The Nintendo DSi contains two cameras. The cameras can be used in the Nintendo DSi Camera application or DSi games that are compatible.
Specifications
A picture taken with the DSi's camera.
- 0.3 Megapixel
- 640*480 VGA
- No zoom and no flash.
- Photos saved in JPG format (saved in DCIM/ folder on the SD/SDHC or in the internal memory)
Applications/Games compatible
Applications
Games
- Asphalt 4 : Elite Racing (DSiWare)
- Brain Challenge (DSiWare)
- Classic Word Games
- Cooking Coach
- Pop SuperStar : Road To Celebrity (DSiWare)
- Real Football 2009 (DSiWare)
- WarioWare : Snapped! (DSiWare)
- iCarly
- Pokemon Black,White (2010,JP)
- Castle of Magic (DSiWare)
- Photo Dojo (DSiWare)
Camera registers
The cameras are controlled and initialized with I2C. The below registers are accessed by the arm9.
| ADDRESS
|
WIDTH
|
NAME
|
| 0x04004200
|
2
|
REG_CAMUNK
|
| 0x04004202
|
2
|
REG_CAMCNT
|
| 0x04004204
|
4
|
REG_CAMDATA
|
REG_CAMUNK
REG_CAMCNT
| BIT
|
DESCRIPTION
|
| 13-0
|
?
|
| 14
|
?
|
| 15
|
Frame transfer enable
|
REG_CAMDATA
| BIT
|
DESCRIPTION
|
| 31-0
|
Video data
|
For retrieving camera video data, NDMA with arm9 startup mode 11(camera) is used with this src register. Transferred length varies per resolution. In the video data, each pixel is 2 bytes.
See also
