Vistumbler Car Cam
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:58 pm
Anybody who uses the unreleased svn versions of vistumbler may notice I have started adding network camera support into vistumbler. What I would like to accomplish with this is something similar to google street view.
The latest svn release (rev 802) contains the start of this camera experiment. In addition to this code I have started building a base for cameras to experiment with. Since this is a prototype I decided to make it out of wood. I also decided to make an octagon shape with the plan to support 8 cameras eventually.
First I created a octagon shape out of 2x4s. Each of the 8 sections is 8 inches on the inside and cut at a 22.5 degree angle. I used 1 8ft 2x4 to create this base.
I then created a bottom for this so I could put some equipment inside and not have it exposed to the wind
Since I decided to use the inside to store equipment, I made a top piece connected by a hinge. For now I am just using velcro to hold it shut, but I will probably and up getting some latches (depending on how our tests go)
I bought a few different cameras to test with. My test cameras are a cheap ebay camera (same as this), a edimax 3030poe (like this), and an original droid running ip webcam
I've also done some messy wiring so I could test this with vistumbler
This is still a work in progress and there is more to come. I have ordered 3 vacuum suction cups that can support 100lbs each to attach this to my car. Once I have those I can do some more testing
The latest svn release (rev 802) contains the start of this camera experiment. In addition to this code I have started building a base for cameras to experiment with. Since this is a prototype I decided to make it out of wood. I also decided to make an octagon shape with the plan to support 8 cameras eventually.
First I created a octagon shape out of 2x4s. Each of the 8 sections is 8 inches on the inside and cut at a 22.5 degree angle. I used 1 8ft 2x4 to create this base.
I then created a bottom for this so I could put some equipment inside and not have it exposed to the wind
Since I decided to use the inside to store equipment, I made a top piece connected by a hinge. For now I am just using velcro to hold it shut, but I will probably and up getting some latches (depending on how our tests go)
I bought a few different cameras to test with. My test cameras are a cheap ebay camera (same as this), a edimax 3030poe (like this), and an original droid running ip webcam
I've also done some messy wiring so I could test this with vistumbler
This is still a work in progress and there is more to come. I have ordered 3 vacuum suction cups that can support 100lbs each to attach this to my car. Once I have those I can do some more testing