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Re: wireless X10 cameras - any good?
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 5 Dec 2001 19:04:10 GMT
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Bruce Boyes <bboyes@systronix%nospam%.com>
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At 17:57 12/5/2001 GMT, Gareth Bestor wrote:
> I hope this isn't too off topic, but has anybody actually bought and tried • out
> these wireless X10 cameras that are advertised all over the web? I'm thinking
> of using one in a Lego mobile robot.
I bought one of these with the AA battery pack for under $100 and mounted
it with rubber bands on the radio control Lego car #5600. I used a small
color composite monitor on the receiver. Then I steered it around our
office building by watching the monitor. It went down a couple of halls,
around corners, and into the building manager's office, past his secretary.
They were both a bit startled... This is about 150 feet away from the
receiver and the video was starting to break up, as was the R/C of the car.
For a total of about $170 it was a successful experiment.
We plan to use this idea in a more sophisticated robot used for autonomous
surveillance, among other things - one possible 4WD chassis is considered
at http://jcx.systronix.com, now if I cna just get the time to finish it.
I just purchased one of the wider field of view cameras for some further
experimentation. A pan and tilt mechanism would be nice too... just got one
of those from Lynxmotion.com, it uses two standard R/C servos.
There are some more expensive, compact cameras with better range - the kind
mounted to helmets of motorcycle racers, etc for example.
Bruce
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| I hope this isn't too off topic, but has anybody actually bought and tried out these wireless X10 cameras that are advertised all over the web? I'm thinking of using one in a Lego mobile robot. I have an Intel webcam that has a composite video input (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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