Last change November 14th, 2004 Bertrik Sikken (bertrik@sikken.nl)

Intro

This page is about my webcam and using it with Linux. It is a Sweex 100k USB and it contains a SN9C101 camera controller and a PAS106B image sensor.

Links

Applications not using the V4L API:
name author type remark
sweex XOF application Purely user-space application using libusb.

Drivers and applications using the V4L (version 1) API:
name author type remark
sonix-cam various driver V4L1 driver with in-kernel bayer decoding. CVS version has auto-exposure for PAS106B sensor.
spca5xx Michel Xhaard driver
spcaview Michel Xhaard application
xawtv V4L team application
gqcam application

Drivers and applications using the V4L2 API:
name author type remark
sn9c102 Luca Risolia driver the official driver for Linux kernel 2.6.9 and above
videolive Luca Risolia application webcam viewer, closed source. built-in sonix decompression and bayer decoding
sn9c102-webcam Christophe Lucas application webcam viewer using SDL
sn9c102-webcam Luca Amore application updated webcam viewer, featuring FTP upload and more
sonic-snap Bram Stolk application built-in sonix decompression and bayer decoding