Firmware Loader Makes It Possible To Use Old Samsung TV Cameras On Linux (www.phoronix.com)

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[-] jqubed@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

With the Samsung smart TV use-case, these web cameras relied upon the Samsung TV uploading the firmware to the camera's RAM each time it is connected.

Why?????

[-] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 months ago

Probably so the camera could be updated on the fly and not be brickable via a random power cycle. Still seems stupid though.

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 11 points 3 months ago

If it seems stupid, that just means that it was cheaper to do it this way.

Program ROM/EEPROM + RAM, or just RAM connected to a USB interface with a reset line tied to the camera processor? See the USB device ID connect , fill the ram with the camera software, toggle processor reset , off you go.

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