About how far away could a Limelight read?

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You weight this more heavily than I do. Id rather have a higher shot release point and less obstructed view.

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There are a ton of trade offs here and the biggest plus to me, is semi-unobstructed cycles when going from the loading zone to the opposite sector

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I’m not convinced the trench run is unobstructed (2009 low path & 2016 low bar) , but it will be undefended.

…Aren’t you already thinking about taking a 3/4-field shot instead of fullfield cycles?

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I mean this early in the season their is so much to consider, I guess I’m just looking into everything

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Not what it’s meant to be for but… What if you just used a limelight as driver vision and not vision targeting?

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In preliminary testing we were reading about 25 feet, but that was a quick test without the actual target made to scale.
The issue seems to be that the further you are from tape, the target gets so small that it stops registering as the original target that you specified. I’m sure someone will find a solution but we are still working in it
Edit:
This is using the vision tracking function, we believe a driver could still line up a cross hair to take the shot

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I’m wondering if reflections from the shield generator trusses could cause a false reading.

We had problems in the summer when sunlight from the windows of the shop messed up the auton routine. We had to block the windows with tarps, didn’t work, and eventually cardboard to get the limelight to not read false sources.

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A Limelight is a $400 camera. If you don’t plan on using it for vision targeting, you probably shouldn’t have one, and instead opt for a much less expensive camera.

To address the OP, in our shop (which I would consider medium-low lighting) we were able to get a clear target indicator on the Limelight from roughly 16 feet away. For context, the Limelight was on the floor, and the vision target was help up in the air.

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I believe his intended comment was to point out that the limelight could be used for vision tracking on the near side of the field and driver vision for the far side of the field.

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