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