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Can the camera be connected to other devices?

Long story short, i found a discarded back half of an iphone, and i thought, it would be a shame to let those brilliant devices go to waste.

Is there any way of being able to connect the 821-00027 camera to other devices? eg, somehow connect it to a USB (without the phone, seeing as its pretty much all missing) and connect to a PC or raspberry pi etc.

Alternatively, is there a detailed guide somewhere for the pins such that i could somehow form a connection to a USB lead my self?

Thanks in advance!

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unfortunately, no, as Apple has specifically designed the pins to only connect and work with the specific 6s logic board.

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but what i mean tho, is that is there a way to connect up the pins, such that power can be delivered to the cam, and data extracted, and then using software converted into a version that windows or something else can read it. ie, pin connection i done believe should be much of an issue so long as we know what pins do what. the majority of the issue i suspect should be software

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The pin layout can be found on the iphone board schematics, however the signal timing specifications, data and control protocols are not known. If it is a generic CMOS, you may be able to find a datasheet from the supplier. If Apple implemented any kind of custom controls, good luck finding that.

Basically you need to implement a custom debug board as a camera controller and video/photo encoder and a generic camera device. Beyond that you have to do all the camera/image processing on the PC. The project can easily cost hundreds of thousand dollars if you ALREADY has documentation of all parts. This is clearly not the case, I doubt anyone has done any ground work so you are on your own.

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