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RE: Exploration Mars Availalble?
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Sun, 5 Dec 1999 19:46:01 GMT
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The smaller camera doesn't have audio, but the newer globe shaped camera
does have audio on-board. I paid the same for both since I bought one
earlier than the other. I can get audio transmitted to the TV, but not to my
current sound card :(
The xcam camera are a little dark using the 9v power pack. The camera wall
wart outputs 12v, 200mA, so that should be the difference.
Rich Thompson
http://www.marsrobot.com
-----Original Message-----
From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf
Of Phil Watt
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 12:51 PM
To: lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com
Subject: Re: Exploration Mars Availalble?
Based upon Rich's comments on the X10 2.4Ghz remote camera, I ordered one
and it
arrived on Friday. I promptly wnt to Radi shack and bought a coaxial power
connector (274-1533; 4.75x1.7mm) to fit the camera power jack. Then
attached
the lego style power wire connector and inserted a fresh set of AA batteries
into a 6 cell battery box.
Transmits just fine. I put the receiver on an Intel USB camera's external
video
jack so I could video capture to the PC and web. Works great through the
wall
and out from the house over 150 feet.
The camera itself is a little bit dark, but I put another micro camera on
and it
proves the transmitter works just fine. I don't know idf this is due to the
lego setup using 9V instead of the included wall-wart's 12v; the 2nd micro
camera I tried has it's own 4.5V pack.
BTW, Rich mentioned that the $88 X10 setup didn't have audio, but the one
I
got does???
-Phil
Looks like it is going to work great as soon as I have a platform built.
-Phil
Mike Kory wrote:
> JP Brown <envcons@csi.com> wrote in message
> news:384A167D.3164EB90@csi.com...
> >
> > The picture isn't good enough for me to see what the thingy on the front • of
> > the "rover" is -- I somehow doubt that it is a video camera (would • probably
> > make the set waaaay more expensive than the $54 figure being tossed • around
> > here), but it doesn't look much like anything I've seen before.
>
>
> It sure looks like a camera to me. You can even see a somewhat thicker • cable
> coming off of the camera. Although low-res "golf ball" style cameras have
> gotten pretty cheap, I agree that $54 still seems too low.
>
> Working with the rover tethered to the computer seems a little awkward. • Rich
> Thompson was working on using a remote video camera from X10. How's that
> going Rich?
>
> --Mike Kory
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