Hi
what exactly do you "process" in those images? Wouldn't some DSP be involved here?

It all depends on the algorithm...also you dont really need an OS. you could wirte an embedded software completely specific to your application. All that would involve is some code before your image processing algorithm to initialize stack pointers, timers and registers and stuff. And maybe some data- acquisition code...

Unless you want to run more than one complex tasks simultaneously on your micro-processor/controller, an OS seems like overkill.

Also if a single uP/uC cannot do the trick, you might consider a multi-processor solution to do something like parallel processing...I think a number of small,cheap processors working in parallel will be cheaper than one powerful, expensive processor.

kundi