creating your own HUD YAAAAY!!!

[mechanicalbrain]

i bought a .75" x .5" x .5" color camera and a transmitter set. the idea behind it was that we could receive a wireless signal of exactly what our robot was doing even if it was across the field (i checked and i have a screen shot of the exact paragraph that allows it saved to my computer). we can even attach it to the arm and see exactly what were doing. anyway the problem of viewing the picture came up. i didn't want our driver to have to look down at the control board just to see what hes looking away from and LCD TV screens are expensive (about $200 a pop for a decent quality one if its a good deal). i thought about maybe using a LCD monitor but the converters were even more expensive than the TVs. so..... i thought back to the military and then i came up with HUD (Heads Up Display). the only problem is i couldn't find a screen small enough (at least one that fit my budget). i turned to the old faithful PC mod sites (these are actually better than robot sites if your looking for anything involving cool electrical components) and i came across the PUSTOM (i know really bad name ) 2.5" x 2" screen, they even have built in speakers and i could buy two of them for half the price ($45 each if you look hard enough) of a LCD screen. they use PAL (the UK voltage) but ultimately run fine on a 12 volt battery (which is good because you can't use a AC outlet on the field) unless of course you like electrical fires in which case by all means use a outlet. the video signal should be the same but ill let you know when i get it. Any way ive got one on order from Europe. I'm mounting it onto a helmet (a skater one i think. they look cooler ) and I'm including a pic and a link if your interested. I'm curious about your thoughts on the subject .


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