Gameboy Camera

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The camera chip

The Gameboy Camera is using the Mitsubishi M64282FP, a.k.a. the "Artificial Retina" which is a 128*128 pixel grayscale CMOS image sensor that can perform image adjustments in realtime. The data sheet is available in /docs/misc/ of the file hub.

Documentation related to the GB Camera itself (not only the sensor) can be found in the following github repository: https://github.com/AntonioND/gbcam-rev-engineer

Integrated circuits on the main board

Component#	Part# / inscription	Description
U1	MAC-GBD Nintendo 9807 SA	I/O, memory control?
U2	GBD-PCAX-0 F M538011-E -08 8145507	1M X 8 ROM
U3	52CV1000SF85LL SHARP JAPAN 9805 5 0A	128K X 8 RAM

Pictures of the innards

Photos from Inside Game Boy Camera

Outside view of a blue Gameboy Camera.   A blue Gameboy Camera in a grey DMG-01.   Inside the Gameboy Camera.   The main PCB of the Gameboy Camera with the camera unplugged.   The CCD cell of the Gameboy Camera camera board with the lens on.   The uncovered CCD cell of the Gameboy Camera camera board.   The pin header on the back side of the Gameboy Camera camera board.