u/Agreeable-Ad4798

I am designing a custom phone using my sony xperia 5 iv's internals and a custom camera set so i basically have a full swapable lens camera with the sensor performance of a professional camera with the benefits of a smart phone (data connectivity and easy cloud storage in the go) am planning on getting an E-Waste sony a7 or similar and making custom drivers for its sensor that will work with the phone I'm mostly considering the sony a7 since its got a good full frame sensor with similar architecture to the phones current sensor but and is old enough that there is likely a lot of them sitting around gathering dust

if anyone has documentation on the sensor and other things that would help with making the drivers it would be really appreciated

also, if anyone has an e-waste camera lying around i may be willing to take it of your hands depending on the logistics thanks

basically, I want to modify my Sony Xperia 5 iv (SD 8gen 1) to have a much better sensor

My current plan is to replace the ultrawide sensor already in the phone with the new sensor trough the MIPI channels and create a new set of drivers to use the new sensor

the other plan I'm considering which i think is much simpler would be to use a FPGA (GW5A?) to make a new camera which will feed to trough phone trough usb but this is not really that good of a plan since i want it to be more integrated

i feel i have significantly overlooked something in the main plan i think i may need a translation layer

is there any better solutions any one can suggest

any pointers would be loved

also is this pretty much impossible due to the amount that sony would have made the sensor proprietary and that Qualcomm would make it impossible to create drivers for the sensor

basically, I want to modify my Sony Xperia 5 iv (SD 8gen 1) to have a much better sensor

My current plan is to replace the ultrawide sensor already in the phone with the new sensor trough the MIPI channels and create a new set of drivers to use the new sensor

the other plan I'm considering which i think is much simpler would be to use a FPGA (GW5A?) to make a new camera which will feed to trough phone trough usb but this is not really that good of a plan since i want it to be more integrated

i feel i have significantly overlooked something in the main plan i think i may need a translation layer

is there any better solutions any one can suggest

any pointers would be loved

also is this pretty much impossible due to the amount that sony would have made the sensor proprietary and that Qualcomm would make it impossible to create drivers for the sensor