* AWB gain enable */
#define REG_COM17   0x42  /* Control 17 */
#define COM17_AECWIN          0xc0  /* AEC window - must match COM4 */
#define COM17_CBAR          0x08  /* DSP Color bar */
/*
* This matrix defines how the colors are generated, must be
* tweaked to adjust hue and saturation.
*
* Order: v-red, v-green, v-blue, u-red, u-green, u-blue
* They are nine-bit signed quantities, with the sign bit
* stored in0x58.Sign for v-red is bit 0, and up from there.
*/
#define REG_CMATRIX_BASE  0x4f
#define CMATRIX_LEN           6
#define REG_CMATRIX_SIGN  0x58
#define REG_BRIGHT    0x55  /* Brightness */
#define REG_CONTRAS         0x56  /* Contrast control */
#define REG_GFIX    0x69  /* Fix gain control */
#define REG_REG76   0x76  /* OV's name */
#define R76_BLKPCOR         0x80  /* Black pixel correction enable */
#define R76_WHTPCOR         0x40  /* White pixel correction enable */
#define REG_RGB444          0x8c  /* RGB 444 control */
#define R444_ENABLE         0x02  /* Turn on RGB444, overrides 5x5 */
#define R444_RGBX   0x01  /* Empty nibble at end */
#define REG_HAECC1    0x9f  /* Hist AEC/AGC control 1 */
#define REG_HAECC2    0xa0  /* Hist AEC/AGC control 2 */
#define REG_BD50MAX         0xa5  /* 50hz banding step limit */
#define REG_HAECC3    0xa6  /* Hist AEC/AGC control 3 */
#define REG_HAECC4    0xa7  /* Hist AEC/AGC control 4 */
#define REG_HAECC5    0xa8  /* Hist AEC/AGC control 5 */
#define REG_HAECC6    0xa9  /* Hist AEC/AGC control 6 */
#define REG_HAECC7    0xaa  /* Hist AEC/AGC control 7 */
#define REG_BD60MAX         0xab  /* 60hz banding step limit */
#define REG_GAIN    0x00  /* Gain lower 8 bits (rest in vref) */
#define REG_BLUE    0x01  /* blue gain */
#define REG_RED           0x02  /* red gain */
#define REG_VREF    0x03  /* Pieces of GAIN, VSTART, VSTOP */
#define REG_COM1    0x04  /* Control 1 */
#define COM1_CCIR656          0x40  /* CCIR656 enable */
#define REG_BAVE    0x05  /* U/B Average level */
#define REG_GbAVE   0x06  /* Y/Gb Average level */
#define REG_AECHH   0x07  /* AEC MS 5 bits */
#define REG_RAVE    0x08  /* V/R Average level */
#define REG_COM2    0x09  /* Control 2 */
#define COM2_SSLEEP         0x10  /* Soft sleep mode */
#define REG_PID           0x0a  /* Product ID MSB */
#define REG_VER           0x0b  /* Product ID LSB */
#define REG_COM3    0x0c  /* Control 3 */
#define COM3_SWAP         0x40  /* Byte swap */
#define COM3_SCALEEN          0x08  /* Enable scaling */
#define COM3_DCWEN          0x04  /* Enable downsamp/crop/window */
#define REG_COM4    0x0d  /* Control 4 */
#define REG_COM5    0x0e  /* All "reserved" */
#define REG_COM6    0x0f  /* Control 6 */
#define REG_AECH    0x10  /* More bits of AEC value */
#define REG_CLKRC   0x11  /* Clocl control */
#define CLK_EXT           0x40  /* Use external clock directly */
#define CLK_SCALE   0x3f  /* Mask for internal clock scale */
#define REG_COM7    0x12  /* Control 7 */
#define COM7_RESET          0x80  /* Register reset */
#define COM7_FMT_MASK         0x38
#define COM7_FMT_VGA          0x00
#define COM7_FMT_CIF          0x20  /* CIF format */
#define COM7_FMT_QVGA         0x10  /* QVGA format */
#define COM7_FMT_QCIF         0x08  /* QCIF format */
#define COM7_RGB    0x04  /* bits 0 and 2 - RGB format */
#define COM7_YUV    0x00  /* YUV */
#define COM7_BAYER          0x01  /* Bayer format */
#define COM7_PBAYER         0x05  /* "Processed bayer" */
#define REG_COM8    0x13  /* Control 8 */
#define COM8_FASTAEC          0x80  /* Enable fast AGC/AEC */
#define COM8_AECSTEP          0x40  /* Unlimited AEC step size */
#define COM8_BFILT    0x20  /* Band filter enable */
#define COM8_AGC    0x04  /* Auto gain enable */
#define COM8_AWB    0x02  /* White balance enable */
#define COM8_AEC    0x01  /* Auto exposure enable */
#define REG_COM9    0x14  /* Control 9- gain ceiling */
#define REG_COM10   0x15  /* Control 10 */
#define COM10_HSYNC         0x40  /* HSYNC instead of HREF */
#define COM10_PCLK_HB         0x20  /* Suppress PCLK on horiz blank */
#define COM10_HREF_REV          0x08  /* Reverse HREF */
#define COM10_VS_LEAD           0x04  /* VSYNC on clock leading edge */
#define COM10_VS_NEG          0x02  /* VSYNC negative */
#define COM10_HS_NEG          0x01  /* HSYNC negative */
#define REG_HSTART    0x17  /* Horiz start high bits */
#define REG_HSTOP   0x18  /* Horiz stop high bits */
#define REG_VSTART    0x19  /* Vert start high bits */
#define REG_VSTOP   0x1a  /* Vert stop high bits */
#define REG_PSHFT   0x1b  /* Pixel delay after HREF */
#define REG_MIDH    0x1c  /* Manuf. ID high */
#define REG_MIDL    0x1d  /* Manuf. ID low */
#define REG_MVFP    0x1e  /* Mirror / vflip */
#define MVFP_MIRROR         0x20  /* Mirror image */
#define MVFP_FLIP   0x10  /* Vertical flip */
#define REG_AEW           0x24  /* AGC upper limit */
#define REG_AEB           0x25  /* AGC lower limit */
#define REG_VPT           0x26  /* AGC/AEC fast mode op region */
#define REG_HSYST   0x30  /* HSYNC rising edge delay */
#define REG_HSYEN   0x31  /* HSYNC falling edge delay */
#define REG_HREF    0x32  /* HREF pieces */
#define REG_TSLB    0x3a  /* lots of stuff */
#define TSLB_YLAST    0x04  /* UYVY or VYUY - see com13 */
#define REG_COM11   0x3b  /* Control 11 */
#define COM11_NIGHT         0x80  /* NIght mode enable */
#define COM11_NMFR          0x60  /* Two bit NM frame rate */
#define COM11_HZAUTO          0x10  /* Auto detect 50/60 Hz */
#define COM11_50HZ          0x08  /* Manual 50Hz select */
#define COM11_EXP   0x02
#define REG_COM12   0x3c  /* Control 12 */
#define COM12_HREF          0x80  /* HREF always */
#define REG_COM13   0x3d  /* Control 13 */
#define COM13_GAMMA         0x80  /* Gamma enable */
#define COM13_UVSAT         0x40  /* UV saturation auto adjustment */
#define COM13_UVSWAP          0x01  /* V before U - w/TSLB */
#define REG_COM14   0x3e  /* Control 14 */
#define COM14_DCWEN         0x10  /* DCW/PCLK-scale enable */
#define REG_EDGE    0x3f  /* Edge enhancement factor */
#define REG_COM15   0x40  /* Control 15 */
#define COM15_R10F0         0x00  /* Data range 10 to F0 */
#define COM15_R01FE         0x80  /*      01 to FE */
#define COM15_R00FF         0xc0  /*      00 to FF */
#define COM15_RGB565          0x10  /* RGB565 output */
#define COM15_RGB555          0x30  /* RGB555 output */
#define REG_COM16   0x41  /* Control 16 */
#define COM16_AWBGAIN         0x08  /* AWB gain enable */
#define REG_COM17   0x42  /* Control 17 */
#define COM17_AECWIN          0xc0  /* AEC window - must match COM4 */
#define COM17_CBAR          0x08  /* DSP Color bar */
#define CMATRIX_LEN             6
#define REG_BRIGHT    0x55  /* Brightness */
#define REG_REG76   0x76  /* OV's name */
#define R76_BLKPCOR         0x80  /* Black pixel correction enable */
#define R76_WHTPCOR         0x40  /* White pixel correction enable */
#define REG_RGB444          0x8c  /* RGB 444 control */
#define R444_ENABLE         0x02  /* Turn on RGB444, overrides 5x5 */
#define R444_RGBX   0x01  /* Empty nibble at end */
#define REG_HAECC1    0x9f  /* Hist AEC/AGC control 1 */
#define REG_HAECC2    0xa0  /* Hist AEC/AGC control 2 */
#define REG_BD50MAX         0xa5  /* 50hz banding step limit */
#define REG_HAECC3    0xa6  /* Hist AEC/AGC control 3 */
#define REG_HAECC4    0xa7  /* Hist AEC/AGC control 4 */
#define REG_HAECC5    0xa8  /* Hist AEC/AGC control 5 */
#define REG_HAECC6    0xa9  /* Hist AEC/AGC control 6 */
#define REG_HAECC7    0xaa  /* Hist AEC/AGC control 7 */
#define REG_BD60MAX         0xab  /* 60hz banding step limit */
#define MTX1            0x4f  /* Matrix Coefficient 1 */
#define MTX2            0x50  /* Matrix Coefficient 2 */
#define MTX3            0x51  /* Matrix Coefficient 3 */
#define MTX4            0x52  /* Matrix Coefficient 4 */
#define MTX5            0x53  /* Matrix Coefficient 5 */
#define MTX6            0x54  /* Matrix Coefficient 6 */
#define REG_CONTRAS         0x56  /* Contrast control */
#define MTXS            0x58  /* Matrix Coefficient Sign */
#define AWBC7           0x59  /* AWB Control 7 */
#define AWBC8           0x5a  /* AWB Control 8 */
#define AWBC9           0x5b  /* AWB Control 9 */
#define AWBC10            0x5c  /* AWB Control 10 */
#define AWBC11            0x5d  /* AWB Control 11 */
#define AWBC12            0x5e  /* AWB Control 12 */
#define REG_GFI           0x69  /* Fix gain control */
#define GGAIN           0x6a  /* G Channel AWB Gain */
#define DBLV            0x6b  
#define AWBCTR3           0x6c  /* AWB Control 3 */
#define AWBCTR2           0x6d  /* AWB Control 2 */
#define AWBCTR1           0x6e  /* AWB Control 1 */
#define AWBCTR0           0x6f  /* AWB Control 0 */
struct regval_list{
  uint8_t reg_num;
  uint16_t value;
};
const struct regval_list qvga_ov7670[] PROGMEM = {
  { REG_COM14, 0x19 },
  { 0x72, 0x11 },
  { 0x73, 0xf1 },
  { REG_HSTART, 0x16 },
  { REG_HSTOP, 0x04 },
  { REG_HREF, 0xa4 },
  { REG_VSTART, 0x02 },
  { REG_VSTOP, 0x7a },
  { REG_VREF, 0x0a },
  { 0xff, 0xff }, /* END MARKER */
};
const struct regval_list yuv422_ov7670[] PROGMEM = {
  { REG_COM7, 0x0 },  /* Selects YUV mode */
  { REG_RGB444, 0 },  /* No RGB444 please */
  { REG_COM1, 0 },
  { REG_COM15, COM15_R00FF },
  { REG_COM9, 0x6A }, /* 128x gain ceiling; 0x8 is reserved bit */
  { 0x4f, 0x80 },   /* "matrix coefficient 1" */
  { 0x50, 0x80 },   /* "matrix coefficient 2" */
  { 0x51, 0 },    /* vb */
  { 0x52, 0x22 },   /* "matrix coefficient 4" */
  { 0x53, 0x5e },   /* "matrix coefficient 5" */
  { 0x54, 0x80 },   /* "matrix coefficient 6" */
  { REG_COM13, COM13_UVSAT },
  { 0xff, 0xff },   /* END MARKER */
};
const struct regval_list ov7670_default_regs[] PROGMEM = {//from the linux driver
  { REG_COM7, COM7_RESET },
  { REG_TSLB, 0x04 }, /* OV */
  { REG_COM7, 0 },  /* VGA */
  /*
  * Set the hardware window.  These values from OV don't entirely
  * make sense - hstop is less than hstart.  But they work...
  */
  { REG_HSTART, 0x13 }, { REG_HSTOP, 0x01 },
  { REG_HREF, 0xb6 }, { REG_VSTART, 0x02 },
  { REG_VSTOP, 0x7a }, { REG_VREF, 0x0a },
  { REG_COM3, 0 }, { REG_COM14, 0 },
  /* Mystery scaling numbers */
  { 0x70, 0x3a }, { 0x71, 0x35 },
  { 0x72, 0x11 }, { 0x73, 0xf0 },
  { 0xa2,/* 0x02 changed to 1*/1 }, { REG_COM10, 0x0 },
  /* Gamma curve values */
  { 0x7a, 0x20 }, { 0x7b, 0x10 },
  { 0x7c, 0x1e }, { 0x7d, 0x35 },
  { 0x7e, 0x5a }, { 0x7f, 0x69 },
  { 0x80, 0x76 }, { 0x81, 0x80 },
  { 0x82, 0x88 }, { 0x83, 0x8f },
  { 0x84, 0x96 }, { 0x85, 0xa3 },
  { 0x86, 0xaf }, { 0x87, 0xc4 },
  { 0x88, 0xd7 }, { 0x89, 0xe8 },
  /* AGC and AEC parameters.  Note we start by disabling those features,
  then turn them only after tweaking the values. */
  { REG_COM8, COM8_FASTAEC | COM8_AECSTEP },
  { REG_GAIN, 0 }, { REG_AECH, 0 },
  { REG_COM4, 0x40 }, /* magic reserved bit */
  { REG_COM9, 0x18 }, /* 4x gain + magic rsvd bit */
  { REG_BD50MAX, 0x05 }, { REG_BD60MAX, 0x07 },
  { REG_AEW, 0x95 }, { REG_AEB, 0x33 },
  { REG_VPT, 0xe3 }, { REG_HAECC1, 0x78 },
  { REG_HAECC2, 0x68 }, { 0xa1, 0x03 }, /* magic */
  { REG_HAECC3, 0xd8 }, { REG_HAECC4, 0xd8 },
  { REG_HAECC5, 0xf0 }, { REG_HAECC6, 0x90 },
  { REG_HAECC7, 0x94 },
  { REG_COM8, COM8_FASTAEC | COM8_AECSTEP | COM8_AGC | COM8_AEC },
  { 0x30, 0 }, { 0x31, 0 },//disable some delays
  /* Almost all of these are magic "reserved" values.  */
  { REG_COM5, 0x61 }, { REG_COM6, 0x4b },
  { 0x16, 0x02 }, { REG_MVFP, 0x07 },
  { 0x21, 0x02 }, { 0x22, 0x91 },
  { 0x29, 0x07 }, { 0x33, 0x0b },
  { 0x35, 0x0b }, { 0x37, 0x1d },
  { 0x38, 0x71 }, { 0x39, 0x2a },
  { REG_COM12, 0x78 }, { 0x4d, 0x40 },
  { 0x4e, 0x20 }, { REG_GFIX, 0 },
  /*{0x6b, 0x4a},*/{ 0x74, 0x10 },
  { 0x8d, 0x4f }, { 0x8e, 0 },
  { 0x8f, 0 }, { 0x90, 0 },
  { 0x91, 0 }, { 0x96, 0 },
  { 0x9a, 0 }, { 0xb0, 0x84 },
  { 0xb1, 0x0c }, { 0xb2, 0x0e },
  { 0xb3, 0x82 }, { 0xb8, 0x0a },
  /* More reserved magic, some of which tweaks white balance */
  { 0x43, 0x0a }, { 0x44, 0xf0 },
  { 0x45, 0x34 }, { 0x46, 0x58 },
  { 0x47, 0x28 }, { 0x48, 0x3a },
  { 0x59, 0x88 }, { 0x5a, 0x88 },
  { 0x5b, 0x44 }, { 0x5c, 0x67 },
  { 0x5d, 0x49 }, { 0x5e, 0x0e },
  { 0x6c, 0x0a }, { 0x6d, 0x55 },
  { 0x6e, 0x11 }, { 0x6f, 0x9e }, /* it was 0x9F "9e for advance AWB" */
  { 0x6a, 0x40 }, { REG_BLUE, 0x40 },
  { REG_RED, 0x60 },
  { REG_COM8, COM8_FASTAEC | COM8_AECSTEP | COM8_AGC | COM8_AEC | COM8_AWB },
  /* Matrix coefficients */
  { 0x4f, 0x80 }, { 0x50, 0x80 },
  { 0x51, 0 },    { 0x52, 0x22 },
  { 0x53, 0x5e }, { 0x54, 0x80 },
  { 0x58, 0x9e },
  { REG_COM16, COM16_AWBGAIN }, { REG_EDGE, 0 },
  { 0x75, 0x05 }, { REG_REG76, 0xe1 },
  { 0x4c, 0 },     { 0x77, 0x01 },
  { REG_COM13, /*0xc3*/0x48 }, { 0x4b, 0x09 },
  { 0xc9, 0x60 },   /*{REG_COM16, 0x38},*/
  { 0x56, 0x40 },
  { 0x34, 0x11 }, { REG_COM11, COM11_EXP | COM11_HZAUTO },
  { 0xa4, 0x82/*Was 0x88*/ }, { 0x96, 0 },
  { 0x97, 0x30 }, { 0x98, 0x20 },
  { 0x99, 0x30 }, { 0x9a, 0x84 },
  { 0x9b, 0x29 }, { 0x9c, 0x03 },
  { 0x9d, 0x4c }, { 0x9e, 0x3f },
  { 0x78, 0x04 },
  /* Extra-weird stuff.  Some sort of multiplexor register */
  { 0x79, 0x01 }, { 0xc8, 0xf0 },
  { 0x79, 0x0f }, { 0xc8, 0x00 },
  { 0x79, 0x10 }, { 0xc8, 0x7e },
  { 0x79, 0x0a }, { 0xc8, 0x80 },
  { 0x79, 0x0b }, { 0xc8, 0x01 },
  { 0x79, 0x0c }, { 0xc8, 0x0f },
  { 0x79, 0x0d }, { 0xc8, 0x20 },
  { 0x79, 0x09 }, { 0xc8, 0x80 },
  { 0x79, 0x02 }, { 0xc8, 0xc0 },
  { 0x79, 0x03 }, { 0xc8, 0x40 },
  { 0x79, 0x05 }, { 0xc8, 0x30 },
  { 0x79, 0x26 },
  { 0xff, 0xff }, /* END MARKER */
};
void error_led(void){
  DDRB |= 32;//make sure led is output
  while (1){//wait for reset
    PORTB ^= 32;// toggle led
    _delay_ms(100);
  }
}
void twiStart(void){
  TWCR = _BV(TWINT) | _BV(TWSTA) | _BV(TWEN);//send start
  while (!(TWCR & (1 << TWINT)));//wait for start to be transmitted
  if ((TWSR & 0xF8) != TW_START)
    error_led();
}
void twiWriteByte(uint8_t DATA, uint8_t type){
  TWDR = DATA;
  TWCR = _BV(TWINT) | _BV(TWEN);
  while (!(TWCR & (1 << TWINT))) {}
  if ((TWSR & 0xF8) != type)
    error_led();
}
void twiAddr(uint8_t addr, uint8_t typeTWI){
  TWDR = addr;//send address
  TWCR = _BV(TWINT) | _BV(TWEN);    /* clear interrupt to start transmission */
  while ((TWCR & _BV(TWINT)) == 0); /* wait for transmission */
  if ((TWSR & 0xF8) != typeTWI)
    error_led();
}
voidwriteReg(uint8_t reg, uint8_t dat){
  //send start condition
  twiStart();
  twiAddr(camAddr_WR, TW_MT_SLA_ACK);
  twiWriteByte(reg, TW_MT_DATA_ACK);
  twiWriteByte(dat, TW_MT_DATA_ACK);
  TWCR = (1 << TWINT) | (1 << TWEN) | (1 << TWSTO);//send stop
  _delay_ms(1);
}
static uint8_t twiRd(uint8_t nack){
  if (nack){
    TWCR = _BV(TWINT) | _BV(TWEN);
    while ((TWCR & _BV(TWINT)) == 0); /* wait for transmission */
    if ((TWSR & 0xF8) != TW_MR_DATA_NACK)
      error_led();
    return TWDR;
  }
  else{
    TWCR = _BV(TWINT) | _BV(TWEN) | _BV(TWEA);
    while ((TWCR & _BV(TWINT)) == 0); /* wait for transmission */
    if ((TWSR & 0xF8) != TW_MR_DATA_ACK)
      error_led();
    return TWDR;
  }
}
uint8_t rdReg(uint8_t reg){
  uint8_t dat;
  twiStart();
  twiAddr(camAddr_WR, TW_MT_SLA_ACK);
  twiWriteByte(reg, TW_MT_DATA_ACK);
  TWCR = (1 << TWINT) | (1 << TWEN) | (1 << TWSTO);//send stop
  _delay_ms(1);
  twiStart();
  twiAddr(camAddr_RD, TW_MR_SLA_ACK);
  dat = twiRd(1);
  TWCR = (1 << TWINT) | (1 << TWEN) | (1 << TWSTO);//send stop
  _delay_ms(1);
  return dat;
}
void wrSensorRegs8_8(const struct regval_list reglist[]){
  uint8_t reg_addr, reg_val;
  const struct regval_list *next = reglist;
  while ((reg_addr != 0xff) | (reg_val != 0xff)){
    reg_addr = pgm_read_byte(&next->reg_num);
    reg_val = pgm_read_byte(&next->value);
   writeReg(reg_addr, reg_val);
    next++;
  }
}
void setColor(void){
  wrSensorRegs8_8(yuv422_ov7670);
 // wrSensorRegs8_8(qvga_ov7670);
}
void setResolution(void){
 writeReg(REG_COM3, 4); // REG_COM3 enable scaling
  wrSensorRegs8_8(qvga_ov7670);
}
void camInit(void){
 writeReg(0x12, 0x80);
  _delay_ms(100);
  wrSensorRegs8_8(ov7670_default_regs);
 writeReg(REG_COM10, 32);//PCLK does not toggle on HBLANK.
}
void arduinoUnoInut(void) {
  cli();//disable interrupts
    /* Setup the 8mhz PWM clock
  * This will be on pin 11*/
  DDRB |= (1 << 3);//pin 11
  ASSR &= ~(_BV(EXCLK) | _BV(AS2));
  TCCR2A = (1 << COM2A0) | (1 << WGM21) | (1 << WGM20);
  TCCR2B = (1 << WGM22) | (1 << CS20);
  OCR2A = 0;//(F_CPU)/(2*(X+1))
  DDRC &= ~15;//low d0-d3 camera
  DDRD &= ~252;//d7-d4 and interrupt pins
  _delay_ms(3000);
    //set up twi for 100khz
  TWSR &= ~3;//disable prescaler for TWI
  TWBR = 72;//set to 100khz
    //enable serial
  UBRR0H = 0;
  UBRR0L = 1;//0 = 2M baud rate. 1 = 1M baud. 3 = 0.5M. 7 = 250k 207 is 9600 baud rate.
  UCSR0A |= 2;//double speed aysnc
  UCSR0B = (1 << RXEN0) | (1 << TXEN0);//Enable receiver and transmitter
  UCSR0C = 6;//async 1 stop bit 8bit char no parity bits
}
void StringPgm(const char * str){
  do{
      while (!(UCSR0A & (1 << UDRE0)));//wait for byte to transmit
      UDR0 = pgm_read_byte_near(str);
      while (!(UCSR0A & (1 << UDRE0)));//wait for byte to transmit
  } while (pgm_read_byte_near(++str));
}
static void captureImg(uint16_t wg, uint16_t hg){
  uint16_t y, x;
  StringPgm(PSTR("*RDY*"));
  while (!(PIND & 8));//wait for high
  while ((PIND & 8));//wait for low
    y = hg;
  while (y--){
        x = wg;
      //while (!(PIND & 256));//wait for high
    while (x--){
      while ((PIND & 4));//wait for low
            UDR0 = (PINC & 15) | (PIND & 240);
          while (!(UCSR0A & (1 << UDRE0)));//wait for byte to transmit
      while (!(PIND & 4));//wait for high
      while ((PIND & 4));//wait for low
      while (!(PIND & 4));//wait for high
    }
    //  while ((PIND & 256));//wait for low
  }
    _delay_ms(100);
}
void setup(){
  arduinoUnoInut();
  camInit();
  setResolution();
  setColor();
 writeReg(0x11, 10); //Earlier it had the value:writeReg(0x11, 12); New version works better for me :) !!!!
}
void loop(){
  captureImg(320, 240);
}
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hello.

Can you send me the link where to download the software for serial port reader for images

thank you

Hi,

Thanks for the tutorial. I tried to use the code on Arduino Yun. But it gaves an error "ASSR was not declared in this scope".

What would be the reason for this error? I could not figure out how Yun is different from Uno.

Thanks

Arduino Yun is very different from UNO, the MCU used on both boards are different. the code here will not work for Yun, atleast not wihout major madifications. so its better to get yourself a UNO

Hello,

For some reason I keep getting very distored images, see below

I changed the value of 13 in this line "writeReg(0x11, 13);" to 9,10,11,12 and still got the same result.

I also played around with the camera lens by screwing/unscrewing it and I would still get this distored images.

Any other troubleshooting ideas?

Thank you in advance

 

Capture.PNG

I posted a more detailed comment about what worked for me, but for some reason it is still "pending for approval". Let me summarize below:

  1. On line #535, change to OCR2A = 2; This set's the XCLK frequency to about 2.67MHz (instead of 8MHz).
  2. On line #590, change to writeReg(0x11, 31); This uses the CLKRC register to set the PCLK prescaler to 32 ie. PCLK frequency becomes 32 times slower than XCLK.

By making the above changes, the camera processing becomes slow enough for the Arduino Uno to be able to properly capture the images. In my case it took about 18.5s to capture an image.

Hello, thanks for the tutorials. I started trying to configure my OV7670 module about 2 weeks ago and decided to follow your tutorial since it looked easiest among the ones I had found, especially because of the SerialPortReader software which is well automated and does not require running many (or any) Command Prompt commands.

After a bit of a struggle I have finally got my camera module to work consistently. Like many other people, I also couldn't get the OV7670 camera working directly with this code on my Arduino Uno.

NB: First of all, if you copied this code directly, you would realize after compiling that there is an error on line #456 (voidwriteReg...). You just need to add a space between 'void' and 'writeReg', then the code will compile with no errors.

After that, these are the changes I eventually had to make to get my images to show finally:

  1. Make OCR2A = 2 (instead of 0) on line #535. This causes the XCLK to become about 2.667MHz (instead of 8MHz for OCR2A = 0)
  2. On line #590 which says writeReg(0x11, 10), change the second argument to 31, so that it becomes writeReg(0x11, 31). This, according to the datasheet, sets the PCLK prescaler to 32 (that is, the PCLK becomes 32 times slower than the XCLK).

The aim of the above changes is to get the camera timing signals (PCLK, HREF, VSYNC) running slow enough so that the Arduino Uno can accurately capture them and process the signals. With this arrangement, I was able to capture clear images. It takes about 18.5s to capture each image with this speed.

Also note that closing the camera lens all the way will most likely cause you to have an out of focus image so try to unscrew it a little. You can do the fine tuning once you start getting proper image output.

Before figuring this out I had to experiment a lot. For example I used I2C scanner at one point and found out that I could not get the camera working when the XCLK frequency (controlled by OCR2A) went below 2.667MHz.

Much of my success is attributed to the hardwork of Jorge Aparicio in his detailed but well-written post here, and also to MatanBright on this Arduino Forum post where he showed why the code would not work directly on my Arduino Mega, so that I advised myself to transfer my connections to the Uno. MatanBright also shared his solution for interfacing with the Arduino Mega which I plan to look into.

In the meantime, I am working on optimizing the code so that it can work more reliably at faster frame rates. I hope this helps someone.

Cheers!

JKAdofo

Also I would be very happy to get the source code for the SerialPortReader software so I can analyze it and make a few changes, such as the baud rate or probably output image size.

Thanks!

error in the serial port reader, access to the port "COM4" is denied.

Make sure COM4 is the correct Arduino COM number then consider the following:

  1. If COM4 is already open by another application (such as Arduino's Serial Monitor), then the software cannot access it.
  2. If COM4 has not been properly closed before you try to open it again by clicking the "Start" button. You may need to close the SerialPortReader software and reopen since sometimes clicking the "Stop" button does not close the port until an image has been captured.

Worked for me first time, thanks for posting!

capture.png

For everyone having problems compiling, find the line that has "voidwriteReg(uint8_t reg, uint8_t dat)" and put a space between the void and the function name i.e. "void writeReg(uint8_t reg, uint8_t dat)".

C:\Users\shuai\Desktop\sketch_sep26ff\sketch_sep26ff.ino:7:0: warning: "F_CPU" redefined

#define F_CPU 16000000UL

^

:0:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

How can i do this problem?

Thank you for share this information.
I followed and it's working fine.

My additional information: use the good power source to the Arduino.

The USB power not enough.

Best regards

Tony

Hi all,

Does anyone have an idea how to get the image uploaded directly online like to a web server etc.? I'll be very grateful. Just in case, my email is mikeljinks@gmail.com i'm open to suggestions and discuttions.

Thanks

salve, volevo eseguire questo progetto, ma lo sketch mi da il seguente errore

voidwriteReg(uint8_t reg, uint8_t dat)

exit status 1
expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before ';' token

potete aiutarmi?

Hello!

I was just poking around in the code, trying to make my own application to decode the data the camera sends over the serial port, but I could seem to figure out what encoding scheme is used in the code, so im not sure what to do with the data on the other side once ive received it.

Any help would be welcome!

Dear Ma'am / Sir

     I am Vishal , trying to interface OV7607 Cam with ESP8266, 12E , NodeMcu, but finding it very difficult , therefore requesting you all to please guide me  so that I can complete my project, 

  Thanking you all in advance.  

      

BUENAS NOCHES RECIEN VIENDO SU TUTORIA L Y COMENTARIO ESPERANDO DE ANTEMANO ME SALGA FUNCIONANDO CORRECTAMENTE LO VISTO AQUI .

ES PRIMERA VEZ QUE VOY HACER LO QUE E VISTO DE ESTE TUTORIAL HASTA  AQUI  MUCHAS GRACIAS.  

Hi Abhimanyu Pandit, the FIFO camera I have has 22 pins, have you seen or use that model? I cannot come up with the proper pinout for it.  The pins on mine are like this, has anyone one been able to use something similar?

CAMERA

GND

3V3

SIOD

SIOC

HREF

VSY

D6

D7

D4

D5

D2

D3

D0

D1

PWDN

RST

RCK

STR

OE

WR

RRST

WRST