Onboard Camera?

[Clark Gilbert]

Hey Greg and DJ...

We should talk Baker into getting one of those little cameras.....they sound pretty cool.....but i'm sure he wouldnt go for it unless we come up with a good reason for one...like to make video for recrutment

[NastyRiderKyle]

that would be cool

[MrB]

last year we tried the x10 cam.

It worked pretty good if the transimtter (TX) and reciever (RX) were in the same room. If we tried to drive out of a classroom and down the hallway we would loose signal rather quickly.

I would "assume" that in an open arena it would work ok.

We did notice a bit of EMI. (shaky video when driving certain motors). I'm sure relocating the camera would help.

One source that I have looked into for this year is http://www.4atv.com/

as stated above the ATV band requires a licensed operator. But for $79 per RX or TX, it is an excellent price to get 2.4 or 1.2 GHz video over a greater distance than what the x10 cams can provide.

I'm just waiting to see if we have any "extra" money after all the ncessities are purchased (supplies, shirts, $$ for nats, etc :-)

[GoDaisy341]

I'm a video junkie. This looks pretty cool. We could get some great footage from our bot. I'd love to try this on our bot but I'd have no idea how to hook it up or anything like that. I'll ask my team members about it.