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OV7670 Dual Camera Module Application Notes

OV7670 Dual Camera Module Application Notes

Last Modified: April 2nd, 2007

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Table of Contents
1. OV7670 Dual Camera Solution........................................................................................................3
1.1 OV7670 Dual Camera Design with 2 Connectors.....................................................................3
1.1.1 Camera Module Reference design..................................................................................... 3
1.1.2 Camera phone Reference Design.......................................................................................4
1.2 OV7670 Dual Camera Design with Single Connector.............................................................. 5
1.2.1 Camera Module Reference design..................................................................................... 5
1.2.2 Camera Phone Reference Design.......................................................................................6
2 OV7670 Dual Camera Operation...................................................................................................... 7
2.1 Power Saving Modes................................................................................................................. 7
2.2 Dual Camera Operation in Power Down Mode.........................................................................7
2.2.1 Battery On.......................................................................................................................... 7
2.2.2 Enter Camera 1...................................................................................................................8
2.2.3 Exit Camera 1.....................................................................................................................8
2.2.4 Enter Camera 2...................................................................................................................9
2.2.5 Exit Camera 2.....................................................................................................................9
2.3 Dual Camera Operation in Power Off Mode............................................................................. 9
2.3.1 Battery On.......................................................................................................................... 9
2.3.2 Enter Camera 1.................................................................................................................10
2.3.3 Exit Camera 1...................................................................................................................11
2.3.4 Enter Camera 2.................................................................................................................11
2.3.5 Exit Camera 2...................................................................................................................12
3. SCCB Bus sharing..........................................................................................................................13
4. Timing Considerations for Phone PCB Design..............................................................................13
4.1 Sample with PCLK.................................................................................................................. 14
4.2 Sample with XCLK................................................................................................................. 14
4.3 Using EMI/ESD Device...........................................................................................................15
5. Camera Module Testing................................................................................................................. 15
5.1 Test Board Modification..........................................................................................................15
5.2 Test Procedure......................................................................................................................... 16
5.2.1 Test Camera 1.................................................................................................................. 16
5.2.2 Test Camera 2.................................................................................................................. 16

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1. OV7670 Dual Camera Solution

Dual OV7670 cameras could be used to share single camera port. The PWDN pins of the 2
cameras should be controlled separately by GPIO. The PWDN1 and PWDN2 selects which camera
is working and which camera is power down. The outputs (data bus, clock and sync signals) of
power down camera could be set to tri-state. So that the outputs of 2 cameras could share same bus.
If dual OV7670 cameras are used in camera phone design, please pay attention to following
items.
a. DVDD should be supplied by external power supply. If DVDD is not supplied by external,
OV7670 may not be able to initialize correctly by SCCB initialization.
b. PWDN of the two cameras should be controlled separately.PWDN signals are used to select
which camera is working and which camera is standby.
c. If power off mode is used, the powers of dual cameras should be turned on/turn off
simultaneously. If one camera is power on, the other camera is power off, there would be a big
current leakage and the power on camera can not work correctly.

1.1 OV7670 Dual Camera Design with 2 Connectors

Each camera has separate connector. In this case, the camera module design is same as single
camera solution.

1.1.1 Camera Module Reference design

Note:
AVDD is 2.45V to 2.8V sensor analog power.
DVDD is 1.8V sensor digital power.
DOVDD is 2.5V to 3.3V sensor digital IO power.
Sensor AGND and DGND should be separated and connect to a single point at outside PCB (Don't connect
inside module).
C1 should close to sensor VREF and AGND.
C2 should close to sensor AVDD and AGND.
D7:D0 is module YUV and RGB 8bits output.

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1.1.2 Camera phone Reference Design

If DOVDD uses different power supply than AVDD, then 3 regulators should be used.

If DOVDD uses the same voltage as AVDD, then only 2 regulators are required. R/C filter is used
to separate AVDD from DOVDD.

Please note that

a. The AGND and DGND should be separate inside module and connected together on phone PCB
very close to camera module connector.
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b. Strobe
(LED)
of the 2 cameras should be separated. The strobe LED should face same direction
as
the driven
camera.
c. RESET# pin of camera modules should be controlled by GPIO. It should not be connected to
DOVDD as single camera application.

1.2 OV7670 Dual Camera Design with Single Connector

Dual cameras share the same FPC and connector. In this case, the camera module design is
different than singe camera application.

1.2.1 Camera Module Reference design

The PWDN and STRB of the 2 sensors are separated. Other pins such as XCLK, RESET#,
SIO_C, SIO_D, D[7:0], PCLK, HREF, VSYNC are connected together to share the same bus.

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