Cameras

The Nintendo DSi contains two cameras. The cameras can be used in the Nintendo DSi Camera application or DSi games that are compatible.

Specifications

A picture taken with the DSi's camera.

0.3 Megapixel
640*480 VGA
No zoom and no flash.
Photos saved in JPG format (saved in DCIM/ folder on the SD/SDHC or in the internal memory)

Applications/Games compatible

Applications

Games

Asphalt 4 : Elite Racing (DSiWare)
Brain Challenge (DSiWare)
Classic Word Games
Cooking Coach
Pop SuperStar : Road To Celebrity (DSiWare)
Real Football 2009 (DSiWare)
WarioWare : Snapped! (DSiWare)
iCarly
Pokemon Black,White (2010,JP)
Castle of Magic (DSiWare)
Photo Dojo (DSiWare)

Camera registers

The cameras are controlled and initialized with I2C. The below registers are accessed by the arm9.

ADDRESS	WIDTH	NAME
0x04004200	2	REG_CAMUNK
0x04004202	2	REG_CAMCNT
0x04004204	4	REG_CAMDATA

REG_CAMUNK

BIT	DESCRIPTION
15-0	?

REG_CAMCNT

BIT	DESCRIPTION
13-0	?
14	?
15	Frame transfer enable

REG_CAMDATA

BIT	DESCRIPTION
31-0	Video data

For retrieving camera video data, NDMA with arm9 startup mode 11(camera) is used with this src register. Transferred length varies per resolution. In the video data, each pixel is 2 bytes.