CMUcam3 released

[Billfred]

This popped across my RSS reader, courtesy of Make:

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive...C-0D6B48984890

CMUcam3 is an open source programmable embedded color vision platform, you can get a CMUcam is a few places (listed on the site)... Including Seattle robotics...

The goal of the CMUcam project is to provide simple vision capabilities to small embedded systems in the form of an intelligent sensor. The CMUcam3 extends upon this idea by providing a flexible and easy to use open source development environment that complements a low cost hardware platform. The CMUcam3 is an ARM7TDMI based fully programmable embedded computer vision sensor. The main processor is the NXP LPC2106 connected to an Omnivision CMOS camera sensor module. Custom C code can be developed for the CMUcam3 using a port of the GNU toolchain along with a set of open source libraries and example programs. Executables can be flashed onto the board using the serial port with no external downloading hardware required.

Now, as I am by no means a programmer (I think our 2007 CMUcam2 is still in the box), I'm wondering if this is something we should be expecting in the kit next year, or if this new version is killing ants with a sledgehammer. The SD slot does seem interesting, though.