Introducing Limelight for FRC

Hi Everyone,

We are excited to introduce Limelight, the first-ever smart camera for FRC!

Web: http://www.limelightvision.io
Docs: http://docs.limelightvision.io

Vision has never been easier. Multiple beta teams have reported setup times of less than one hour, and one team thinks setup would take 15 minutes if a robot was designed and ready for Limelight. If you have any questions or ideas for future software updates, let us know here!

We would like to thank everyone who completed our initial survey, our growing group of beta testers, and Team 987 for their support.

-Brandon and Greg from the Limelight team

Update
Limelight will launch for $400 for the 2018 season.

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Neat.

This looks absolutely incredible. Between this and JeVois, vision for 2018 and beyond has just become so much more accessible.

Can confirm. It takes very little time. I’ve been silly impressed by this camera and how easy it is to use.

Hey Brandon and Greg… what’s the magic number ($) though? I feel like it’s the only bit of information we don’t have yet.

This looks awesome. When do they go on sale?

Price?

I’m wondering that as well, as I really want to try this out myself!

EDIT: (https://imgur.com/a/4ykqQ)

Awesome product. Really interested in knowing what’s in the case and what the price point will be.

EDIT: (I’m curious about the price just like everyone else!)

Will we ever see open source / hardware for this product?

I absolutely love the name. I’m still chuckling over how clever it is.

Another beta test confirmation…

  1. Stupid easy to connect and program
  2. Nice web UI to make adjustments (threshold, exposure, alignment, etc)
  3. 90 fps
  4. Light, clean packaging
  5. Acquired last year’s boiler target right out of the box

Two thumbs up!

I need this. Badly.

Very interested to know price and release date, I keep throwing money at my screen but that doesn’t seem to be working. :rolleyes:

This looks remarkable. Can’t wait to get a hold of a couple of these.

This looks awesome! I can’t wait to see how teams use this.

One question I have is what implementation are you guys using for NetworkTables? We made some slight protocol changes for the 2018 season, and just want to make sure this would have access to those changes.

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Coolest thing I’ve seen in awhile, very excited to get my hands on one.

I want.

Even with all the time I’ve put into JeVois, I’m interested. Same question though. How much $$??

Does the Limelight team plan to stock and sell cameras themselves, go through the usual FRC distributors (VEXpro, WCP, AndyMark), or both?

I see a shopping cart and several credit/debit card logos at the bottom of the site, so I assume there will be an online store hosted on limelightvision.io but there does not appear to be a way to either add product to the cart of find/purchase this product from the aforementioned suppliers.

I saw this in person at the shop last night. This is going to be a game changer for a lot of teams.

If it’s not outrageously expensive, consider me sold. I’ve been wondering for the longest time why someone doesn’t come around and just simplify the whole vision process…

For teams without anyone who is familiar with Linux this is an absolute game changer

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