STV0680A + VV6444/6410/6500
Digital Camera Chipset; Customer Datasheet, Rev 3.0, March 2000
PRELIMINARY
CDSTV0680F-C
Commercial in confidence
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5.
PC software
5.1
Driver support available
5.2
The following is supplied with evaluation kits/demonstration units (This software is mainly for demonstration purposes and should
NOT be supplied as an end-user product.):
Demonstration software
1. Simple demonstration software for uploading thumbnails and images.
2. Video demonstration application for STV0680-001 tethered “video” mode through USB (WIN 98 only) (NOT VfW compati-
ble). This is not required for STV0680A, which can be used with standard VfW drivers.
3. AVI creator software for uploading continuous images for creating ‘movie’ clips.
5.3
OEM’s have the following options for productisation of a camera based on the chipset:
OEM software
1. TWAIN driver for uploading images, this would allow the camera to be bundled with standard TWAIN compatible imaging
software.
2. Video for Windows driver for tethered video mode through USB (WIN 98 & WIN2K only). This would allow the camera to be
bundled with standard video for windows software.
3. Development of custom end-user software, including the ST colour process, developed under license using the SDK.
5.4
Software Development Kit (SDK)
5.4.1
A software development kit is supplied by ST under license agreement, which allows the OEM to develop a custom application
which can perform picture download, thumbnail display, and colour processing. This supports Windows95
TM
(Serial interface
only) or Windows98/Win2K
TM
(Serial or USB), and includes features such as:
General
Very fast download (through USB) and colour display of image thumbnails for picture selection
Download of full image once selected by user software
Colour processing of full image, using the ST colour process
Automatic detection and correction of sensor defects
The SDK is supplied by ST as a 32-bit DLL format, running on Windows 98/Win2K
TM
, and accessed through a documented
software interface. This provides the basis for developing a custom software application for stills and/or video.
The ST SDK for the chipset comprises the following:
Interface library containing all Application Programmer’s Interface (API) functions. Provided as C library and header files.
All driver files necessary for chosen communications link (supplied as DLL and SYS files).
Documentation of all API functions including example code fragments.
All software is built as 32-bit modules for Windows 98/Win2K. The serial communications link is also supported for Windows 95.
A development environment of Microsoft Visual C++ v5 or higher is assumed.
Interface type:
PC Operating system:
RS232
Win9x, WinNT4, Win2k
USB
Win98 and Win2k only
STV680-001
Not available
TWAIN
STV0680A-002
TWAIN
TWAIN, VfW
Table 8 : Driver choices
With STV0680, a simple
video.exe
application is provided. Whilst not being a VfW application, it gives
sufficient framerate to allow for camera test, lens focussing, etc.
! Note