I'm working with a CMOS camera such as this one
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8667?

I need to capture still images from the camera using my PC. I've read online about interfacing the camera to a microcontroller, but how do I connect the microcontroller to the PC? Most of the controllers I've seen only use the USB port for power and programming. I would like the PC to communicate with the microcontroller to control the camera (and other devices like LED's).

Thanks
Kent

 

what is your microcontroller? why can't you get it to communicate with PC?

 

You use the Microcontrollers UART to communicate with the PC..... you will have to have something like the FTDI TTL to USB IC or a MAX232CPE to convert the TTL level signals from the microcontroller to the PC's USB or Serial port...

And why are you using a CMOS camera like that? Those are harder to get to work since the output format is usually in RGB or YUV.... something like this will be easier to interface to and to get working >> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10061