Unknown camera

Can anybody (Paul?) identify what camera this is?
(I'm looking for some driver that would get it to work on Vista/Win7)

It's some el chepo, that I got from somewhere (probably as an gift when I
signed up for a prenumeration for one computer mag or another some years
ago)


USB 2.0 compliance JPEG Video camera
And "Device Instance Id" is:
USB\VID_17A1&PID_0128&12B7D914&0&1

On the camera itself, nothing...


--
Thomas Wendell
Helsinki, Finland
Translations to/from FI not always accurate

Thomas Wendell wrote:

Cameras are tricky, because the VID/PID is dynamic. Some devices are
designed, to allow the device to assume any identity. Multiple
companies use the same chip and sensor combination, and yet they
don't stick to a fixed VID/PID and a variable SUBSYS.

In any case, this is all I could find.

*******

There is nothing listed here for it.
http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids

According to this, it has VID and PID similar to "eCOM 5MP".
The "5MP" part would be a lie, and would be an interpolated
resolution. The sensor would be smaller than that.

http://www.elektroda.pl/rtvforum/topic1285557.html

There is a download link on that page. There is nothing of
any real value, in terms of ID, inside the file. It doesn't
even look like a driver as such.

http://dl.free.fr/i1vloIAAX/Cam1690_093(VID_17A1&PID_0128).zip

I scanned the download on virustotal, and it is clean. That
doesn't mean it is safe - merely there is nothing obvious
wrong with it. There is no guarantee it is even a match for
the camera. I couldn't see a VID/PID in the download.

The Summary string on the MSI file reads -

"JPEG USB Video Camera Driver v0.93"

HTH,
Paul

Paul wrote:

"Several generic vendors are known, usually reported as TASCORP."

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.spca50x.devel/2946

The last time I wanted to do a test, I ended up installing
Debian on a spare hard drive (gave it the whole drive). It
actually worked with my webcam, but the kernel crashed at one
point. I did learn the specs on my webcam, were not as stated
on the box. (My webcam does offer a relatively high resolution,
but is hard-wired limited to 5 frames per second at that
resolution. It will do 640x480 at 30FPS.)

Paul

finger to keyboard and composed:


Your URL states that the camera uses a T613 chip plus a TAS5130
sensor.

This URL has a snippet of info:
http://www.marketa.com/eng/semicon_pro_tasc.html

TASC 5130 - VGA (640 x 480 pixels) resolution CMOS sensor

"Taiwan Advance Sensor Corporation (TASC) is a specialist in designing
and manufacturing of CMOS sensor used in digital imaging applications
such as PC Camera and Digital Camera."

I suspect that the VID identifies the maker of the T613 chip.

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

viestissä:ASXPl.1610$vi5.462@uutiset.elisa.fi...

Actually, the driver that came with the camera is the same that is available
at the link you had
( http://dl.free.fr/i1vloIAAX/Cam1690_093(VID_17A1&PID_0128).zip )
Both are version 0.97 and looks the same (on the half-size CD is also a
driver for Vista)


--
Thomas Wendell
Helsinki, Finland
Translations to/from FI not always accurate