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Re:Open source USB C camera with C mount lens, MIPI Sensor, ... by bryanlarsen on Friday December 16, 2022 @10:42PM (#34024347)
>> At that price-point, are there other devices on the market that already fulfill the need?

> No there aren't.

There are tons of cameras that meet this need. They're "machine vision" or "scientific" cameras, google for those. Edmund Scientific has a good selection. They're ridiculously expensive for what you get if you're comparing against a webcam or a surveillance camera since they're very similar to those for >10x the price. That's the price of low volume assembly, proper support, et cetera.

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Re:Open source USB C camera with C mount lens, MIPI Sensor, ... by mumumu on Friday December 16, 2022 @11:16PM (#34024590)
Astronomical cameras and microscope cameras are affordable. Some of them mm support sensors that uses them even supports Sony's proprietary protocol.

A lot of sbc boards support MIPI CSI (iirc even RPI). Nvidia robotic modules has IO for Sony's LVDS (driver not provided though).

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Re:Open source USB C camera with C mount lens, MIPI Sensor, ... by IshKebab on Saturday December 17, 2022 @05:33AM (#34026609)
That's also the price of selling to a market that can afford to spend gazillions on crap cameras.
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