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Unsolder a webcam-sensor to extend connection to board
« on: May 01, 2020, 09:15:36 am »
Hello everybody,

i would like to make a webcam that is so small (6x6 mm) that i can attach it on a larger screen (e.g. with a removable adhesive) in the picture without it interfering greatly with e.g. 1to1 video conferencing. Since every webcam I have found so far is quite big, including the electronics, at a usable resolution of 2 MP, I had the idea to take the webcam from an old laptop, which has a small sensor. My idea is to unsolder the sensor from the board and to provide it with a thin cable that doesn't disturb in a bigger picture. That way i get a really small thing i can put on the screen and the rest of the hardware I can attach to the edge of the screen.I can then control the webcam via USB (description e.g. here )


Can it work like this? Is it feasible to unsolder a mini-cam and then to "extend" it form the minipins with a cable to reconnect it to the board? Does anyone have an assessment of whether this can work? Interference with the new connection?

I would be very thankfull for suggestions and asessments.


In case you are wondering what this is all about: I work a lot with 1to1 videoconf and it would be very helpful for my work if I could look into people's eyes in a way that they can perceive it and I can see their face at the same time. 

Best regards, Andreas
 

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Re: Unsolder a webcam-sensor to extend connection to board
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2020, 01:23:37 pm »
Look up "borescope camera" for really small cameras on the end of a USB cable.
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Re: Unsolder a webcam-sensor to extend connection to board
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2020, 10:55:46 am »
Thanks, I have looked at this option too, but while the diameter of such cams would be sufficiently small, their length is still to much.
The camera module without the circuit board would be a good fit, about 5x5x4 mm. Ideally I would have the board somewhere at the edge of the screen and the camera module would be connected with very thin cables to the it.
Could that work?

Thanks in advance for your ideas!
 


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