The new 333 will be similar in size to this Model 313

Andrey Filippov, who is a member of the Salt Lake Linux Users Group (SLLUG) has just released an amazing write-up detailing the work he has done over the last 6 months making an Ogg Theora camera using an FPGA and embedded Linux.

The new Model 333 is capable of capturing 30 fps with a 1280×1024 (Wow!) sensor and 12 fps with a 2048×1536 sensor. The hardware design, software and codec are all OpenSourced. The Theora encoder is implemented completly using an field programmable gate array (FPGA), making it easy to design, test and implement.

Each camera is shipped with a copy of the Knoppix Live CD GNU/Linux distribution with the appropriate codecs and viewing software (Mplayer) to work with the camera so that customers do not need to have Linux installed permanently to take advantage of the technology.

The original article with quite a bit of detail can be found here on Linux Devices.

Andrey Filippov’s Elphel Inc. site with more information about the cameras and related technology and products can be found at http://www.elphel.com/.

We need to see if he can present at SLLUG some time. Very cool indeed.